As more pregnant people face homelessness in Hamilton, YWCA pitches new facility to offer shelter and care
At the height of the pandemic, YWCA Hamilton staff were encountering women experiencing homelessness who were pregnant but going without prenatal care late into their pregnancy, or not at all. The non-profit started a small, low-barrier program to help in 2021 and are now looking to expand. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Hamilton Source Type: news
MRI shows preeclampsia's effect on maternal heart, fetal brain
MRI reveals the negative effects of preeclampsia on pregnant women's hearts and on the brains of their fetuses, according to research published in the April issue of Hypertension.
The results highlight MRI's benefits as a prenatal assessment tool, wrote a group led by Megan Hall, MD, of St Thomas' Hospital in London, U.K.
"As well as giving insight into the immediate pathophysiological impact of preeclampsia, [MRI] holds potential as a valuable tool for risk stratification both antenatally and when considering longer-term cardiovascular risk in women," it noted.
Preeclampsia is a disease of pregnancy that has both short...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 5, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Clinical News Womens Imaging Ob/Gyn Source Type: news
Qualitative evaluation of an edutainment intervention to prevent age-disparate transactional sex in Tanzania: changes in educational aspirations and gender equitable attitudes towards work - Pichon M, Buller AM, Gimunta V, Rutenge O, Thiaw Y, Sono R, Howard-Merrill L.
Age-disparate transactional sex is a major contributor to the disproportionate rates of HIV experienced by adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa, and a key driver of unintended adolescent pregnancy. This paper comprises one element of the impact evaluatio... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Media, Marketing, and Internet Issues Source Type: news
Women's experiences of attempted suicide in the perinatal period (ASPEN-study) - a qualitative study - De Backer K, Pali A, Challacombe FL, Hildersley R, Newburn M, Silverio SA, Sandall J, Howard LM, Easter A.
BACKGROUND: Suicide is a leading cause of maternal death during pregnancy and the year after birth (the perinatal period). While maternal suicide is a relatively rare event with a prevalence of 3.84 per 100,000 live births in the UK [1], the impact of mate... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Tennessee court to weigh throwing out abortion ban challenge, blocking portions of the law
Attorneys defending Tennessee’s sweeping abortion ban have alleged that doctors challenging the law do not want any oversight when deciding to terminate a pregnancy and instead are improperly withholding care to women facing serious medical emergencies (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Obese Pregnant Women Share Stories of Challenging Childhoods
Is there a direct correlation between weight and a difficult childhood in some adults (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - April 4, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Pregnancy Information Source Type: news
Victim of America's 'CANCER COLLEGE': Widower reveals how late wife, 35, was diagnosed with terminal breast tumors while pregnant with her son - and died before seeing him grow up... as family blame 'toxic' North Carolina university building
Sarah Glad, from South Carolina, was diagnosed with stage four triple negative breast cancer almost ten years after studying at North Carolina State's 'toxic' Poe Hall. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hormonal Birth Control Doesn ’ t Deserve Its Bad Reputation
Almost two-thirds of U.S. women of reproductive age use some kind of contraception, according to the latest federal data. And millions of them use methods that contain hormones, including birth control pills, intrauterine devices (IUDs), rings, implants, injections, and patches.
Although the specifics vary from method to method, hormonal birth control generally works by halting ovulation and/or changing conditions in the uterus or cervix to prevent pregnancy. And it works well: efficacy rates approach 100% when these methods are used correctly.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen Explainer healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Florida's stricter ban on abortions could put more pressure on clinics elsewhere
A Florida ban on abortions earlier in pregnancy is expected to have an impact on providers in other parts of the country (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Rheumatic Diseases Have an Impact on Reproductive Health
WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2024 -- Rheumatic diseases have a broad impact on reproductive success and pregnancy outcomes, according to a study published online March 20 in Rheumatology.Anne M. Kerola, M.D., Ph.D., from Helsinki University Hospital,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 3, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Doctors thought woman, 23, was pregnant but it was actually deadly cancer
"I thought I was too young to get ovarian cancer," she said. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Too Often, Postpartum Depression Goes Untreated in Black, Hispanic Women
WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2024 -- Massive racial disparities exist in the treatment of pregnancy-related mood disorders in the United States, a new study shows.White women suffering from depression or anxiety during or after pregnancy are nearly twice as... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 3, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Abortion care limitations raise medicolegal concerns in IR
Interventional radiology (IR) specialists should be aware of shifting individual state laws on abortion so as to not be blindsided when called on to provide care to pregnant patients, a clinician in the field cautioned recently.
In July last year, for instance, North Carolina joined 20 other states by passing new legislation that limits abortion based on timing, type, or other requirements, with 14 states having outright bans, noted Priya Mody, MD, an interventional radiologist in Chapel Hill. In a recent interview with AuntMinnie.com, she encouraged interventional radiologists to be aware of the nuances of these laws.
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Digital X-Ray Interventional Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Ai Programme to Stimulate National Herd Growth
[The Herald] As efforts to rebuild the national herd intensify, the Department of Veterinary Technical Services has teamed up with the livestock research unit to initiate a nationwide cattle artificial insemination (AI) programme targeting 6 000 cows this breeding season. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 3, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Food and Agriculture Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
What to remember about the new season of'American Horror Story' starring Kim Kardashian and Emma Roberts before it returns
None Emma Roberts plays Anna, a rising star trying get pregnant. Kim Kardashian plays her publicist. • None Ahead of the show's return, here's everything you need to remember about "AHS: Delicate." Fans of "American Horror Story" won't have to wait much longer for the show to return. Season 12,…#kimkardashian #noneahead #americanhorrorstory #ahs #ryanmurphy #emmaroberts #billielourd #denisohare #delicatecondition #daniellevalentine (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
