GenePOC Launches Its revogene(TM) Instrument and GBS LB Test in Canada
QUÉBEC CITY, February 19, 2018 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- GenePOC Inc., member of the Debiopharm Group, is proud to announce the launch in its home market for the revogene instrument and the GenePOC GBS LB assay.
About Group ... Diagnostics, Product Launch GenePOC, Debiopharm, revogene, Group B Streptococcus (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - February 19, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
How Long Do Late Preterm Infants Need Supplemental Feedings?
Discussion
Premature infants have many problems to overcome because they just aren’t ready to live outside the uterine environment.
Late premature infants are defined as birth between 34 0/7 weeks and 36 6/7 weeks gestation. In the U.S. this gestational age accounts for ~70% of all preterm births or ~300,000 births/year. Late preterm infants can have delayed oral feeding skills and failure to thrive along with increased hospital readmissions. Breastfeeding can be difficult as infants can have poor coordination and poor tone, along with decreased lactation in the mother.
Learning Point
Weight gain lags behind intraut...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 13, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Africa:Overlooked Infection Kills 150,000 Babies a Year, Mostly in Africa - Study
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Dakar -Nearly one in five pregnant women worldwide is infected with Group B Streptococcus (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 9, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Study reveals global burden of Group B Strep infection
An estimated one in five pregnant women around the world carry Group B Streptococcus (GBS) bacteria, according to a study on the major, yet preventable, cause of maternal and infant ill health. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - November 6, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Group B Streptococcus infection causes an estimated 150,000 preventable stillbirths and infant deaths every year
An estimated one in five pregnant women around the world carry Group B Streptococcus (GBS) bacteria which is a major, yet preventable, cause of maternal and infant ill health globally. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - November 6, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Research, International, Health; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Translational Health Sciences; Press Release Source Type: news
Streptococcus vaccine 'could prevent over 100,000 baby deaths worldwide'
Experts call for more work to be done to develop vaccine for infection commonly carried by pregnant women, which can cause stillbirth and deathMore than 100,000 stillbirths and baby deaths worldwide could be prevented by the development of a vaccine against an infection commonly carried by pregnant women, according to a groundbreaking report.The impact of disease caused by group B streptococcus (GBS) has not been properly chronicled before and only in relatively recent years has anyone taken seriously its role in the deaths of babies in the womb as well as in the early days of life.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 6, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley Health editor Tags: Vaccines and immunisation Medical research Health Pregnancy Family & wellbeing Parents and parenting Society Immunology Science Source Type: news
Group B Streptococcus infection causes estimated 150,000 stillbirth & infant death
(London School of Hygiene& Tropical Medicine) 21.7 million pregnant women carry this bacteria according to the first global study of Group B Strep -- most of them are currently unidentified and untreated. Study shows for first time that a maternal vaccine may prevent 231,000 infant and maternal GBS cases. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 6, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Massive fall in animal antibiotic use
Ministers says reduction will help combat rising rates of antibiotic resistance Related items fromOnMedica No evidence to back mantra that patients need to complete antibiotic course Children with asthma prescribed ‘unnecessary antibiotics’ Antibiotics for women in early labour to combat Group B Strep Antibiotics not recommended for acute otitis, says NICE Dipstick test children ’s urine before prescribing antibiotics (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - October 27, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
RCOG Advises GBS Prophylaxis for Women in Preterm Labor RCOG Advises GBS Prophylaxis for Women in Preterm Labor
Updated guidelines from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists advise intrapartum antibiotics to fight group B strep for all women in preterm labor.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 20, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news
Antibiotics cut infection risk in obese women after caesarean
Surgical infection less likely if obese women take prophylactic antibiotics for 48h after C-section Related items fromOnMedica Infection risk after caesarean 2.4 times higher in obese women Caesareans associated with increased risk of complications from hysterectomy Antibiotics during pregnancy increases risk of childhood obesity Wide European variations in C-section rates Antibiotics for women in early labour to combat Group B Strep (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - September 20, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
More pregnant women to get Group B Strep treatment
Wider use of antibiotics in those at highest risk will save more young babies lives, say experts. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - September 13, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Antibiotics for women in early labour to combat Group B Strep
Updated guidance to tackle growing Group Strep B cases Related items fromOnMedica Antibiotics during pregnancy increases risk of childhood obesity Experts query treatment of mild hypothyroidism in pregnancy Include pregnant women in studies, urge researchers New guidelines on epilepsy in pregnancy Antenatal flu drugs not linked to newborn risks (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - September 13, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
C-section mums warned about dangers of 'vaginal seeding'
What is the issue?
A technique called vaginal seeding, sometimes used for babies born by caesarean section, "can give newborns deadly infections and sepsis," warns the Mail Online.
Vaginal seeding involves rubbing vaginal fluid onto the skin of a newborn baby born by caesarean section. It's intended to mimic the natural transfer of microbes from their mother that babies have during a vaginal birth. This has been reported by some to help boost a baby's response against allergies and asthma.
As many as 90% of Danish obstetricians and gynaecologists said they have been asked about it by prospective parents. Despite...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 23, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy/child Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Human milk sugars may protect against group B strep
A new study presented at a conference finds that some breast milk contains sugars that may protect against group B strep microbial and biofilm infection. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Late-Onset Infant Group B Streptococcus Infection Associated with Maternal Consumption of Capsules Containing Dehydrated Placenta — Oregon, 2016
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - June 29, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: news
