Recent Posts in 2014

• Risks of Birth to the Mother: Maternal Death

  Dec 26, 2014
  There are at least two patients for every pregnancy—the mother and child. Most of the attention (and risk) is focused on the baby, but the risks to ...
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• Thyroid Medication Linked to Birth Defects

  Dec 14, 2014
  We depend on our doctors to keep us and our children safe. Sometimes, however, doctors are at the mercy of poor research and investigation when it ...
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• The Battle Against Prematurity

  Dec 1, 2014
  Prematurity is the worldwide leading cause of infant death. A recent study published in The Lancet , based on medical research spanning 194 countries ...
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• Chain of Command

  Nov 26, 2014
  We’ve all had the experience where we are dealing with someone who can’t help us, so we go up the line to the supervisor, and maybe even that ...
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• Service Dogs for Children with Cerebral Palsy

  Nov 14, 2014
  We’ve discussed several times the immense costs that come along with properly and fully caring for a child with cerebral palsy. A life care plan must ...
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• Lacerations: Complications During Cesarean Section

  Nov 1, 2014
  Though most significant injuries during the labor and delivery process tend to happen to the child, there are some injuries which affect the mother. ...
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• The Consequences of Improper Treatment of Illness in Pregnancy

  Oct 26, 2014
  When Kelsey Young, a healthy 20-year-old pregnant woman went to the hospital with flu symptoms in August, she trusted that her doctors would provide ...
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• What Is a Doula?

  Oct 15, 2014
  A trend that has been growing alongside midwives in the labor and delivery world is the use of doulas. A doula is a person who provides support to the ...
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