India behind other nations in child care: Human Rights WatchNovember 4th, 2009 NEW YORK - India is falling behind other nations in improving obstetric care as it does not adequately monitor deaths and injuries in the critical period following childbirth and fix gaps in its health system and programmes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday. Health experts say that the key to progress in maternal health is ensuring that women with pregnancy complications are able to get appropriate care during childbirth.
India failing to check maternal deaths: NGONovember 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India is falling drastically behind other countries in meeting international commitments to improve obstetric care as it has failed to adequately monitor deaths following childbirth, an NGO working on human rights said Wednesday. In the backdrop of a global meet of health experts that concluded late last month, the NGO Human Rights Watch said the key to progress in maternal health is ensuring that women with pregnancy complications are able to get appropriate care during childbirth.
India fails to check maternal deaths: Human Rights WatchNovember 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India is falling behind other nations in meeting international commitments to improve obstetric care as it does not adequately monitor deaths and injuries in the critical period following childbirth, an NGO working on human rights said Wednesday. In the backdrop of a global meet of health experts that concluded late last month, the NGO Human Rights Watch said the key to progress in maternal health is ensuring that women with pregnancy complications are able to get appropriate care during childbirth.
Certain antibiotics may be safe to use during pregnancy: StudyNovember 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has revealed that penicillin and several other antibacterial medications commonly taken by pregnant women are not associated with many birth defects. However, the study also showed that other antibiotics, such as sulfonamides and nitrofurantoins, may be linked to several severe birth defects and require additional scrutiny.
Fat Brits prefer diet pills to gymOctober 31st, 2009 LONDON - More than half of Britain's population has admitted they are overweight, however, they are not ready to go to gym, says a new poll. The survey conducted for the British Society of Gastroenterology saw every one person in five admitting to binge eating.
Birth control pills 'up stroke risk'October 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Birth control pills can nearly double the risk of stroke in women, says a new study. According to a review article in MedLink Neurology by three Loyola University Health System neurologists, women who take birth control pills and also smoke, have high blood pressure or have a history of migraine headaches, significantly increase their risk of stroke.
Birth control pill stokes stroke risk among womenOctober 27th, 2009 NEW YORK - A 30-year-old woman's speech suddenly slurred, her left hand developed clumsiness while eating. She was experiencing the classic symptoms of a stroke at a relatively young age, which may have been triggered by the intake of birth control pills.
Tips on hormone use, coping with menopauseOctober 25th, 2009 more images
more imagesTips on hormone use, coping with menopauseWhat to do if menopause makes you miserable?
Start with a visit to your doctor. If you don't have one you really trust, fix that problem before you try to tackle the rest, women's health experts recommend.
Don't watch your wife give birth or you may get divorced, says expertOctober 19th, 2009 LONDON - A medical expert has warned all fathers-to-be to stay away from the pregnancy ward as seeing their wives giving birth could lead them to divorce. According to childbirth specialist Michael Odent, watching a woman give birth can lessen or end a man's sexual attraction towards her and lead to a split, reports the Daily Express.
Milk protein supplement may save low birth-weight infants from sepsisOctober 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Newborns with very low birth-weight, who received the milk protein lactoferrin alone or in combination with a probiotic, were less prone to develop late-onset sepsis, according to a study. Late-onset sepsis-infections arising after the perinatal period (immediately before and after birth)-mainly occur in the hospital and affect 21 percent of very low birth-weight (VLBW; less than 3.3 lbs) neonates (generally the first four weeks after birth).
Study: Bad drug reactions, side effects send half a million US kids to the doctor each yearSeptember 30th, 2009 More than half million kids get bad drug reactionsCHICAGO — More than half a million U.S. children yearly have bad reactions or side effects from widely used medicines that require medical treatment and sometimes hospitalization, new research shows.
Ark. Rep. Ross, leader on health care, says he sold pharmacy to avoid conflict of interestSeptember 25th, 2009 Ross says he sold pharmacy to avoid conflictLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas congressman who faces criticism over the sale of his drug store says he sold the pharmacy to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.
Soon, 'chip on the shoulder' to remind patients to take pillsSeptember 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Patients who often forget to take regular doses of medicines will now be reminded by a "chip on their shoulder". The miniature sensor will be pinned onto a patients shoulder and will receive wireless signals from tiny chips inside pills.
FDA cites Bayer for unapproved quality control measures at German drug factorySeptember 15th, 2009 FDA warns Bayer over German manufacturing plantWASHINGTON — U.S. health regulators have warned drugmaker Bayer over quality control issues at a plant that makes the key ingredient in Yaz and other popular birth control drugs.
Watson Pharmaceuticals gets FDA approval for over-the-counter emergency contraceptiveAugust 28th, 2009 Watson gets approval for emergency contraceptiveCORONA, Calif. — Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.
