Assisting mothers to quit smoking during and after pregnancy
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, concerned that women who quit smoking during their pregnancies often resume smoking after they deliver their baby, tested self-help interventions designed to prevent postpartum smoking relapse.
“We’d first like to...
Women’s experiences with prenatal testing
We often hear that “knowledge is power.” But, that isn’t always the case, especially when the knowledge pertains to the health of an unborn child, with murky implications, at best. A new study, led...
Women's experiences with prenatal testing
We often hear that “knowledge is power.” But, that isn’t always the case, especially when the knowledge pertains to the health of an unborn child, with murky implications, at best. A new study, led...
Folate protects against childhood brain tumours
A national study led by Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has found that folic acid supplements before and during pregnancy reduces the risk of childhood brain tumours.
The national case-control study collected data...
Special clinics to combat measles epidemic
NSW Health today stepped up efforts to combat NSW’s worst measles epidemic in 14 years by offering free vaccine at special clinics which have been established in the Campbelltown area.
A total of 145 cases...
Air pollution linked to Vitamin D deficiency in newborns
Gestational exposure to ambient urban air pollution, especially during late pregnancy, may contribute to lower vitamin D levels in offspring, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of...
Advice to help reduce sleep problems in older babies
Sleep techniques known as "controlled comforting" and "camping out" are a cost-effective way to help infants sleep better and reduce mothers' depression levels. Some parents and health professionals want to know if the benefits...
Mortality rates in children fall
The pace of reducing child deaths has accelerated sharply since 2000, according to new data released today by UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank and the UN Population Division.
Mortality rates fall in all regions
An annual...
‘Controlled comforting’ considered effective and safe
Behavioural sleep techniques known as "controlled comforting" and "camping out" provide a cost-effective way to help infants sleep better, reduce mothers' depression levels, and are safe to use in the long-term, according to new...
'Controlled comforting' considered effective and safe
Behavioural sleep techniques known as "controlled comforting" and "camping out" provide a cost-effective way to help infants sleep better, reduce mothers' depression levels, and are safe to use in the long-term, according to new...
