By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Oct. 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Parents are usually pleased when their newborn seems big and strong, but new research suggests that large babies may be at higher risk for the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation later in life. Atrial fibrillation (a-fib) is the … Read more
Genelle Aldred was 19 when her baby girl Sade-Rose was still born in 2002 and felt because of her age and ethnicity the “odds were stacked against her”. She believes racial bias within the maternity care sector played a role in her daughter’s death as she was not listened to when she said she was … Read more
Aboard a Delhi-Bengaluru IndiGo flight, a pregnant woman passenger delivered a baby boy on Wednesday. The IndiGo crew successfully managed to assist the woman in her delivery when the baby boy was prematurely born. IndiGo crew poses with the baby who was born aboard a Delhi-Bengaluru flight on Wednesday. (Image: Twitter) Aboard a Delhi-Bengaluru IndiGo … Read more
By Charlie JonesBBC News Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic image copyrightEmma Kemsley image captionEmma and her husband James were devastated that they could not be together when they aborted their baby for medical reasons A woman who had a termination alone because of Covid restrictions said no-one else should have to go through the “devastating” experience. … Read more
image copyrightLeicester’s Hospitals Trust image captionLexi-Grace was born at 37 weeks at Leicester Royal Infirmary on 3 September A baby who was suffering with breathing difficulties following birth was able to go home a week later after taking part in a new hospital trial. Lexi-Grace Sketchley had a substance to ease her breathing delivered via … Read more
Image caption The parliamentary Health and Social Care Committee is reviewing the safety of England’s maternity services Some maternity units are too defensive when births go wrong and causing a danger to patients, the chief inspector of hospitals in England has said. Prof Ted Baker of the Care Quality Commission said health workers need to … Read more
MONDAY, Sept. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Babies born to mothers with COVID-19 only rarely suffer from effects of the virus, a new study suggests. These newborns generally do well in the six to eight weeks after birth, but more are admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) if their mothers had COVID-19 … Read more
Image copyright Getty Images Current scientific techniques are not yet safe or effective enough to be used to create gene-edited babies, an international committee says. The technology could one day prevent parents from passing on heritable diseases to children, but the committee says much more research is needed. The world’s first gene-edited babies were born … Read more
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Aug. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Breastfeeding mothers are unlikely to transmit the new coronavirus to their babies via their milk, researchers say. No cases of an infant contracting COVID-19 from breast milk have been documented, but questions about the potential risk remain. Researchers examined 64 samples of breast … Read more
THURSDAY, Aug. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A new case study adds to growing evidence that the new coronavirus can be transmitted from a pregnant woman to her fetus. “It’s very important to bring to the forefront this finding that mothers and infants can be affected by COVID-19, transmission can occur during pregnancy, and pregnant … Read more