pregnancy

ForWhen
Children's Health, Healthcare, Mental Health
ForWhen helpline to support expectant and new parents
Nina Alvarez Feb 10, 2022

The significant mental health needs of new and expectant parents in Australia are being tackled through ForWhen, a centralised parental mental health helpline which goes

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Healthcare, Learning - Topics, Uncategorized
Westmead Hospital opens mother and baby mental health unit
Nina Alvarez Sep 16, 2021

Westmead Hospital will soon grant access to specialist care for pregnant women and new mothers experiencing mental illness alongside their babies at the state’s second

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Healthcare News, Medical Science and Technology
New research discovery identifies cause of neonatal strokes
Nina Alvarez Sep 14, 2021

A research discovery helps scientists pinpoint an important cause of stroke occurring in the womb or just after birth, paving the way for new treatments

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embryo
COVID-19, Healthcare, Hospitals
Pregnant women report delays for Pfizer vaccination in Newcastle
Nina Alvarez Sep 8, 2021

Pregnant women report delays for Pfizer vaccination in Newcastle because of the difficulty of booking vaccination appointments. For some, appointments are only available long after

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vaccine
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Pregnant women need access to COVID-19 vaccination
Lourdes Antenor Aug 13, 2021

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) urge all jurisdictions, and

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pregnant
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Pregnant women hospitalized for COVID-19 infection do not face increased risk of death
Lourdes Antenor May 13, 2021

Pregnant women who develop severe COVID-19 infections that require hospitalization for pneumonia and other complications may not be more likely to die from these infections

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midwives
Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
New report sounds the alarm on global shortage of 900,000 midwives
Lourdes Antenor May 6, 2021

Fully investing in midwives by 2035 would avert roughly two-thirds of maternal, newborn deaths and stillbirths, saving 4.3 million lives per year. Millions of lives

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pregnancy
Children's Health, Healthcare, Hospitals, International News
Pregnancy loss and developmental abnormalities all linked to genetics and not mother’s intrauterine health
Lourdes Antenor May 4, 2021

Yale researchers have shown that developmental abnormalities, including those that lead to pregnancy loss and autism, are controlled by the genetics of the fetus and

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embryo
Healthcare News, Medical Science and Technology
Pioneer research leads to new insight into formation of the human embryo
Healthcare Channel Apr 9, 2021

Pioneering research led by experts from the University of Exeter’s Living Systems Institute has provided new insight into the formation of the human embryo. The

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Diet Soda During Pregnancy, Linked to Childhood Obesity
Healthcare, Hospitals/Clinics, Learning - Topics
Diet Soda During Pregnancy, Linked to Childhood Obesity
Healthcare Channel Dec 13, 2019

According to an article published online by JAMA Pediatrics, Diet soda during pregnancy may be linked with increased infant body mass index (BMI) and may

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Healthcare, Hospitals/Clinics, Learning - Topics
Maternal Diabetes and Obesity can Increase Risk of Autism in Child
Healthcare Channel Dec 12, 2019

Children born to women with diabetes and obesity are more than four times as likely to be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder than children of

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