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  • U.S. infant survival rates lags
    posted on 11/27/07 at Family Life
    Infant survival is low in the United States, compared with other modernized nations, especially for babies of color. A new report by the Centers for Disease Control found that the number of U.S. infants dying has dropped over the past...

  • Active Parents Raise Active Children
    posted on 11/27/07 at ScienceDaily
    Parents who are active during pregnancy and early in their child's life tend to raise more active children, finds a new study. Some risk factors for adult diseases are associated with lower levels of physical activity in children. Associations have also been reported between early life factors (from birth to around five years) and childhood obesity.

  • Radiation Exposure Of Pregnant Women More Than Doubles In Ten Years
    posted on 11/27/07 at ScienceDaily
    The past decade has seen an unprecedented increase in the use of radiologic exams on pregnant women, according to a new study. The investigators found that from 1997 to 2006, the number of imaging studies performed on pregnant women increased by 121 percent.

  • More pregnant women getting scans
    posted on 11/27/07 at MSNBC




  • Cross-sectional analysis of adverse outcomes in 1029 pregnancies of afro-caribbean women in trinidad with and without systemic lupus erythematosus
    posted on 11/27/07 at Medworm
    The objective of the study was to examine pregnancy outcomes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and population controls in Trinidad. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of adverse outcomes in pregnancies of Afro-Caribbean women with, and without, SLE. 122 female adult cases of SLE and 203 neighbourhood age matched women without SLE were interviewed concerning details of reproductive history, and anticardiolipin antibody (ACL) status was established for women with SLE. 1029

  • MRI Shows Lung Damage In Passive Smokers
    posted on 11/27/07 at MedicineNet
    A special type of MRI scan that uses colours to show damaged and undamaged areas of the lung has been used to show that non smokers suffer injury to their lungs from being exposed to second hand cigarette smoke for a long period of time. [click link for full article]

  • Your Family Doctor May Be The Key To Quitting Smoking, As Shown By New Research Review
    posted on 11/27/07 at MedicineNet
    Scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) are defining the most effective ways to treat tobacco dependence, and in an article released in the November issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) they highlight the surprisingly significant role that the health practitioner can play in helping people quit smoking. Many people's attempts to quit are unsuccessful, so effective interventions are critical for the 4.5 million smokers in Canada alone. [click link for f

  • Secondhand Smoke Damages Lungs: Novel MRI Technique Offers Proof
    posted on 11/27/07 at MedicineNet
    For the first time, researchers have identified structural damage to the lungs caused by secondhand cigarette smoke.The results of the study, conducted by researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, were presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). [click link for full article]

  • Attention And Working Memory In Recovering Alcoholics May Be Enhanced By Nicotine
    posted on 11/27/07 at MedicineNet
    * Alcoholics in early recovery tend to have impaired cognitive functioning. * Nicotine is known to have beneficial effects under certain circumstances. * New findings show that nicotine patches may enhance cognitive functioning among newly recovering alcoholics with a history of smoking. Detoxified alcoholics in the early stages of recovery tend to have impaired cognitive functioning. [click link for full article]

  • Health Dept Airs New Anti-Tobacco Ad Campaign
    posted on 11/27/07 at MedicineNet
    Most smokers can list the many health effects of cigarettes - lung cancer, throat cancer, emphysema, heart disease - but few fully appreciate the challenges faced by those who struggle with the addiction. For more than a year, the Health Department has conducted focus groups and in-depth interviews to learn more about issues smokers are concerned about and what motivates them to quit. [click link for full article]

  • Vietnam: 30,000-40,000 Die From Smoking Annually
    posted on 11/27/07 at MedicineNet
    According to new reports, thirty to forty thousand people die of smoking related disease each year in Vietnam. Some 56 percent of local men aged 15 upwards are cigarette smokers, the Vietnam Tobacco Control Program reported. In recent years, smokers in Vietnam have spent over 8.2 trillion Vietnamese dong (512.5 million U.S. dollars) on smoking, said the programmes secretary, Phan Thi Hai. [click link for full article]

  • Ex Smoker: "Look At What Has Happened To Me And Tell Me Smoking Is Worth It"
    posted on 11/27/07 at MedicineNet
    Isaac keery, 62, who had a lung removed after being told he had just a year left to live is urging smokers to think twice about lighting up. Mr Keery, was diagnosed with cancer last April and told he could expect to live just 12 months if he didn't have his left lung taken out. [click link for full article]

  • MRIs Show Evidence Of Lung Damage From Secondhand Smoke
    posted on 11/27/07 at MedicineNet
    It's not a smoking gun, but it's smoking-related, and it's there in black-and-white images: evidence of microscopic structural damage deep in the lungs, caused by secondhand cigarette smoke. For the first time, researchers have identified lung injury to nonsmokers that was long suspected, but not previously detectable with medical imaging tools. The researchers suggest that their findings may strengthen public health efforts to restrict secondhand smoke. [click link for full article]

  • Stretch Marks in Pregnancy
    posted on 11/27/07 at About.com
    Alisha Weatherford © Stretch marks are something most pregnant women fear. While a majority of women will see a telltale mark or two, many are relieved to...

  • Mums Say NHS Maternity Services Are Good In Biggest Ever Survey, UK
    posted on 11/27/07 at Medical News Today
    Mothers have praised the good quality of care provided by NHS maternity services in a survey published today (Tuesday) by the Healthcare Commission. But the results also highlight specific areas of concern and wide variations between trusts in responses to questions about postnatal care, communication, food and cleanliness. Responses came from 26,000 women who gave birth in January and February 2007, making it the largest survey ever of maternity experience. [click link for full article]

  • AWHONN Awarded Department Of Defense Contracts To Deploy Perinatal Training Tools
    posted on 11/27/07 at MedicineNet
    The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) is proud to announce the receipt of two major contract awards from the Department of Defense (DOD) Patient Safety Program, managed by TRICARE Management Activity (TMA). AWHONN will provide a web-based introductory Fetal Heart Monitoring course, as well as Neonatal and Perinatal Education programs to military health care personnel. [click link for full article]

  • Program Combining Nutrition, Exercise, Other Activities Shows Success In Helping Black Girls Lose Weight
    posted on 11/27/07 at MedicineNet
    An NIH-funded program that combined exercise, nutrition education, field trips and other activities was more successful than a self-esteem program in helping black girls lose weight and keep it off for two years, according to a study presented at an American Heart Association meeting in Orlando, the [click link for full article]

  • Women Living In Cities At Greater Risk For Breast Cancer
    posted on 11/27/07 at MedicineNet
    Women who live in urban areas have denser breasts, making them more likely to develop breast cancer, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)."Women living in cities need to pay more attention to having regular breast screening," said Nicholas M. Perry, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.R., director of The London Breast Institute at The Princess Grace Hospital in London, U.K. [click link for full article]

  • Bone-Thinning And Depression Linked In Premenopausal Women
    posted on 11/27/07 at MedicineNet
    Premenopausal women with even mild depression have less bone mass than do their nondepressed peers, a study funded in part by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), shows. The level of bone loss is at least as high as that associated with recognized risk factors for osteoporosis, including smoking, low calcium intake, and lack of physical activity. [click link for full article]

  • Rutgers-Newark Provost Award Received By Rutgers College Of Nursing Faculty Member Rachel Jones
    posted on 11/27/07 at MedicineNet
    Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member Rachel Jones has been selected to be the recipient of the Rutgers-Newark Provost's Award for Community Engagement in Research. This award is for research of broad scholarly significance based in whole or in part on data from Newark or Northern New Jersey.Steven J. [click link for full article]

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