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From the Head of the Moor (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
The below quote was made by “Sarah” as a comment on my post, Obama on Infanticide & Abortion . “I think many Christians, including myself, are supporting Obama, because he is the most likely candidate to care about families from conception until death (providing prenatal care, education, healthcare, jobs, services for the poor).” I pasted her full comment and my full response in the first comment of...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
The Tarrant County, Texas, Infant Mortality Network "is working to educate women, particularly in the [black] community, which historically has the highest rate of infant deaths, about the importance of preconception and prenatal care," Jerry Roberson, chair of IMN, writes in a Fort Worth Star-Telegram opinion piece.
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lilSugar (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Most women with access to health care services visit the doctor more during the course of their pregnancy than they do at any other time in their life. It can be overwhelming and alarming the first time around, but it's only for the benefit of mommy and baby. Prenatal visits are typically scheduled every four weeks during the first 32 weeks of gestation, every two weeks from 32 to 36 weeks gestation...
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Just An Online Minute (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Do you have something that you do every day? Brush your teeth? Tap that nomad skateboarder sleeping on the bench in Union Square before that squirrel eats his toes? Well, the folks at Everyday Health encourage healthy stuff every day -- like say, prenatal care and proper stretching before chasing the bus. I cringed at the thought that this, THIS, a healthy party, was going to be my almost final foray...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
While obstetrical care providers are doing a good job working with their patients on smoking cessation, they are not doing as well on abuse of other substances that can harm a woman's unborn baby. A new study appearing in the September 2008 issue of the journal Patient Education and Counseling reports that patients don't volunteer information about substance abuse unless specifically queried.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
On Wednesday the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a bill (HR 758) by voice vote that would mandate minimal hospital-stay coverage for women undergoing breast cancer surgery, as well as a measure (S 1760) that would reauthorize the Healthy Start program, CQ Today reports. The committee also approved several other health-related measures (Armstrong/Teitelbaum, CQ Today, 9/17).
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
The prenatal care report released last week by New Jersey Health Commissioner Heather Howard that found "wide economic and racial disparities" is "startling and ominous" and "requires immediate attention and action," an Asbury Park Press editorial states (Asbury Park Press, 9/9).
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
While everyone knows that smoking is bad for you and that smoking while pregnant is bad for baby, too, pregnant smokers don't receive much help from their physicians to quit smoking, and few quit once they enter prenatal care, according to a new study.
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Newswise (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
While everyone knows that smoking is bad for you and that smoking while pregnant is bad for baby, too, pregnant smokers don't receive much help from their physicians to quit smoking, and few quit once they enter prenatal care, according to a new study.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Pregnant black women who participate in a few sessions of behavioral counseling are more likely to reduce certain risky behaviors than those who participate in standard prenatal care, according to a study published in the September issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, Reuters Health reports.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Teenagers, minorities and single women in New Jersey all have a higher risk of poor birth outcomes and also are less likely than others to receive early prenatal care, according to a report released on Wednesday by state Health Commissioner Heather Howard, the Newark Star-Ledger reports.
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
TRENTON - Warning that pregnant women most at risk of losing their babies aren't getting enough care, a New Jersey task force yesterday called for better education and improved access to health insurance, among other recommendations.
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Brilliant at Breakfast (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Fewer N.J. women receiving prenatal care The number of women receiving early prenatal care in New Jersey has declined slightly during the last decade, largely because many do not have regular access to doctors or cannot afford to pay medical bills, according to a report released today. The Prenatal Care Task Force report, released by State Health Commissioner Heather Howard, found teens, minorities...
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The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
The number of women receiving early prenatal care in New Jersey has declined slightly during the last decade, largely because many do not have regular access to doctors or cannot afford to pay medical bills, according to a report released...
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Townhall.com (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
I have an update to my blog that's still featured on Drudge..Alan Colmes, of Hannity & Colmes, just phoned me to say he posted a clarification about his "Prenatal Care" blog and told me he did not in any way mean to...
