Obstetrics & gynaecology
What is a doula and how do they help women giving birth?
Women have traditionally been supported by a companion during childbirth, and there is good evidence this benefits both the woman and the baby.
Mar 20, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Higher doses of oxytocin do not reduce the use of caesarean sections
Delayed labor increases the risk of a caesarean section, even among women who receive oxytocin for augmentation of labour. The rate of caesarean section among first-time mothers is not reduced if the administered dose is ...
Jan 29, 2019
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Cardiology
Cardiac events, stroke lead to loss of work, reduced income in survivors of working age
People who have experienced a heart attack (myocardial infarction), stroke or cardiac arrest are significantly less likely to be working than healthy people, and if they are working, on average have lower incomes, found a ...
Jan 7, 2019
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Health
UK needs to redesign health policies for men
UK health policies should be redesigned to become more accessible for men, according to a new report by the Work Foundation.
Nov 19, 2018
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Health
For millennials, employment is a public health challenge
Millennials now make up the largest share of the Canadian workforce and many are facing precarious working conditions.
Sep 7, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Remifentanil during labour could halve the number of women needing an epidural
Half as many women in labour who were given a drug called remifentanil to help manage their pain needed a subsequent epidural, compared to the women given pethidine—the current standard of care, according to an open-label ...
Aug 14, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Midwives more enthusiastic than doctors about water birth
An Australian study of midwives' views on water immersion during labour and birth shows almost 90 per cent believe the practice should be offered to all pregnant women.
Aug 7, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Family support networks in Peruvian barrios prevent child labor
A recent study by the University of Seville Personal and Community Network Laboratory (Laboratorio de Redes Personales y Comunidades) has shown that family support networks have value in preventing child labour. A survey ...
Apr 16, 2018
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Health
Women with reduced functional abilities are perceived as asexual
To participate in the labour market and to have a family are things most people take for granted. Women with functional disabilities are deprived of many opportunities. The explanation may be both functional ability and gender, ...
Mar 26, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Labour–inducing drugs put to the test
Researchers comparing the use of two drugs for pregnant women who do not go into labour shortly after their waters break have found both are reasonable options.
Feb 27, 2018
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