Healthy For Pregnancy

Using hip-hop for healthy babies
(From left) Rachel Smith, Greater Baden Medical Services Inc. director of programs; Justin Britanik, program compliance manager; and Cynthia Duvall, case manager, started a new outreach program in local clinics and high schools that uses hip-hop to promote healthy pregnancies and explore how popular songs and culture define attitudes toward pregnancy, parenthood and sexual health.

Mother's flu during pregnancy may increase baby's risk of schizophrenia
Rhesus monkey babies born to mothers who had the flu while pregnant had smaller brains and showed other brain changes similar to those observed in human patients with schizophrenia, a study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found.

Healthy Youth Act indicative of progress in sex education
The days of arranged marriages, corsages and holding out until marriage are just about as out of style as top-hats and typewriters; accordingly, relationships and social patterns are continuing to evolve to new levels. In response to social changes, legislation is expected to expand.

Big first trimester weight gain ups diabetes risk
Women who gain weight too quickly during the first three months of pregnancy are more prone to develop pregnancy-related diabetes, new research shows.

It's pregnancy, not gout -- woman shocked
BAMPTON, England, March 10 (UPI) -- A British woman said she gave birth to her first child only 3 hours after doctors discovered she was pregnant, and not suffering from gout as they had thought.

Too many 'preventable' deaths among new moms, experts say
Pregnancy-related deaths appear to have risen nationwide over the past decade, and while they're very rare -- about 550 a year out of 4 million births nationally -- they're nowhere near as rare as they should be. The maternal mortality rate is four times higher than a goal the federal government set for this year.

Group drives to fight abortion
LOS ANGELES — Last year Dave Wilkinson asked God for guidance. He wanted to know what he could do to better fight abortion. Wilkinson, an evangelical pastor, runs three Ventura County, Calif., pregnancy clinics that encourage women to choose alternatives to the procedure. He believes the prevalence of abortion is the biggest test Christians face. “It’s probably one of the things that American ...

Scientists pinpoint source of recurrent yeast infections in autoimmune syndrome
(PhysOrg.com) -- It turns out that the immune system can create its own infections. Scientists now report that the immune-fighting proteins that keep yeast in check in healthy immune systems are under siege in patients with a rare autoimmune disorder known as APS-1. By pinpointing the cause of candidiasis in these patients, the finding paves the way for treating these fungal infections with ...

Woman, Unaware Of Pregnancy, Gives Birth
A central Kentucky family is welcoming an unexpected baby boy after his mother said she didn't know she was pregnant.

Pregnancy-related deaths rising
Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.