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Drug & Alcohol Action Team uses SAS to Tackle Drugs and Save Lives by Improving Joined-Up Delivery
Tackle Drugs and Save Lives by Improving Joined-Up Delivery Browse by Category Automotive Aftermarket Alternative Vehicles/Fuels Consumer & General Interest Fleet Management Motorcycles Off-Road Trucks & SUVs Performance &...
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Examines Effects Of Maternal Mortality On Infants In Tanzania
The on Thursday examined the effects of maternal mortality on infants in Tanzania, many of whom live in village orphanages after their mothers' deaths.The article is the last in a three-part series on pregnancy- and childbirth...
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Sandy, UT-New Moms Enjoy Gourmet Meal after Delivery
Alta View Hospital Women's Center, Sandy, UT, has launched a program to pamper new moms while they're in the hospital: New moms and their partners are now served a gourmet dinner the night before they return home.In their rooms, new...
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New England Journal of Medicine Study Highlights Need for Rapid, PCR-based Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Testing
SUNNYVALE, Calif.GBS disease is one of the most common infections in the first week following birth and is a leading cause of infant mortality and serious neonatal infections such as sepsis, pneumonia and meningitis. Transmission of GBS...
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New England Journal of Medicine Study Highlights Need for Rapid, PCR-based Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Testing
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cepheid GBS disease is one of the most common infections in the first week following birth and is a leading cause of infant mortality and serious neonatal infections such as sepsis,...
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blue sky scrubs Recognizes National Nurses Week
blue sky scrubs would like to thank all of the hard-working dedicated nurses worldwide.Nurses are often the first person a patient sees when they enter a hospital or medical facility, and quite often the last person they see as they leave...
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Mothers' death rates under scrutiny
Analysis of mortality report shows possible links to surgery Seventy percent of women who died from pregnancy-related causes in New York state underwent cesarean-section births, more than twice the rate at which cesareans are performed in...
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Kegel exercises do not hinder labor and delivery
-0400 (Reuters Health) By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite some concerns, the pelvic-muscle exercises many women do during pregnancy do not seem to raise the likelihood of complications during labor and delivery, a new...
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B. Braun Anticipates Becoming First To Deliver FDA Approved 2g Cefazolin
Braun Medical Inc.Braun), a leader in infusion therapy and pain management, said today it anticipates U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for 2g Cefazolin for Injection USP and Dextrose Injection USP in B. Braun's DUPLEX...
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University HealthSystem Consortium Adds Price Competitive Index to Its Spend Analytics Tool
OAK BROOK, Ill., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) today announced that a Price Competitive Index (PCI) enhancement has been added to SpendLINK(TM), UHC's proprietary supply chain spend analytics tool that...
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Blogs Comment On Supreme Court News, Pregnant Prisoner Health Care, Withdrawal Method, Other Topics
The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries.~',' Cristina Page, Birth Control Watch: Page writes that the fact that appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Obama's nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice David...
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Fighting Obesity In Pregnancy: New Guidelines
Starting pregnancy at a healthy weight and gaining the right amount during pregnancy is critical to giving a baby a healthy start in life, the March of Dimes said today in response to new guidelines from the Institute of Medicine (IOM).
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Physician Invents New Surgical Tool
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.Eye surgeons will soon have a new surgical tool to help make a complicated eye surgery less labor intensive while providing significant advantages for corneal transplant patients, as a...
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New York Times Series Examines Maternal Mortality In Tanzania
The on Sunday examined maternal mortality in Tanzania, in the opening of a three-part series on maternal mortality in Africa.According to the Tanzanian Ministry of Health, the country has a maternal death rate of 578 per 100,000 births,...
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New guidelines to fight obesity in pregnancy issued
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.MAY 28, 2009 -- Starting pregnancy at a healthy weight and gaining the right amount during pregnancy is critical to giving a baby a healthy start in life, the March of Dimes said today in response to new guidelines from...
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