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CDC study finds many teen moms didn’t think they could get pregnant

Lauren Squire — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:53:46 +0000

ATLANTA — A new government study suggests a lot of teenage girls are clueless about their chances of getting pregnant.

In a survey of thousands of teenage mothers who had unintended pregnancies, about a third who didn’t use birth control said the reason was they didn’t believe they could pregnant.

Why they thought that isn’t clear. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey didn’t ask teens to explain.

But other researchers have talked to teen moms who believed they couldn’t get pregnant the first time they had sex, didn’t think they could get pregnant at that time of the month or thought they were sterile.

How many births in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia will not be attended by a skilled birth attendant between 2011 and 2015?

Mikayla Banfield — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:14:49 +0000

Published: 17 January 2012

The fifth Millennium Development Goal target for 90% of births in low and middle income countries to have a skilled birth attendant (SBA) by 2015 will not be met. In response to this, policy has focused on increasing SBA access. However, reducing maternal mortality also requires policies to prevent deaths among women giving birth unattended. We aimed to generate estimates of the absolute number of non-SBA births between 2011 and 2015 in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, given optimistic assumptions of future trends in SBA attendance.

Dental Health Experts At Nationwide Children’s Hospital Remind Parents About Scheduling Toddlers For Dental Visits

Sebastian Pugliese — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:18:13 +0000

While infants under 12 months old may only have a few teeth, experts say they should been seen by a dentist within the first year of life. The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry’s revised guidelines on infant oral health recommend infants 6 to 12 months old should to be seen by a dentist. More than 40 percent of children have tooth decay by the time they reach kindergarten. In order to help prevent tooth decay, dental experts at Nationwide Children’s Hospital are reminding parents to schedule dental appointments for their toddlers. Studies have shown that if children experience tooth decay in their baby teeth, they are more likely to develop tooth decay in their permanent teeth. Read more…

How to Stop Cravings during the Holidays

Sebastian Pugliese — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:01:45 +0000

Deck the halls with boughs of holly Fa la la la la, la la la la Tis the season to be jolly Fa la la la la, la la la la

Music is a powerful instrument. It wields power that no government or aristocracy can compete with. And no, were not talking about Justin Bieber here although my initial reluctance to consider Lady Gaga to be an artist worth listening to changed when I learned that she derived the Ga Ga part from Queens All We Need is Radio GaGa.

Enough of the theatrics, woman, is all I have to say but thats probably how the commercialization of music makes demands on popular artists anyways.

Friendships are important to mental and physical health, experts say

Lauren Squire — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:59:54 +0000

While many mothers of preschoolers covet an extra hour of sleep, Katie Hayes and her three close friends are up before dawn, jogging with headlamps in an effort to exercise their bodies and their friendship.

It is always a blessing to know one of the girls will be there waiting for me, even in the cold, dark, wind and snow, said Hayes, 32. When we are pushing each other, it is quiet and all you hear is our breathing and encouragement to each other. But there is always time to share about life the ups, the downs and everything in between.

TB Screening, Treatment Program Working To Decrease Caseload In Kenya

Mikayla Banfield — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:45:40 +0000

Al Jazeera examines how “[a] series of public-health campaigns, including more aggressive screening, have been credited with a drop in tuberculosis [TB] cases in Kenya” in this video report. “The screening and treatment program, regarded as one of the best in the developing world, is credited with taking the rate of TB infections in the East African country from a high of 116,000 in 2006 to 106,000 last year,” but not without “an economic and political price,” the news service reports.

Handbook of User Involvement in Nursing and Healthcare Research

Lauren Squire — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:59:29 +0000

This book fills an important niche in the market providing practical expert advice on service user (patients, carers and the public) involvement in nursing and healthcare research. An invaluable guide for anyone working or involved in nursing and healthcare research, this book provides a step-by-step guide to the principles and process of involvement, including understanding the rationale for involvement, designing involvement, working with service users, and evaluating what has been achieved.

With illustrations, worked examples and tool sheets throughout, this evidence-based guide uses real life examples from recent research studies in health and social care research, thus relating theory to practice in a meaningful way.

Easy Ways to Raise Responsible Kids – A Guide for Parents

Mikayla Banfield — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:48:32 +0000

Every parent wants to know that they have equipped their child for the real world. It is a big responsibility but one that is well worth the effort. And that is what we are talking about here responsibility. We want to teach our children to one day become contributing members of society.

How would you define responsibility? When it comes to our kids, some might include the following:

Learning to do what is right
Taking care of themselves
Making good decisions
Lending a helping hand
Learning to be financially savvy
Making a difference with their lives

Yes, it is a tall order, but not one that has to be learned overnight.

Dr. Fuhrman’s New Year’s Resolution: Fight Breast Cancer in 2012

Mikayla Banfield — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:18:28 +0000

The Women’s Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) Study was a randomized controlled trial that was designed to test whether adhering to a diet high in vegetables, fruits, and fiber would reduce the risk of recurrence in breast cancer survivors. The study was conducted from 1995-2006, and the subjects were 3,088 women who had been treated for early stage breast cancer. Women were either in a control group or an intervention group.

The daily dietary goals given for the intervention group in the WHEL study were as follows:

5 servings of vegetables
16 ounces of vegetable juice
3 servings of fruit
30 g of fiber
15-20% of calories from fat.¹

The overall results of the WHEL study were published in 2007 and were disappointing. W

The Risks of Long Term Over-the-Counter Painkiller Usage

Lauren Squire — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:05:21 +0000

If you live with chronic pain may rely on painkilling medications like ibuprofen, aspirin or acetaminophen to help you make it through the day-to-day grind. However, if you rely too heavily on over-the-counter (OTC) pain medications, you may run the risk of developing long term and potentially deadly health risks.

Studies say that taking ibuprofen, naproxen, and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications long term can cause gastrointestinal problems,like ulcers and gastritis, and kidney disease. Recent research says it can even cause kidney cancer. I