This Depression & Anxiety Treatment Beats Medication & Counselling By 50% (M)
The largest benefits were seen among people with depression, pregnant and postpartum women and healthy individuals. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - April 10, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Exercise Mental Health subscribers-only Source Type: blogs
Borrowed Wombs: On Uterus Transplants and the Right to Experience Pregnancy
I.Glenn Cohen (Harvard Law School), Borrowed Wombs: On Uterus Transplants and the Right to Experience Pregnancy, U. Chi. Legal F. (2022): In December 2017, it was announced that the first birth from a uterus transplant in America occurred at Baylor... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 3, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Breaking Bad: the antihero ’ s journey through cancer
An excerpt from From Whispers to Shouts: The Ways We Talk About Cancer. “Walt, is that you?” Skyler asks her husband in the final scene of the Breaking Bad pilot. They’re in bed, she’s pregnant, and he’s come toward her in a new way. He’s changed, and she doesn’t yet know why. In this acclaimed
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Breaking Bad: the antihero’s journey through cancer originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Elaine Schattner, MD Tags: Physician Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
Justine Siegemundin
Justine Siegemund (1636-1705), midwife,was the Google Doodle for today, 28th March 2023. When young, she was misdiagnosed as pregnant when in fact she had a prolapsed uterus, and her experiences led her to train and practice as a midwife. She was Court Midwife in Berlin, in which post she delivered royal babies, and was invited to write a training manual for other midwives, the first medical book in German to be written by a woman, published in 1690. Searches in Cinahl and PubMed with variations of her name (Siegemundin, and different spellings of her first name) find just a handful of arti...
Source: Browsing - March 28, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
Hey indeedy
Utah is among the many states that are now encouraging parents to ban books from school libraries. Well, a parent has exercised the right torequest banning what is one of the most indecent books there is, the Bible. We ' ve been reading it here, blithely enjoying the multiple accounts of incest, rape, and seduction. Consider just a single character, Judah, the guy after whom the Jewish people are named and supposedly an ancestor of Joseph, husband of Mary:Judah marries the daughter of Shua, aCanaanite.Genesis chapter 38 Judah and his wife have three children,Er,Onan, andShelah. Er marriesTamar, but God kills him because he...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 24, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Imaging Technique Reveals Contraction Patterns During Labor
Researchers at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development have developed a new imaging technique called electromyometrial imaging (EMMI) which clinicians can use to create 3D maps of uterine contraction patterns during labor. The non-invasive imaging method utilizes rapid MRI scanning with an electromyogram obtained through sensors placed on the skin of the belly. These data are then combined to create 3D maps that reveal how contractions are initiated and spread throughout the uterus. The data will allow researchers to better understand the process of labor and help clinicians to d...
Source: Medgadget - March 22, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Ob/Gyn Radiology Source Type: blogs
Death in Childbirth
I taught a course last year in global maternal mortality so I have some idea of what I ' m talking about here. Childbirth is dangerous for women because, for one thing, thanks to evolution giving us big brains, the baby ' s head is too big for the birth canal. However, there are other complications of pregnancy that can occur. In Europe in the 19th Century, as it became common for women to give birth in hospitals, infectious disease killed a lot of mothers, thanks to the doctors transferring pathogens on their unwashed hands and unsterile instruments. Many a family was bereaved by maternal death, but it has become rare in ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 17, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Reconceiving Reproductive Health Systems: Caring for Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Expansive People During Pregnancy and Childbirth
This article examines the barriers to quality health care for transgender, nonbinary, and... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 16, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 13th March 2023 - other things
First, aHealthcare Safety Investigation Branch report into assessment of risk during the " maternity pathway ". Then, a Guardian report of NIHR research into reform of the 1967 Abortion Act, which would allow nurses and midwives to approve abortions. The resulting research, called SACHA (Shaping Abortion for Change) is here.Pregnant women advised to dim lights before bed, says a Guardian report, to reduce risk of gestational diabetes. It reports aresearch letter published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology: Maternal-Fetal Medicine (paywall).Last of all, a judge in Australi...
Source: Browsing - March 13, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 13th March 2023 - research
Some other recent papers and reviews of possible interest.AntenatalAntenatal dietary supplementation with myo-inositol for preventing gestational diabetes. (Cochrane review, update of a review previously published in 2015).Aspirin discontinuation at 24 to 28 weeks` gestation in pregnancies at high risk of preterm preeclampsia: a randomized clinical trial. (Aspirin reduces the incidence of preterm preeclampsia, but is also associated with peripartum bleeding). Development and psychometric properties of the sleep problems and coping with sleep problem scales for pregnant womenSerial plotting ...
Source: Browsing - March 13, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 13th March 2023 - Global health
Four recent papers you might be interested to know about:Experiences of families and health professionals along the care continuum for low-birth weight neonates: A constructivist grounded theory study. Study conducted in Ghana.Fortified balanced energy-protein supplementation during pregnancy and lactation and infant growth in rural Burkina Faso: A 2 x 2 factorial individually randomized controlled trial.World Health Organization: Strengthening implementation of home-based records for maternal, newborn and child health: a guide for country programme managers. WHO publication, published in December 2022.Eff...
Source: Browsing - March 13, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
Reconceiving Reproductive Health Systems: Caring for Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Expansive People During Pregnancy and Childbirth
This article examines the barriers to quality health care for transgender, nonbinary, and... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 7, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Birthing Alone
Elizabeth Kukura (Drexel University), Birthing Alone, 79 Wash.& Lee L. Rev. 4 (2022): Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals implemented restrictive visitor policies that have prevented many pregnant people from giving birth with their chosen support people. For some, this... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 1, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Clevermed and its BadgerNet Solution Join the System C Family
System C acquires leading health tech business, Clevermed
Edinburgh-based Clevermed, the pioneering health tech company, today confirmed its acquisition by System C, one of the UK’s leading providers of hospital-wide software for the NHS. The acquisition will unlock growth and investment for its flagship product, the mother and baby health system, BadgerNet.
Currently, nearly all babies in neonatal units in the UK have their details in BadgerNet. In addition, by the end of 2023 it is estimated that 45% of UK pregnancies will be recorded on BadgerNet. Along with clinical access, every day the system supports over 40,000...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 24, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Badger Notes BadgerNet Clevermed Electronic Maternity Records Electronic Neonatal Records Health Boards and Trusts Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Jane Stephenson Neonatal Care Neonatal Unit Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 24th February 2023 - research
Some things you may want to know about:Effectiveness evaluation of anantenatal care intervention addressing disparities to improve perinatal outcomes in Denmark: A nationwide register-based analysis of a cluster randomised controlled trial (MAMAACT), Meperidine compared with nitrous oxide forintrapartum pain relief in multiparous patients: a randomized controlled trial.Nurses ' and midwives ' perceptions and strategies to cope withperinatal death situations: A systematic literature review.Vitamin D supplementation for the outcomes of patients with gestational diabetes mellitus and neonates: a meta-analysis and systema...
Source: Browsing - February 24, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
