The bill includes no provisions for other types of expanded access to prenatal and post-natal care for impoverished women, or expanded funding for drug treatment of pregnant women outside of prisons. It seems like a convenient way to test the consti Continue Reading...
This chapter points out how early environmental influences, however, are also part of the nurture equation, something that is often forgotten. A baby who is picked up when he or she cries, is given stimulation in the nursery, and is given good nutri Continue Reading...
Cautiousness towards environmental contaminants in fish and seafood has led pregnant women to limit or eliminate fish and seafood from their diet. The Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency addressed the problem by advi Continue Reading...
Abstract The herb being discussed is Rubis idaeus, also known as red raspberry leaf. I am interested in examining the use of red raspberry leaf to support pregnancy health, support the womb, and in aiding childbirth. I hypothesize that red raspberry Continue Reading...
Screening for Gestational Diabetes Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is caused by the development of glucose intolerance during pregnancy (National Institutes of Health 2013). In the United States the National Institutes of Health (2013), U.S. Pre Continue Reading...
Eating for Good Health - Safe Weight Loss vs. Fad Dieting This paper explores the need for safe weight loss and healthy eating, as opposed to the fad diets often featured on television, in newspapers and in magazines. For the purposes of this paper, Continue Reading...
In cases where glycemic control is not achieved by dietary adjustments, commencing insulin therapy is strongly recommended. It is also essential to monitor the fetal health using ultrasound screening to avoid any complications during delivery of the Continue Reading...
Sugar Substitutes SWEET BUT DEADLY? Health Concerns and Risks of Using Sugar Substitutes Sweets and sugar-sweetened pop or soft drinks have recently been blamed for an increasing number of negative health conditions, such as overweight and diabete Continue Reading...
Diabetes Evidence-Based Practice Diabetes Diabetes is a disease which stays with the patient life-long except in some cases where the diabetes is gestational which occurs during pregnancy and often goes back to normal after the delivery. Typically Continue Reading...
The Food and Drug Administration has published recommendations that warn pregnant women, nursing mothers, women who might become pregnant, and children not to ear swordfish, shark, tilefish, and king mackerel due to high methylmercury content. They Continue Reading...
WIC program is a federal program designed for mothers and their children. "The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides Federal grants to States for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutritio Continue Reading...
Obesity The significance of obesity in American society is hardly unforeseen; evidence of its ugly head is reared throughout all facets of America, including diverse geographic and demographic arenas. One American city lends credence to the glaring Continue Reading...
Vol. 4. 145-56. In this article, Drs. McCann and Ames of the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute in Oakland, California, discuss their findings made in several important studies related to the suggestion that since "Vitamin D deficiency Continue Reading...
Pregnant women should not drink alcohol, and they should not drink while they are attempting to become pregnant, either. These may be two of the biggest lifestyle changes for many women, but they are critical for the baby's health and safety, and sh Continue Reading...
Diet as an Effective Treatment for Malnutrition People usually associate malnutrition with starvation and famine, which is a common occurrence among famine- and war-ridden countries usually located in the African continent. Most often, malnutrition Continue Reading...
Obesity Annotated Bibliography for Obesity in Today's Australian Culture and Society While there are many challenges faced by societies today, one of the major health challenges that every society is facing is that of Obesity. People fail to reali Continue Reading...
Vitamin D Supplementation Vitamin supplementation has long been a popular way of ensuring that people receive the sufficient amount of vitamins. However as it pertains to Vitamin D, there is some amount of controversy as it pertains to Vitamin D sup Continue Reading...
Furthermore, reports reveal that major organs of the body such as nerves, blood vessels, kidney and so forth are at immense risk of being damaged after the onset of type 1 diabetes. Moreover, history illustrates that diabetes cut down the years from Continue Reading...
Health is one of the major problems in third world countries such as India. One of the many reasons why this occurs is because of poverty. Poverty will eat you slowly till you die; it is one of the reasons why most of the babies were not vaccinated, Continue Reading...
Policy-Priority Issue on "Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is considered to a global epidemic demanding prioritizing in policy and health care reform. This is a disorder that has a lot of effects on long-term and acute health, as well as increasi Continue Reading...
Consultant Pharmacists Impact on the Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia What is Cholesterol, and Why is it of Concern? Guidelines for Treating Hypercholesterolemia Management of Hypercholesterolemia Management of Hypercholesterolemia By Different Continue Reading...
Obesity a Disease? Introduction, Background, and Definition Persuade the scientists Persuade the advocacy groups Persuade the federal agencies Persuade the insurance companies Persuade the drug makers Visual: Charts Recommendations & Con Continue Reading...
Vitamins The body does need a certain amount of vitamins and minerals to maintain its vital organs and promote system functionality. Most of these vitamins and minerals can be acquired through a healthy diet. Therefore, many Americans are taking vit Continue Reading...
In addition, the Marines have a much smaller force than the army. On the other hand, the army cannot be as selective as the marines because it needs to maintain a much higher number of troops. The article explains that the army "needs 80,000 new so Continue Reading...
It could be something else entirely, or a blend of several different reasons. In other words, first the anthropologist has to educate him or herself about the Mali culture, the mother and child bond and how infants are fed and why. Based on learnin Continue Reading...
Oily fish contains a particularly important EFA, which provides protection against heart disease. It can also help prevent osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, cyclic breast pain, skin diseases such as eczema and psoriasis and help the developme Continue Reading...
Another author notes, "African-American women are at an increased risk for developing gestational diabetes, experts say. Much like other forms of diabetes, gestational diabetes affects the way your body uses blood sugar (glucose). In the case of ges Continue Reading...
Direct supplementation is often the best method to immediately counteract the effects of anemia. But supplementation alone on a long-term basis is seldom recommended as the sole course of treatment -- dietary rectification is usually required for s Continue Reading...
On the other hand, too much of a good thing can sometimes be even more harmful than too little. In that regard, it is very important to understand the role of vitamin D, both because of its role in maintaining our health, as well as because of the p Continue Reading...
The program includes five components namely 'Family Support', 'Maternal Interview', 'Records review', 'case review' and 'Community action'. (FIMR, 2010) The FIMR Process FIMR Informed of Fetal/Infant Death Family Support Data Collection/Record R Continue Reading...
Cereal eaters get more vitamins, minerals and fiber. They eat less fat and are less depressed, stressed and tend to be smarter than those who do not eat breakfast. Studies funded by the cereal industry listed benefits from eating breakfast. One of t Continue Reading...
Question 3 If the water you drank leaked out of a tube in your stomach, your drinking would definitely change. Such a loss of water would trigger hypovolemic thirst, which is typically caused by bleeding, sweating, or other types of fluid loss. He Continue Reading...
Products Whole Plant-Based Protein: Whole Greens Hemp from http://ergogenicsnutrition.com/products/WholeGreensHemp/ This product does work: it is a protein formula containing protein-rich plant-based ingredients, relying upon hemp for a protein ba Continue Reading...
Megaloblastic anemia is a blood disorder in which there is anemia with larger than normal red blood cells. Anemia is a condition where the body does not have enough healthy red blood cells which are necessary for providing oxygen to body tissue (ADAM Continue Reading...
Assessment Tools and Diagnostic Tests in children The selected children are the possibly overweight children who are at risk of developing obesity and the related health complications. This informed by the contemporary high prevalence of childhood ob Continue Reading...
Childhood obesity is one of the most discussed health problems in the United States, and is a growing health issue in many places worldwide. The reason that childhood obesity is a worry for healthcare officials will be discussed in this paper, along Continue Reading...
Health Needs for Teenage Pregnancies What are the special needs of teenagers who are pregnant? Certainly the fact that an expectant mother in her teens is quite different than a married woman in her mid-twenties in terms of the psychology -- and the Continue Reading...
In the twenty-first century, women should have easy access to available resources to assist them in their pregnancy. In addition, available technology to detect difficulties during pregnancies is widespread in the medical field; however, disadvantag Continue Reading...
