MotherToBaby Secures Vital Funding to Empower Expectant Parents and Address Birth Defects
MotherToBaby is the Leading National Resource on Exposures during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The non-profit Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS), which provides the MotherToBaby free service, receives new funding... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - October 4, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: NPT Source Type: news
How dare you say 'women'! From chestfeeding to bonus hole, how woke gender-neutral language is sweeping the NHS and medical world
As Steve Barclay vows to put a stop to gender-inclusive language erasing biological reality in the NHS MailOnline examines the terms that seek to replace words like 'breastfeeding' or 'father'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Breastfeeding in Infancy Tied to Healthier Weight Later for Kids
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 -- What a baby eats, or how the baby eats, may have an impact on future weight and health, research has shown.
A new study backs that up. It found that 9-year-olds who had been breast-fed for six months or more had a lower... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - October 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Atrium Health lactation consultant offers breastfeeding help to Black patients
Black infants are less likely to breastfeed, compared with other racial/ethnic groups. Black mothers disproportionately experience a number of barriers to breastfeeding, including lack of knowledge about breastfeeding; lack of peer, family and social support; insufficient education and support from health care settings; and concerns about navigating breastfeeding and employment.
Ty McClain, a lactation consultant at Atrium Health Women ’s Care Charlotte OB-GYN in South End and Atrium Health Levine… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - October 1, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Atrium Health Source Type: news
Her Friends Called Her the ‘ Vagina Whisperer. ’ Now Half a Million Followers Do Too
The costume that made Sara Reardon famous isn’t all that easy to identify, at least for a child. Her sons guessed that her beloved outfit, in which she films many of her Instagram videos for over half a million followers, was perhaps a sandwich of some sort. “They were like, ‘Mom, why are you in that hot dog costume all the time?’” She had to explain that, in fact, she was dressed as a vulva.
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Acquired for $100 in 2018 to celebrate reaching 10,000 followers on Instagram, the vulva costume has become a signature of Reardon’s Instagram accoun...
Source: TIME: Health - September 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Eliana Dockterman Tags: Uncategorized health Source Type: news
Stopping high doses of domperidone, drug used for breastfeeding, can cause withdrawal, Health Canada warns
A Health Canada review has found there is a risk of psychiatric withdrawal effects when women taking high doses of the drug domperidone to stimulate breast milk production suddenly stop taking it. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - September 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada Source Type: news
Public Belief in the Maternal Health Benefits of Breastfeeding Public Belief in the Maternal Health Benefits of Breastfeeding
How aware is the U.S. public of the maternal health benefits of breastfeeding, and how does awareness vary by demographics?Preventing Chronic Disease (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news
Small-Town Fire Department Helps Fill Gaps in Postpartum Care
Highlights Project Swaddle, a program run by a rural Indiana fire department providing education and care to pregnant and postpartum women. Discusses a national trend of declining access to maternal care in local hospitals and mortality. Results show a reduction in emergency department visits and higher breastfeeding rates among other successes. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - September 26, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
EXCLUSIVE: Can diet soda REALLY raise autism risk? Scientists slam 'irresponsible' study that linked consuming aspartame during pregnancy to higher rates of condition in children
Research by the University of Texas (UT) found boys diagnosed with autism were three times as likely to have mothers who drank diet soda daily while pregnant or breastfeeding. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Increased risk of postpartum depression in women with lactational mastitis: a cross-sectional study - Shen F, Zhou X, Guo F, Fan K, Zhou Y, Xia J, Xu Z, Liu Z.
BACKGROUND: A high incidence of lactational mastitis mainly occurs during the first month of breastfeeding. It may cause severe pain, frustration, fatigue, stress, and breastfeeding concerns. However, few studies investigated the effects of lactational mas... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Brain circuit behind release of breast milk at baby ’s cries uncovered
Scientists find continuous crying by mouse pups triggers release of oxytocin, which controls milk-release responseThe brain circuit that causes the sound of a newborn crying to trigger the release of breast milk in mothers has been uncovered by scientists.The study, in mice, gives fresh insights into sophisticated changes that occur in the brain during pregnancy and parenthood. It found that 30 seconds of continuous crying by mouse pups triggered the release of oxytocin, the brain chemical that controls the breast-milk release response in mothers.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 20, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: Breastfeeding Science Women Research UK news Neuroscience Biology Source Type: news
Nigeria: Malnutrition - Global Initiative Partners Kano Organisations On Exclusive Breastfeeding
[Daily Trust] Alive and Thrive, a global nutrition initiative, in partnership with Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) in Kano State, is championing a behavioural change campaign towards enlightening women on exclusive breastfeeding as a panacea to addressing malnutrition in children. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 15, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Source Type: news
‘I breastfeed my husband - he didn't get a cold for two years and his skin was better too'
Rachel's husband began drinking her breastmilk to help her when she was over-lactating while nursing their children, and the decision has come with a number of health benefits. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study Links Being Breastfed to Cancer Risk in Adulthood
(MedPage Today) -- Additional evidence for a possible link between breastfeeding and colorectal cancer (CRC) was found in a large cohort study.
In two prospective cohorts of 158,696 women followed for more than 20 years, being breastfed in infancy... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - September 8, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Meet Atrium Health ’s lactation consultants – they’re telling it all
“Hi, mom. Here’s your baby,” the nurse said as she lays your newborn on your chest for skin-to-skin contact. What’s next? Breastfeeding. This is when you introduce your baby to their main source of nutrition for the next six months. No pressure. While it’s the most natural thing in the wor ld, it doesn’t always come naturally.
If you’ve taken a breastfeeding class, you at least have some knowledge of the different positions to try for the best latch and what it might feel like (which… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - September 1, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Atrium Health Source Type: news
