November 17 is World Prematurity Day
The Centers for Disease Control estimates 1 in 8 births in the United States are premature. According to the March of Dimes, more than 75% of deaths of premature babies can be prevented.
Access these resources for more information on premature babies and prevention of premature births.
National Prematurity Awareness (CDC): http://1.usa.gov/1bz0TSJ
Premature Babies (MedlinePlus): http://1.usa.gov/17hqPV4
Infographic (March of Dimes): http://bit.ly/I1vIbL (Source: BHIC)
Source: BHIC - November 18, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kate Flewelling Tags: Children and Teens Public Health Source Type: blogs
Skin to Skin Contact with Your Premature Baby
When you find out you’re pregnant, the last thing you want to do is plan for a less than ideal birth. You want to share 40 weeks of blissful pregnancy, followed by a four hour labor and five minute delivery, then hold your newborn in your arms and bond. I hope that’s your experience.
But it may not be. And if it’s not, you’ll likely experience a range of emotions from fear to anger to grief. But remember, even if things don’t go as you’d hoped, you can still have a perfectly healthy baby.
One possible change in your plan is a premature birth. Sadly, when baby comes early, there may need ...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - November 13, 2013 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Dr. Alan Greene Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Prenatal Prenatal Preparation Top Prenatal Source Type: blogs
Judge Rules Disputes Over Medical Studies Should Be Resolved by Researchers and Scientists not Courts
A U.S. federal appeals court ruled that disputes over medical studies should be resolved by researchers and scientists themselves, not in the courts, which it said are ill-equipped to adjudicate issues based on highly technical data. The case involved allegations by the company ONY, which claimed that its treatment for neonatal respiratory distress, Infasurf, was unfairly disparaged by a study linked to Chiesi Farmaceutici, which makes a rival medication, Curosurf.
As noted by Ed Silverman, writing an article in Forbes: "In a decision that should intrigue free speech advocates, researchers and, of course, pharmaceutic...
Source: Policy and Medicine - November 1, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
How to Identify If You Are at Risk of Preterm Birth
This article looks at the early signs and symptoms of premature birth, and discusses the methods used by healthcare professionals to detect them.Contributor: Melissa ArnesenPublished: Oct 29, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - October 29, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
Inside the Gray Zone: Reflections on Gautham Suresh’s Narrative Matters Essay
Note: This piece was written in collaboration with John. Lantos, director of the Bioethics Center at Children’s Mercy Hospital.
“I just caution you that we don’t know what we don’t know.”
These words came from one of my senior faculty members at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. The context and tone of her warning made me clench my teeth. As a young neonatology fellow, I wanted to think that we did know.
But it turns out, the senior faculty member was right. Her words may have been the most important lesson I’ve learned during my neonatology fellowship. When it comes to the most premature of...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - October 21, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Jessica Brunkhorst Tags: All Categories Bioethics Children Health Care Costs Hospitals Personal Experience Physicians Policy Spending Source Type: blogs
Narrative Matters: A Doctor Faces Tough Decisions On Infant Resuscitation
In the October Health Affairs Narrative Matters essay, a neonatologist must decide whether to revive a premature baby on the borderline of viability. Gautham Suresh's article is freely available to all readers; or you can subscribe to iTunes and listen to him read it. Next week on Health Affairs Blog, another neonatologist will react to Dr. Suresh's thoughts and describe her own experiences grappling with the difficult decisions that too often accompany the treatment of very premature babies. (Source: Health Affairs Blog)
Source: Health Affairs Blog - October 16, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Chris Fleming Tags: All Categories Bioethics Children Hospitals Personal Experience Physicians Policy Source Type: blogs
Preschool Programs Informed by Basic Research in Neuroplasticity... in 1966 [feedly]
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Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - October 6, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
Preschool Programs Informed by Basic Research in Neuroplasticity... in 1966
David P. Weikart“Krech (1960), Rosenzweig (1964), Bennett (1964), and others have successfully identified and measured physiological changes in the brain that relate directly to early experiences in carefully controlled studies with laboratory rats.”-Weikart (1966), Preschool Programs: Preliminary FindingsIn his review of various approaches to early childhood education in the 1960s (e.g., Operation Head Start, Perry Preschool Project, etc.), psychologist David P. Weikart cited literature on neuroplasticity in adult rats (Weikart, 1966). Although written in the context of an early life “critical period” for le...
Source: The Neurocritic - October 6, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
October is SIDS Awareness Month
. Learn more about the problem and the risk factors and take action to reduce the risk. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden, unexplained death of an infant younger than one year old. Some people call SIDS “crib death” because many babies who die of SIDS are found in their cribs. SIDS is the leading cause of death in children between one month and one year old. Most SIDS deaths occur when babies are between two months and four months old. Premature babies, boys, African Americans, and American Indian/Alaska Native infants have a higher risk of SIDS.
The percentage of nighttime caregivers who report...
Source: BHIC - October 4, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Lori Tagawa Tags: Articles Children and Teens Websites Source Type: blogs
Patient Informed Consent for the Teaching Hospital "Trainee" Care: Informing Realistic Scenarios
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Source: Bioethics Discussion Blog - September 17, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Source Type: blogs
September 2013 Man of the Month: Josh Margulies
Each month, Disruptive Women honors the achievements of men in health care with our Man of the Month Series. For September 2013, we could not be more excited to honor a man that creates innovative technologies inspired by the heart. Josh Margulies is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Liviam.com, a social networking platform that connects patients with their family, friends, and healthcare providers in one coordinated community. Read more to find out how a health emergency inspired him to re-wire the support system for patients.
“Aha” moments that spark technological innovations tend to oc...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - September 11, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Caregiving Childbirth Children HIT/Health Gaming Man of the Month Source Type: blogs
Press Conference Wednesday: In Wake of Controversy Over Unethical NIH-Funded Premature Baby Trial, HHS Seeks Way Forward
Family of a Baby Enrolled in the Trial to Attend; Outcome of Aug. 28 HHS Public Meeting Could Weaken Rules for Protecting Human Research Subjects
August 26, 2013
Contact: Angela Bradbery (202) 588-7741; Sam Jewler (202) 588-7779
What: Press conference to highlight the need for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to strengthen the ethical standards by which human experiments are conducted and halt any ongoing trials in which parents were not properly informed of the risks to their babies or of the purpose and nature of the research.
Publicity in April over an unethical trial conducted on premature inf...
Source: PharmaGossip - August 26, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
NIH Censoring Expert to Prevent Criticism of Ethically Questionable NIH-Funded Study on Premature Infants
Agency Should Encourage Open, Evidence-Based Debates to Improve Safety of Studies, Public Citizen Says in LetterJune 13, 2013Contact: Sam Jewler (202) 588-7779; Angela Bradbery (202) 588-7741WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) should not censor one of its experts just because he might criticize ethical lapses in an increasingly high-profile study carried out on premature babies, Public Citizen wrote today in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.Dr. Charles Natanson, senior investigator and chief of the anesthesia section in the NIH Clinical Center’s Critical Care Medi...
Source: PharmaGossip - June 15, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Single Embryo Transfer Recommended in Most IVF Procedures
The process of in vitro fertilization – in which embryos are created outside a woman’s body and then implanted in her uterus — has become increasingly common in the United States. In 2010, 61,564 infants were born using an a form of assisted reproduction technology (ART), and almost all of those resulted from IVF.
A common IVF practice has involved transferring multiple embryos to a woman’s body in one cycle. This was thought to increase the likelihood that at least one embryo would successfully result in a live birth. The average number of embryos transferred at one time is two to three.
While ...
Source: Our Bodies Our Blog - June 13, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Rachel Tags: Pregnancy & Childbirth Reproductive Technology & Genetic Engineering Research & Studies Source Type: blogs
In praise of Kangaroo care for premature infants
Kangaroo care (KC) is the practice of skin-to-skin contact with a premature baby and parent. In low and middle-income countries, where there are fewer medical resources, Kangaroo care has been shown to reduce mortality among premature babies and shorten the length of hospital stay.
Kangaroo care is also very beneficial in high-income countries even in the midst of extremely high-tech care.
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 11, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Tags: Conditions OB/GYN Source Type: blogs
