Tag: Pregnancy and childbirth
How health benefits from smoking bans – Health
A major analysis shows how much the risk of heart and respiratory diseases can be reduced when zones are declared smoke-free. There are even fewer birth complications. Smoking bans noticeably…
Concerns about RSV vaccines for babies – Health
A vaccine that safely protects newborns from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) would be a milestone. Around 100,000 children under the age of five die every year worldwide from respiratory infections.…
Maternal mortality in childbirth: progress stagnant – Health
Every two minutes, somewhere in the world, a woman dies from complications during pregnancy or childbirth. It was about 287,000 women in 2020. This estimate, presented by the World Health…
Maternal mortality: Progress has stagnated – Health
Every two minutes, somewhere in the world, a woman dies from complications during pregnancy or childbirth. It was about 287,000 women in 2020. This estimate, presented by the World Health…
Nutrition: fewer and fewer babies are breastfed – health
Nourishment : “Breastfeeding has almost been wiped out in some cultures” Feb 9, 2023 1:05 p.m Reading time: 5 mins Open detailed view A mother breastfeeds her four-month-old son. The…
Nourishment: "Breastfeeding has almost been wiped out in some cultures"
Researchers criticize the massive influence of the milk powder industry on infant nutrition. Not even every second baby gets the optimal amount of breast milk because the industry cleverly plays…
Pandemic: How a corona infection endangers pregnant women and their children
Covid increases risk of death for expectant mothers And because early delivery can sometimes save lives, the incidence of preterm birth is also increasing. source site
Preterm Births: Profits at the Frontier of Life
Are children born earlier in Germany because it makes financial sense? The hospital is too often about money – and not about health. source site
Water birth could have benefits for mothers – Health
The tub has long been standard in most delivery rooms. an in journal BMJ Open A published overview article suggests that it can be good for expectant mothers to use…
More and more premature babies or seriously ill babies are surviving – health
from Christina Berndt It’s only a little over half the time that’s actually allotted. But it can be enough: if a child has spent at least 22 of the usual…