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Reproductive Health RSS FeedsCan the Non-pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment (NASG) reduce adverse maternal outcomes from postpartum hemorrhage? Evidence from Egypt and Nigeria - Background: Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity. The Non-pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment (NASG), a first-aid lower-body compression device, may decrease adverse outcomes from obstetric hemorrhage. This article is the first to report the effect of the NASG for PPH. Methods: This pre-intervention/NASG study of 854 women was conducted in four referral facilities in Nigeria and two in Egypt between 2004-2008. Entry criteria were women with PPH due to uterine atony, retained placenta, ruptured uterus, vaginal or cervical lacerations or placenta accreta with estimated blood loss of [greater than or equal to] 750 ml and one clinical sign of shock. Differences in demographics, conditions on study entry, treatment and outcomes were examined. The Wilcoxon rank-sum test and relative risks with 95% confidence intervals were calculated for primary outcomes - measured blood loss, emergency hysterectomy, mortality, morbidity (each individu...Feed Source: www.reproductive-health-journal.com Fetal cardiotocography before and after water aerobics during pregnancy - ObjectiveTo evaluate the effect of moderate aerobic physical activity in water on fetal cardiotocography patterns in sedentary pregnant women.MethodIn a non-randomized controlled trial, 133 previously sedentary pregnant women participated in multiple regular sessions of water aerobics in a heated swimming pool. Cardiotocography was performed for 20 minutes before and just after the oriented exercise. Cardiotocography patterns were analyzed pre- and post-exercise according to gestational age groups (24-27, 28-31, 32-35 and 36-40 weeks). Student's t and Wilcoxon, and McNemar tests were used, respectively, to analyze numerical and categorical variables.
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No significant variations were found between pre- and post-exercise values of fetal heart rate (FHR), number of fetal body movements (FM) or accelerations (A), FM/A ratio or the presence of decelerations. Variability in FHR was significantly higher following exercise only in pregnancies of 24-27 weeks.
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Moderate physic... Women's sexual health and contraceptive needs after a severe obstetric complication ("near-miss"): a cohort study in Burkina Faso - Background:
Little is known about the reproductive health of women who survive obstetric complications in poor countries. Our aim was to determine how severe obstetric complications in Burkina Faso affect reproductive events in the first year postpartum.
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Data were collected from a prospective cohort of women who either experienced life threatening (near-miss) pregnancy-related complications or an uncomplicated childbirth, followed from the end of pregnancy to one year postpartum or post-abortum. Documented outcomes include menses resumption, sexual activity resumption, dyspareunia, uptake of contraceptives, unmet needs for contraception and women's reproductive intentions.Participants were recruited in seven hospitals between December 2004 and March 2005 in six towns in Burkina Faso.
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Reproductive events were associated with pregnancy outcome. The frequency of contraceptive use was low in all groups and the method used varied according to the presence or not of a live ... Strengthening the emergency healthcare system for mothers and children in The Gambia - A system to improve the management of emergencies during pregnancy, childbirth, infancy and childhood in a region of The Gambia (Brikama) with a population of approximately 250,000 has been developed.This was accomplished through formal partnership between the Gambian Ministry of Health, the World Health Organisation, Maternal Childhealth Advocacy International and the Advanced Life Support Group.Since October 2006, the hospital in Brikama has been renovated and equipped and more efficiently provided with emergency medicines. An emergency ambulance service now links the community with the hospital through a mobile telephone system. Health professionals from community to hospital have been trained in obstetric, neonatal and paediatric emergency management using skills' based education. The programme was evaluated in log books detailing individual resuscitations and by external assessment.The hospital now has constant water and electricity, a functioning operating theatre and emergency r... The long path to pregnancy: early experience with dual anonymous gamete donation in a European in vitro fertilisation referral centre - Background:
This investigation describes features of patients undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and embryo transfer (ET) where both gametes were obtained from anonymous donors.
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Gamete unsuitability or loss was confirmed in both members of seven otherwise healthy couples presenting for reproductive endocrinology consultation over a 12-month interval in Ireland. IVF was undertaken with fresh oocytes provided by anonymous donors in Ukraine; frozen sperm (anonymous donor) was obtained from a licensed tissue establishment. For recipients, saline-enhanced sonography was used to assess intrauterine contour with endometrial preparation via transdermal estrogen.
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Among commissioning couples, mean±SD female and male age was 41.9 ± 3.7 and 44.6 ± 3.5 yrs, respectively. During this period, female age for non dual anonymous gamete donation IVF patients was 37.9 ± 3 yrs (p < 0.001). Infertility duration was ?3 yrs for couples enrolling in dual gamete donation, and each had ?2 ... Ladies in waiting: the timeliness of first trimester pregnancy termination services in New Zealand - Background:
Termination of pregnancy (TOP) services are a core service in New Zealand. However, compared to other developed countries, TOP services are accessed significantly later in the first trimester, increasing the risk for complications. The aim of this study is to examine the timeliness of access to first trimester TOP services and establish the length of delay between different points in the care pathway for these services.MethodologyData were collected from all patients attending nine TOP clinics around the country between February and May 2009 (N = 2950). Patient records were audited to determine the timeline between the first point of entry to the health system to the date of termination. In addition, women were invited to fill out a questionnaire to identify personal level factors affecting access to services (N = 1086, response rate = 36.8%).
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Women waited an average of almost 25 days between the date of the first visit with the referring doctor and the date of the... Trends in caesarean section and instrumental deliveries in relation to Body Mass Index: a clinical survey during 1978 - 2001 - Background:
During the last 20 years the rate of CS has increased in Sweden as it has in many other countries. The proportion of pregnant women suffering from a high BMI has also increased rapidly during the same time period. It would therefore be of interest to study both how and if these two observations are related to each other. The aim was therefore to study trends in mode of caesarean section (CS) and instrumental deliveries among women in three BMI groups over a time span of almost 25 years with special focus on the observed body weight of pregnant women.MethodThe design is a retrospective cohort study using medical records of consecutively delivered women at two delivery wards in South East Sweden during the years 1978, 1986, 1992, 1997 and 2001.
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No significant time-trends were found for CS and instrumental delivery within each BMI-group for the time period studied. The proportion of women with BMI ? 25 delivered by means of CS or instrumental delivery increased quite ... Impact of a parent-child sexual communication campaign: results from a controlled efficacy trial of parents
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Prior research supports the notion that parents have the ability to influence their children's decisions regarding sexual behavior. Yet parent-based approaches to curbing teen pregnancy and STDs have been relatively unexplored. The Parents Speak Up National Campaign (PSUNC) is a multimedia campaign that attempts to fill this void by targeting parents of teens to encourage parent-child communication about waiting to have sex. The campaign follows a theoretical framework that identifies cognitions that are targeted in campaign messages and theorized to influence parent-child communication. While a previous experimental study showed PSUNC messages to be effective in increasing parent-child communication, it did not address how these effects manifest through the PSUNC theoretical framework. The current study examines the PSUNC theoretical framework by 1) estimating the impact of PSUNC on specific cognitions identified in the theoretical framework and 2) examining whether those ... Development and validation of a questionnaire to identify severe maternal morbidity in epidemiological surveys - Objectiveto develop and validate a questionnaire on severe maternal morbidity and to evaluate the maternal recall of complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. Design: validity of a questionnaire as diagnostic instrument. Setting: a third level referral maternity in Campinas, Brazil. Population: 386 survivors of severe maternal complications and 123 women that delivered without major complications between 2002 and 2007.
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eligible women were traced and interviewed by telephone on the occurrence of obstetric complications and events related to their treatment. Their answers were compared with their medical records as gold standard. Sensitivity, specificity and likelihood ratios plus their correspondent 95% confidence intervals were used as main estimators of accuracy. Main outcomes: diagnosis of severe maternal morbidity associated with past pregnancies, including hemorrhage, eclampsia, infections, jaundice and related procedures (hysterectomy, admission to ICU, blood tra... Women's autonomy in household decision-making: a demographic study in Nepal - Background:
How socio-demographic factors influence women's autonomy in decision making on health care including purchasing goods and visiting family and relatives are very poorly studied in Nepal. This study aims to explore the links between women's household position and their autonomy in decision making.
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We used Nepal Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) 2006, which provided data on ever married women aged 15-49 years (n = 8257). The data consists of women's four types of household decision making; own health care, making major household purchases, making purchase for daily household needs and visits to her family or relatives. A number of socio-demographic variables were used in multivariable logistic regression to examine the relationship of these variables to all four types of decision making.
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Women's autonomy in decision making is positively associated with their age, employment and number of living children. Women from rural area and Terai region have less autonom... How Will I Know if I Have Heart Disease? - Sometimes heart disease has no symptoms and is detected during a routine physical examination. Other times individuals may experience warming physical symptoms or signs such as feeling short of breath, feeling dizzy, experiencing nausea, or by having abnormal heartbeats (arrhythmias), they may also feel more fatigued than normal without any physical reason for the fatigue. Other symptoms are feeling a pain or discomfort in the center of your ches... Earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand - We have had many emails from customers concerned about the impact that the rather severe earthquake has had on us. It was certainly a bad one registering over 7.1, which is similar in intensity to the Haiti earthquake earlier this year. It struck at 4.35am on Saturday morning. As at Monday afternoon there have been over 40 aftershocks?some were quite bad. Although there was considerable damage to many buildings and houses there is no direct loss ... Stress-Soothing Massage Oil - * 2 drops lavender * 1 drop ylang ylang * 2 drops petitgrain Add 2 drops lavender, 1 drop ylang ylang and 2 drops petitgrain to 5 teaspoons of a massage oil base (or any plain base/carrier oil). to the massage base. Stir gently to mix and massage into body. Shared PostStress Soothing Massage Oil Insomnia Blend Recipes Canine Skin Hot Spots JARI MENARI MASSAGE Heal Faster From Sports Injuries With Essential Oils What to Do When Your Teenager Wants... San Juan Scarf ? Black - Fair trade scarves made on the backstrap loom Our San Juan Weaver?s Group in Guatemala spend up to two days weaving one scarf on their backstrap loom. The scarf is a mix of cotton and shiny rayon threads. The resulting color combinations are luscious, creating a scarf so beautiful you will want to wear it everyday. The fabric is hand woven on the backstrap loom by the San Juan Weaver?s Group which is made up of Tz?utujil women who weave using bac... Wai Lana?s Little Yogis Eco Tote Kit - Healthy yoga fun your kids will love!Kit includes: Price: $42.95 Learn more about Wai Lana’s Little Yogis Eco Tote Kit now! Shared PostFree WordPress Links Exchange at Shareaddress.comFree Health Ebook For You Natural Help for Overcoming Shyness Simply Right Click and choose Save As to save to your desktop! More FREE Natural Health, Wellness and Pet Ebooks at Remedies4.com!
... Emotional Roots Part 2: Rerooting the Empty Nest - Last year I wrote a post called, ?Can You Go Home Again?? It was primarily about adults who moved back into their family home. There are many who move back home and find a new sense of place. ?Childhood is where you developed the foundation of who you are. The foundation that rocked your cradle and kept you warm and dry, also set your emotional and
... Elephants Afraid of Ants - Some time ago, Care2 reported elephants are afraid of bees, and that fear might be used to protect crops from elephants. Now research has shown elephants are also repelled by ants. Scientists studied elephants in Kenya and observed them eating branches and leaves from acacia trees to the extent many trees were damaged. Large numbers of Whistling-thorn
... Back to School for Pandas (Video) - The summer break is over and it?s time for these pandas (some of whom we saw as babies) at the Chengdu Panda Base in China to go back to school. The curriculum includes tree climbing, how to weigh themselves, and how to share at dinnertime. The base is looking for 6 volunteers; 17,000 people have applied. Are pandas more fun to teach than human kids? Photo
... Self Hypnosis CD: Where to Buy - If you are interested in getting to learn self hypnosis, then one of the most important supplies you are going to need to purchase is a self hypnosis CD. With a self hypnosis CD you are going to get soothing relaxing music which is very important when you are trying to relax to be hypnotized. The brain is instinctively soothed when you are listening to music and so finding a self hypnosis CD is going to be very important. Now you are just going t... Acupuncture and HIV/AIDS Research - Acupuncture is a basic treatment in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Acupuncture has been found through research to provide relief for many medical conditions and processes that then lead the sufferer toward greater health. When the research and knowledge of acupuncture is combined with HIV and AIDS research the results are promising to help extend the lives of sufferers and improve the quality of life they are experiencing. Acupuncture was d... Free Natural Health Ebook: Natural Help for Heartburn - As part of our ongoing effort to provide our readers with quality information on natural holistic health, we’d like to offer you this completely free ebook. Our ebooks cover a wide variety of topics including men’s health, child health, women’s health, herbal remedies, natural beauty, natural help for anxiety and depression, and alternative medicine and remedies for a myriad of other common health complaints. All ebooks are in p... Treating Flu and the Common Cold - All about Flu Influenza, commonly called flu, is a viral infection that usually surfaces during the winter months. People can contract flu many times because the viruses that cause flu are able to mutate (change), making it difficult for our immune systems to keep up. Flu is an airborne infection and is spread in tiny droplets when people sneeze or cough, but it can also be spread by other means, e.g. when the droplets are carried on hands. Flu u... 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Epi-Still for Preventing and Treating Seizures - Supports nervous system and brain stability, harmony and health EpiStill is a natural, safe and effective herbal and homeopathic remedy which is safe for adults and children, for immediately treating seizure symptoms and reducing the frequency and severity of seizures. This remedy can be used effectively on its own for people who are not currently using prescription medications or can be taken in combination with anti-convulsant medications to i... Managing Stress and Anxiety - Managing Stress and Anxiety by Randy Gilchrist, Psy.D. Stress eats away at your physical and psychological health. But hypnosis techniques can help you reduce stress and improve your health. Managing Stress and Anxiety is a 2-CD program that includes three hypnosis sessions: total relaxation, stress management, and anxiety management. Learn more about Managing Stress and Anxiety now! Why Use Hypnosis? In just 20 minutes a day, you can experience ... 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... A Not-So-Crazy Cat Lady - We are all familiar with the adage, "It is better to give than receive." I would agree with this, although I also know that people dread gift giving, especially in this day and age where no one really needs anything. They hate having to think too much about what to buy for a person and try to look on one particular theme, whether it is a hobby, sporting activity, or a favorite scent. Consequently, they buy that genre of gift every single time one... Nail Care Recommendations - Nails are made of keratin, which is a protein building block of the body. It is found in hair and skin. Nails are a protective surface to help the ends of the fingers and toes from becoming damaged from trauma. But over the last 100 years nails have become a part of beauty treatments for women. Even men receive manicures, and much less often pedicures. Nail care recommendations help to preserve the health of the nails while at the same time sh... 19 New Bee Species Discovered by Student - Jason Gibbs from York University in Toronto discovered 19 new bee species in his study of 84 bee species. One of the species was found in Toronto on his commute to the university. The bees under his study, known as sweat bees, are very similar to one another, and consequently difficult to distinguish as separate species. DNA bar coding and morphological
... What Is HIV? - What is HIV? Did you know that HIV is an infection that you can carry for up to 10 years without appearing to be sick? Did you know that HIV isn’t usually the infection that makes you the sickest? Did you know that HIV infections are not spread through the air like a cold but instead through bodily fluids like saliva, vaginal fluid, semen or blood? HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus which is a virus that attacks the immune syste... Fighting PMS With Herbs and Pills - Painkillers are ever present in American supermarket aisles and when PMS begins to rear its ugly head, many a women heads straight for these painkillers. Of course, even an only cursory perusal of the list of ingredients as well as the side effects associated with these painkillers showcases that some risks are best not taken. One painkiller, for example, is known to greatly increase the risk of liver problems, if the woman who ingests them also ... One of the Few Drawbacks of Summer Time ? Cracked Heels! - Have you managed to neglect your feet and especially your heels during these past few months of summer? Such
... Skye High: Watch a Doggie Frisbee Star (Video) - We all know that dogs love to chase and catch Frisbees. But some dogs do this better than others. There are even competitions to pick the best dog. But this video is not about a competition. This video shows Skye, a border collie, who loves to play with Frisbees and is a lot better than you are likely to see in your neighborhood dog park. His owner
... Fused Glass Rectangular Pendant ? Camouflage Design (Chile) - Fused Glass Rectangle Pendant -Camouflage Design Handcrafted in Chile by Jessica Palacios, this necklace celebrates the art of fused glass with a mixture of earth tone glass making a camouflage design in a rectangular pendant. Hanging from two waxed cotton adjustable cords that expands to 28 inches with coordinating wood beads, the pendant is approximately 2 inches long and 7/8ths of an inch wide. Price: $19.99 Learn more about Fused Glass Rectan... Antiseptic Hand Gel - If you want a safe hand sanitizer without potentially harmful chemicals, try this all-natural formula. It is perfect for all skin types, and the kitchen-cupboard ingredients really work to kill germs. INGREDIENTS * 1/4 cup witch hazel extract * 1/4 cup aloe vera gel * 1 teaspoon vegetable glycerin * 1 tablespoon lemon juice or organic apple cider vinegar * 10 drops tea tree oil 1. Place ingredients in a lidded glass jar and shake to combine. 2. P... Allergies ? Symptoms, Causes and Treatment of Allergies - Allergies are described as incorrect responses within the body to things or substances which are typically harmless. For people with allergies, the immune system is overzealous and reacts when they inhale, swallow or touch normally harmless substances (known as allergens), such as pollen or dust. This results in the release of the chemical histamine, which causes the swelling, inflammation, and itching of tissues that is characteristic of al... What Is Female Impotence? - Female impotence often rolls in both problems with libido, describing desire for sex, and impotence which truly is the inability to reach orgasm. Some of the reasons behind the lack of discussion about female impotence relates to social attitudes towards sex and the vast array of myths that continue to abound. Researchers have found both physical and psychological causes for women who lack a healthy sex life by their own admission. Women who su... Copyright © 2010, Snapfinger Enterprises. All Rights Reserved. |