Pregnancy :: Yoga may help improve pregnancy outcome
The practice of yoga during pregnancy seems to improve birth weight and reduce prematurity and overall complications, Indian researchers report.
Birth
Pregnancy :: Homeopathy for pregnancy, birth, and baby’s first year
No period in a woman’s life is as filled with special concerns as pregnancy and new motherhood. Among the many discomforts and ailments treatable with the homeopathic remedies explained in this book are:
Autism :: Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic
In the 1990s reported autism cases among American children began spiking, from about 1 in 10,000 in 1987 to a shocking 1 in 166 today. This trend coincided with the addition of several new shots to the nation’s already crowded vaccination schedule, grouped together and given soon after birth or in the early months of infancy. Most of these shots contained a little-known preservative called thimerosal, which includes a quantity of the toxin mercury.
Depression :: Journey Through Postpartum Depression
In this compelling memoir, Brooke Shields talks candidly about her experience with postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, and provides millions of women with an inspiring example of recovery.
Baby Care :: Jaundice in the new born baby
Do not be alarmed if the whites of your baby’s eyes and their skin turns a slight yellow colour after 3 days. This is a condition called jaundice and is caused because your baby’s liver cannot work fast enough to dispose of a pigment called bilirubin. Premature babies are more likely to suffer from jaundice. Newborn jaundice is caused by high levels of bilirubin in the blood, which gives an infant’s skin and eyeballs a yellowish tinge.
Homeopathy :: The Ground Reality – Experiences in a Rural Area
The Fundamental Principles of Homoeopathy are well known to all Homoeopathic Physicians. But, as they say, it becomes a difficult task to stick to them when you are posted in a rural backdrop or when posted in a dispensary and lots of patients have to be seen- and you can’t devote more than 3-4 minutes on every patient. So, many people told me, but when I also got posted in this rural dispensary some of my friends said let us see how you can follow the path of mono and mini medicines.
Pregnancy :: Vitamin C counteract smoking effects in pregnant
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have found that high doses of vitamin C might counteract some of the negative effects of smoking on unborn babies.
Health :: Continuum of care – approach for mother and child
Hundreds of millions of women and children have no access to potentially life-saving care with often fatal results, the World Health Organization (WHO) says in a report published. The report says the resulting death toll could be sharply reduced through wider use of key interventions and a “continuum of care” approach for mother and child that begins before pregnancy and extends through childbirth and into the baby’s childhood.
Diabetes :: Gestational diabetes – pregnancy related diabetes rising
The proportion of U.S. women who develop diabetes during pregnancy — that is, gestational diabetes — appears to be increasing, which may be a reflection of the well-documented obesity epidemic, researchers from Denver report.
HIV :: Pregnancy and HIV/AIDS
In this area, the focus has been on prevention of mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV infection. The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that prevention of MTCT should be seen as one part of the comprehensive care of the HIV positive pregnant woman i.e., a holistic and life span approach.