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Disruptive Changes Are Coming to the Delivery of Medical Care by Stephen Schimpff, MD Posted Sun 25 Apr 2010 12:00am , patients will go elsewhere. These are very disruptive changes indeed from the present provider-centric approach to care delivery. Delegation of care. Shortages of physicians... for child-rearing, further exacerbating the shortage of doctors.. E-health. The internet and digital medical information will have a major disruptive effect on the practice Read on »

Distinctions between health care delivery problems and social policy problems regarding premature births by Chris Alterio Occupational Therapist

Posted Tue 17 Nov 2009 10:02pm Today the March of Dimes released their 2009 premature birth report cards for each state. Premature births are an important issue to discuss for occupational therapists because so many of the children who require OT services have a history of prematurity. Even so-called 'late preterm births' where the children are 34 weeks gestation and older have Read on »

My Birth Plan for Delivery #4 by Nurse Lochia .. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 18 Jun 2010 6:23am , all kidding aside, I do have a plan for this delivery. Because I know this will be a schedule c/s this time I have a few things that I want that will help make the experience... I'm not anti-birth plans. Quite the contrary, I think they are a wonderful way for someone to think about how they would like their birth to go. But, there are 2 key points Read on »

Create a Labor and Delivery “Birth Kit” by Dina T. Posted Thu 12 Aug 2010 8:29am If you are getting ready to have a baby, I am sure you have thought about things to pack in your bag for the hospital/birthing center. Clothes, things that comfort you, maybe some music, and of course something for the baby to wear home. But have you thought about packing herbs and essential oils that will make the labor and delivery more Read on »

A Labor & Delivery Nurse's HypnoBirthing experience by Carol Yeh-Garner Patient Expert

Posted Sun 02 May 2010 2:09pm Gail & Matt took my HypnoBirthing classes at Indigo Dragon Health & Wellness Center on Tuesdays starting in April 2009. She is a Labor & Delivery Nurse at Sharp Mary Birch... to "let go" from being a labor & delivery nurse! I think it's important for future HypnoBirthing moms to read your story, knowing that you still made noises, but not out Read on »

Easy Childbirth and Placenta Delivery! by Sonzy Healthy Living Professional

Posted Sun 01 Mar 2009 12:00am Labor and Child Birth The birth of a baby is a day of joy. But the strain both the mom and the child go through on that joyous day in inexplicable. The stages... soon. The second stage begins when the cervix has dilated its 10 full centimeters. The baby gets slowly pushed into the birth canal as the womb pushes it with contractions Read on »

Intranasal Medication Delivery for Children Reviewed by Poh Tin Tan Posted Wed 11 Aug 2010 7:13am From Medscape Medical News Laurie Barclay, MD August 9, 2010 — The most frequent pediatric indications for intranasal medication delivery are pain control, anxiolysis, and seizure control, according to a review published online August 9 in Pediatrics. Other potential indications for intranasal medication delivery not reviewed in this article include Read on »

‘Pregnant Man’ Gives Birth to Second Child by netventures Patient Expert

Posted Thu 11 Jun 2009 7:16pm ? Would you be willing to take on pregnancy and childbirth if you could? photo credit: The Advocate ‘Pregnant Man’ Gives Birth to Second Child Related posts: Baby Phat CEO... Yes, men, it is possible for you to give birth to a child, but it’s a lot more likely if you’re a transgender male. Thomas Beatie, 35, gave birth two days ago to his Read on »

Romanian Child Gives Birth at Age Ten by Jennifer Lance Patient Expert

Posted Wed 03 Nov 2010 12:00am mothers after giving birth at age ten. She had a child weighing 6lb 6oz during a natural birth last week at a hospital in Jerez de la Frontera, in the southern region.... The world record for the youngest child to give birth is five-years-old ! Cultural differences aside, as I shared with readers yesterday, my daughter is nine-years-old Read on »

“Pregnant Man” Gives Birth to Second Child by Jennifer Lance Patient Expert

Posted Mon 15 Jun 2009 5:55pm wife Nancy was unable to give birth. The family made news last year when they went on Oprah and in the LGBT magazine The Advocate to announce his pregnancy with the couple... own mouths before it got out. Early morning on June 9, the family welcomed a baby boy through natural childbirth. His wife Nancy will breastfeed the child, as she did Read on »