Washington, DC—   When a baby is born premature, helping the baby survive is usually the first priority for new parents. The benefits of breastfeeding, including protection from many diseases, are especially critical for premature infants. As the country recognizes Prematurity Awareness Month, many are aware that more than a half million babies—one in every eight—are born prematurely each year ...

In keeping with the deep concern about increases in childhood obesity in the United States, the United States Breastfeeding Committee wishes to emphasize that breastfeeding, especially exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life and extended breastfeeding into the toddler years, may exert a small but positive influence in reducing the risk for obesity in childhood and later in ...

The USBC affirms the crucial role of breastfeeding and mother’s milk in infant feeding. In situations where a mother’s own milk is not available to meet her baby’s needs, pasteurized donor human milk is the ideal replacement. The use of donor human milk has saved infant lives and positively impacted the health outcomes of countless premature and sick infants through ...

h4. Introduction Low back pain is a universal phenomenon. The economic cost in the United States, in terms of lost time and medical expense, amounts to 1.9 billion dollars annually. Over 200,000 patients have surgery for ruptured lumbar discs yearly in the United States. While laminectomy for disc removal is the standard, it is not without its' well-known morbidity. Because of ...

h4. Thirty Plus Years Ago In the 1960s, the most popular form of treatment for heroin addiction was “Civil Commitment,” which essentially placed heroin addicts in prison camps. After use of heroin (and other drugs) skyrocketed, methadone was tested and found to be an effective treatment for opiate addiction. In the early 1970s, public concern over veterans returning from Vietnam with ...

ABSTRACT. to evaluate the evidence for the effect of breastfeeding on the risk of developing childhood leukemia. Objective. To conduct a systematic review Review Methods. regarding the association of breastfeeding and occurrence of childhood leukemia. Studies were identified by using Medline, US Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, National Centre for ...

After decades of research, scientists have identified all of the genetic “letters” that spell out the “words” of our genes. This library of genes—called the human genetic code, or the human genome—is the complete set of instructions for creating you or me. But scientists’ ability to read the human genetic code is only a beginning. It will be many more years ...

A BYU-Harvard-Stanford research team has identified a molecule that is key to mothers' ability to pass along immunity to intestinal infections to their babies through breast milk. The findings will be published in the Nov. 1 issue of the Journal of Immunology.  

The role of caffeine in the health of premature and low birth weight babies has come under scrutiny with two studies, one investigating the impact of mothers' intake during pregnancy and the other adding to existing evidence that caffeine can improve the symptoms of apnea in prematurity.

Are You Coping in a Healthy Way? The holiday season can be a stressful time. When facing extra stress, we often resort to less-healthy coping mechanisms, or intensify unhealthy coping so that something that isn't normally harmful (a glass of wine to unwind, for example) becomes, well, harmful (needing a stiff drink to unwind, and not being able to stop at ...

Feeding newborns soy protein-based formulas may favourably boost the bone strength later in life, according to a new study with mice. Whether the effects are repeatable in humans is not currently known, but the study has potential implications for soy-based infant formula as a means of reducing osteoporosis later in life, a condition that affects half of all women over ...

Coated Stents Better Than Bare Metal Ones in Short Run Angioplasty patients who receive stents coated with medication to prevent narrowing of the artery do better one year after the surgery than those who receive bare metal stents, a new study shows.

Infants following World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding appear to show a fall-off in weight and length in the first year of life compared with the existing WHO/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reference,1 which is based on predominantly formula-fed infants. Previous studies are fairly consistent in showing a downward trajectory in z scores beginning at ...

In today's litigious society, it can be easy for the nursing staff to become involved directly or indirectly in legal matters. However, just as the amount of cases has increased, there are some common themes among legal battles involving nursing practitioners that have stood out. By understanding some of the issues at work, nurses can avoid many of the trouble or ...

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Ablation is used to treat abnormal heart rhythms. It can be performed both surgically and non-surgically. Non-surgical ablation is performed in a special lab called the electrophysiology (EP) laboratory. During this non-surgical procedure a catheter is inserted into your heart and then a special machine is used to direct energy to the heart muscle. This energy either "disconnects" or "isolates" the ...

If a woman is sexually active and she is fertile and physically able to become pregnant, she needs to ask herself, "Do I want to become pregnant now?" If her answer is "No," she must use some method of birth control (contraception). Terminology used to describe birth control methods include contraception, pregnancy prevention, fertility control, and family planning. But no matter ...

Tylenol is currently the most popular painkiller in the United States. Americans take over 8 billion pills (tablets or capsules) of Tylenol each year. Acetaminophen is the general (generic) name for Tylenol, which is a brand name. Although acetaminophen is contained in over 200 medications, most of them do not have the name "Tylenol" on their labels. Moreover, just about every ...

Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS) is a childhood disorder. A major feature of LKS is the gradual or sudden loss of the ability to understand and use spoken language. All children with LKS have abnormal electrical brain waves that can be documented by an electroencephalogram (EEG), a recording of the electric activity of the brain. Approximately 80 percent of the children with LKS ...