How to Stop Procrastinating at Bedtime and Actually Go to Sleep
Once I finally tuck my kids into bed, clean the kitchen, and shoot off my last work email of the night, it’s “me” time. It’s also, cruelly, bedtime. I know I should sleep, but instead I stay up way too late binge-watching Love Is Blind or mindlessly scrolling on Reddit. I need rest, but I push it off. This is my only uninterrupted time, and I want to maximize it. This phenomenon is so universal that there’s a scientific name for it: “bedtime procrastination.” According to the researchers who coined it in a 2014 study, bedtime procrastination is “failing to go to bed at th...
Source: TIME: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Friedlander Serrano Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Declined in BC During Pandemic Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Declined in BC During Pandemic
The rate of neonatal abstinence syndrome in British Columbia, Canada, increased prior to the pandemic, then decreased in the first 2 years of the pandemic.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - March 18, 2024 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Pediatrics Source Type: news

Why women keep choosing Holy Cross Health for maternity and perinatal care in the D.C. metro region
Madeline Rose visited Holy Cross Hospital ’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in her cap and gown after graduating from high school in 2019. She wanted to personally thank the NICU team for the care she received nearly 18 years earlier when she was born prematurely and weighed just 2.5 pounds. “She came with her family directly from her h igh school graduation to let our team in the NICU know that if it weren’t for them, she wouldn’t have walked across the stage that day,” said Nancy Nagel,… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Laura Newpoff Source Type: news

Protecting Black mothers before, during and after pregnancy
Key takeawaysAccording to the California Department of Public Health, the pregnancy-related mortality rate for Black women in the state has long been  disproportionately high.Black women still experience pregnancy-related deaths at rates three to four times higher than those of their peers from other racial and ethnic groups.To discuss what ’s being done to address this crisis, the UCLA Center for Reproductive Science, Health and Education hosted a talk by L.A. County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell.The pregnancy-related mortality rate for Black women in California has long been disproportionately high, according to the Ca...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - March 14, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Drug Development for the Treatment of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection and Neonatal Enterovirus Infection - 05/07/2024
The Food and Drug Administration is holding a public, two-day workshop entitled Development of Drugs for the Treatment of Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection and Neonatal Enterovirus Infection. (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - March 13, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news

Intimate partner violence across pregnancy and the postpartum and the relationship to depression and perinatal wellbeing: findings from a pregnancy cohort study - Galbally M, Watson S, MacMillan K, Sevar K, Howard LM.
PURPOSE: To compare the prevalence of emotional and physical intimate partner violence (IPV) across pregnancy and the first year postpartum in those with and without clinical depression and assess the association between maternal childhood trauma, current ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Using ultrasound before operational birth improves neonatal outcomes
Using ultrasound prior to operative vaginal birth leads to improved neonatal outcomes, according to research published March 11 in American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM. A team led by Sasha Skinner, MBBS, from Monash Health in Victoria, Australia, found that compared to cases where ultrasound was not used, implementing a safety protocol that included intrapartum ultrasound was tied to fewer infants being delivered in an unexpected position and a reduction in neonatal morbidity. “Our experience found that clinicians were receptive to upskilling in [ultrasound] to determine fetal head position,” the Skinner t...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Womens Imaging Source Type: news

Should Women Stop ADHD Meds During Pregnancy?
(MedPage Today) -- Continuing dexamphetamine for attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during pregnancy was not associated with a higher likelihood of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes compared with stopping the medication during... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 11, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Examination of risk factors for high Edinburgh postnatal depression scale scores: a retrospective study at a single university hospital in Japan - Shiga T, Furui T, Morishige KI.
BACKGROUND: Perinatal mental health, such as postpartum depression, is an important issue that can threaten the lives of women and children. It is essential to understand the risk factors in advance and intervene before they can lead to postnatal depressio... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Intimate partner violence and depression screening of mothers with infants in the neonatal intensive care unit - Desai S, Stanzo K, Benskin B, Cardenas K, Gilkey TW, Chiruvolu A.
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of partner violence and depression in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) mothers. STUDY DESIGN:  This was a descriptive study. Mothers were screened in a safe room away from their partner with the E... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Thousands of premature babies to benefit from special clothing donation to NHS
EXCLUSIVE: Parents often struggle to find clothes to fit premature newborns - so Tesco has donated garments to every neonatal unit in England. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What Are the Health Problems for Off-Spring of Mothers with Pre-eclampsia?
Discussion “Pre-eclampsia is a complex multisystem disease, diagnosed by sudden-onset hypertension (> 20 weeks of gestation) and at least one other associated complication, including proteinuria, maternal organ dysfunction or uteroplacental dysfunction…[It] is one of the most severe complications of pregnancy and a leading causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality.” Deaths per year world wide are estimated to be 500,000 babies and > 70,000 women. Women that survive have decreased life-expectancy and it is estimated that > 300 million women and children are at “…increase...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 4, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Repeat Preeclampsia Testing Not Tied to Better Perinatal Outcomes
TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2024 -- Repeat placental growth factor (PlGF) testing in pregnant women with suspected preeclampsia is not associated with improved perinatal outcomes, according to a study published online Feb. 8 in The Lancet.Alice Hurrell,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 27, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Postpartum depression--new screening recommendations and treatments - Moore Simas TA, Whelan A, Byatt N.
Perinatal mental health conditions are those that occur during pregnancy and the year following childbirth, whether onset of the condition(s) predates pregnancy or occurs in the perinatal period. Perinatal mental health conditions are the leading cause of ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Rural Maternal Health Webinar Series
Announces a 4-part webinar series, starting March 12, 2024, presented by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) in collaboration with the Rural Health Information Hub, to support access to safe, high-quality maternity care in rural communities. Webinars will cover information on achieving the Birthing-Friendly Hospital Designation from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), working with Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (PQCs) to improve care, implementing AIM bundles to improve patient safety, and how rural hospitals without birthing units can prepared for patient needs. (Source: News sto...
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - February 27, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news