How a C-Section Changes Your Body
When I discovered I was pregnant with twins, my husband and I burst into tears of joy, followed by utter panic. Two of them? I soon realized that carrying multiples meant I would likely wind up having a C-section (a typical procedure for twin pregnancies). However, the idea of a potentially long and painful labor and delivery—times two—was scary, so I was relieved when my obstetrician suggested we go with a C-section.
But the experience wasn’t all spinal taps and roses: In addition to a long and painful recovery, I was left with a surprising post-surgery souvenir: a brand new pooch that hovers right above my C-sectio...
Source: Cord Blood News - March 5, 2015 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: joyce at mazelabs.com Tags: babies blood disorder brain development Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy stem cells affordable cord blood banking breast feeding C-section caesarian cerebral palsy due dates healthy pregnancy new baby parenting Source Type: blogs
Painkillers? Prozac? Brazilian Blowout? Hotline Counsels Pregnant Women On Risks
By Carey Goldberg
Reprinted from Common Health
Joy Shapiro of Framingham, Mass., was the sort of hyper-cautious expectant mother who doesn’t just cut out alcohol and caffeine. She worried about the ingredients in everything she consumed or put on her body, from fitness drinks to sunscreen.
But thanks to a referral from her obstetrician, she had a secret weapon against her anxiety: Patricia Cole, the program coordinator for MotherToBaby Massachusetts — also known as the Pregnancy Exposure Infoline — whom she “bombarded” with queries.
“At one point, I emailed her like 20 ingredients that were in ...
Source: Cord Blood News - March 2, 2015 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: joyce at mazelabs.com Tags: babies blood disorder brain development Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy affordable cord blood banking bone marrow breast feeding cerebral palsy cord blood banking cost comparison cord blood banking information cord Source Type: blogs
Mothers’ Sounds Are Building Block for Babies’ Brains
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
reprinted from the New York Times
The sound of a mother’s voice plays a critical role in a baby’s early development, multiple studies have shown. Now, researchers have demonstrated that the brain itself may rely on a mother’s voice and heartbeat to grow.
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston studied 40 babies born eight to 15 weeks prematurely. Like most severely premature babies, the infants were confined to incubators and spent limited time with their mothers.
“Preemies born this early are basically fetuses that happen to be out there by accident,” said Amir ...
Source: Cord Blood News - February 26, 2015 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: joyce at mazelabs.com Tags: babies brain development Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy Uncategorized babies heartbeat cerebral palsy due dates expectant mothers future of cord blood healthy pregnancy new baby science what to expect when you' Source Type: blogs
6 things to do in the last weeks of pregnancy
by Tsh.. She is the founder of this blog and is currently traveling around the world with her husband and 3 kids. Her latest book is Notes From a Blue Bike, and believes a passport is one of the world’s greatest textbooks.
My due date is in just a few days. Yep, I’m in that very last stage of pregnancy, when there’s not much you can do other than watch your body swell to unbelievable proportions and reminisce of the days when you could get up without grunting.
I’ve been busy getting ready for number three to join our family, and a big part of that is editing and scheduling guest posts from editors and co...
Source: Cord Blood News - January 21, 2015 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: joyce at mazelabs.com Tags: babies Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy Uncategorized affordable cord blood banking cerebral palsy due dates healthy pregnancy new baby parenting third trimester of pregnancy why save cord blood Source Type: blogs
KevinMD’s most popular posts of 2014
Thanks so much for visiting and reading KevinMD.com! 2014 was the busiest year yet.
Below are the most popular posts of the year, measured by number of shares on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+. Enjoy.
1. Frozen in the hospital! Watch medical students sing Let It Go. The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Class of 2016 sings “Let It Go,” or rather, “I Don’t Know.” The talent and production values of these parodies have certainly gone up over the years. Props to the vocals and choreography. Enjoy.
2. Consider the messages that tattoos are sending. It’s easy to condemn what we don’t...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 31, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Admin Tags: Potpourri Primary care Source Type: blogs
The Future of Cord Blood Research
You may have heard that the stem cells in your baby’s umbilical-cord blood can save lives, but if you’re like most people, you have only a vague notion of how stem cells work — or which diseases they can treat. Right now, certain cancers, blood disorders, and immune disorders, among other conditions, are being successfully treated with cord-blood stem cells — and thanks to cord blood research, the list of conditions and diseases that may be treated by these stem cells is growing.
Why is it important to know about the cord blood research and what types of diseases it can treat? Knowing what cord blood can and...
Source: Cord Blood News - December 15, 2014 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: joyce at mazelabs.com Tags: babies blood disorder brain development Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy stem cells affordable cord blood banking bone marrow breast feeding cerebral palsy cord blood banking fees cord blood banking information cor Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Botox Injections for Medical Conditions
In this episode of the Sarasota Neurology Podcast, Dr. Kassicieh, a recognized expert in clinical Botox, provides an overview of current techniques for treating dystonia, muscle spasm (which may be associated with pain), spasticity from stroke or brain injury with Botox.
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Source: Sarasota Neurology - August 20, 2014 Category: Neurologists Authors: Dan Kassicieh, D.O. Tags: Botox Movement Disorders Pain Podcast Stroke Botox injections cerebral clinical dystonia FDA headaches migraine spasm spinal cord Source Type: blogs
Facebook Activity Earns Zarbee's a Slap on the Wrist from FDA
The FDA continued their focus on social media by coming down on Zarbee's for activity on the company’s Facebook page. Zarbee's, a company focusing on natural cough remedies for young children, received a letter from the FDA outlining transgressions within (relatively) recent social media activity. The letter specifically focused on Facebook activity including likes on certain comments as well as two tweets from earlier this year. Most of the highlighted activity took place in January and February of this year although two posts from October 2013 are mentioned as well. Some of the specific posts ci...
Source: ePharma Summit - July 14, 2014 Category: Medical Marketing and PR Tags: #epharma ePharma Summit epharma West FDA Social Media FDA Social media guidance FDA social media guidelines Zarbees Zarbees Facebook Zarbees FDA Source Type: blogs
Should Premature Babies Be Included In The One-Size-Fits-All Vaccination Policy?
Conclusion
Clearly, the one-size-fits-all vaccination policy does not fit premature babies. How can it be considered lawful or indeed moral to vaccinate premature babies with the same vaccinations that are administered to adults?
We can see from the studies undertaken by Dr. Viera Scheibner and her late husband Leif Karlsson that many of the routine vaccinations used on premature babies today can cause them to suffer stress-induced breathing patterns. These studies are irrefutable and have been used worldwide to demonstrate the link between vaccinations and breathing difficulties in young babies.
Despite this information, ...
Source: vactruth.com - June 17, 2014 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Christina England Tags: Christina England Top Stories premature birth truth about vaccines Source Type: blogs
14.5 Million Reasons Physicians Practice Defensive Medicine
Cleveland’s MetroHealth Medical Center and a staff physician were recently found liable for a $14.5 million medical malpractice verdict in what is commonly termed a “bad baby” case.
The case as described in the article involved 36 year old Stephanie Stewart who was pregnant with her second child. She went to MetroHealth several times for premature labor when the child was 22-23 weeks gestational age (a full term infant is 40 weeks) and was admitted twice, with labor being stopped using medication and bedrest. There were apparently discussions about her requiring a C-section since her first child was de...
Source: WhiteCoat's Call Room - June 16, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: WhiteCoat Tags: Defensive Medicine Medical-Legal Source Type: blogs
Applying the anti-vaccine mentality to car seats
What if a big TV station came out with a blockbuster story claiming that infant car seats were implicated in cerebral palsy (CP)? After all, something like 99.7% of babies diagnosed with cerebral palsy had been brought home from the hospital in a car seat. In fact, every single time they went anywhere in a car, they were strapped into them. That’s an impressive number. There has to be some connection!
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Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 9, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Lucy Hornstein, MD Tags: Meds Medications Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Can Cerebral Palsy be Prevented With Cord Blood Stem Cells?
In my life I have been blessed to know many people who have cerebral palsy. When I was a child, Michael, a friend of my parents, would come to visit. My brother and I looked forward to his time with us because of his infectious sense of humor.Later, when I married my husband, I got to meet his cousin Jay. Jay is confined to a wheel chair but that did not stop him from making me laugh so hard I almost peed my pants. And just around the corner from my house lives Sarah. She cannot speak, but her mother and sister, who was hands down my kids' favorite babysitter, look at her with such love and admiration that I know she commu...
Source: Mary Meets Dolly - June 6, 2014 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Tags: Stem cells, Adult Source Type: blogs
What if Car Seats Were Like Vaccines
What if a big TV station, say WTOP in Washington DC, came out with a blockbuster story claiming that infant car seats were implicated in cerebral palsy? After all, something like 99.7% of babies diagnosed with cerebral palsy had been brought home from the hospital in a car seat. In fact, every single time they went anywhere in a car, they were strapped into them. That’s an impressive number. There has to be some connection!
Imagine video of kids crying piteously as they’re buckled into the wretched contraptions. After all, car seats are restraining and uncomfortable. Kids hate them! But parents have been duped ...
Source: Musings of a Dinosaur - May 22, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: notdeaddinosaur Tags: Medical Source Type: blogs
Skydiving a Release from Life in a Wheelchair for Matthew Dooley
Matthew Dooley has cerebral palsy however that does not prevent him from enjoying the sport of skydiving (Source: Disabled World Blogs)
Source: Disabled World Blogs - April 27, 2014 Category: Disability Tags: Disability Blogs & Writings Source Type: blogs
United Church Observer: Through the Cracks: For Adults With Developmental Disabilities Gaps Remain
The United Church Observer article, Through the cracks, by Kevin Spurgaitis, tackles issues relating to the lack of available care for adults with severe developmental disabilities including autism disorders. Simply by addressing, and shining a spotlight on the lack of places that can provide permanent residential care to those with autism disorders they have helped to address the hard realities faced by many with severe developmental disorders including severe autism. I was interviewed by telephone by Kevin Spurgatis, who was exceptionally courteous and respectful, qualities which show up in t...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - March 21, 2014 Category: Autism Authors: H L Doherty Source Type: blogs
