Daniel Vaneskeheian – Un Transplante Crea Un Segundo Hogar

From: Mayo Clinic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpdz4L13I0

Media tycoon Mike Bloomberg takes swing at Big Tobacco

Former New York mayor pledges $20 million to start organization aimed at curbing industry's influence

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/media-mogul-mike-bloomberg-takes-another-swing-at-big-tobacco/

Blood Pressure Check? You May Find an App for That

Researchers say they've invented a special phone case, using high-tech 3-D printing, that contains an embedded optical sensor on top of a "force" sensor.

From: https://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/news/20180307/blood-pressure-check-you-may-find-an-app-for-that?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Breast Cancer Screening Standard May Miss Minorities

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines recommend beginning breast cancer screening at age 50 for women at average risk. But it hasn't been clear if a single guideline can be applied to different racial or ethnic groups, the researchers noted.

From: https://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/news/20180307/breast-cancer-screening-standard-may-miss-minorities?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Ban Menthols to Help Some Smokers Quit

Menthol cigarettes are popular in the United States, accounting for about 30 percent of cigarette sales, versus 5 percent in Canada, according to Chaiton and his colleagues. Menthol cigarettes are popular in the United States, accounting for about 30 percent of cigarette sales, versus 5 percent in Canada.

From: https://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/news/20180307/ban-menthols-to-help-some-smokers-quit?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Gender equality must be at the core of ‘Health for All”

On this International Women's Day, we imagine a world where every woman and girl has access to quality and affordable health care, a world in which women and girls can freely exercise their sexual and reproductive health rights, and one where all women and girls are treated and respected as equals.

The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is the “Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives”; and today is a good day for each and every one of us to speak-up for gender equality and women’s rights.

From: http://www.who.int/entity/mediacentre/news/statements/2018/gender-equality-health-for-all/en/index.html

Sonic blends in mushrooms for more eco-friendly burger

Fast food chain Sonic Drive-In is blending mushrooms into a new burger to create healthier, more environmentally-friendly patties

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sonic-blends-beef-and-mushrooms-for-more-eco-friendly-burger/

ASDA election

The American Student Dental Association announced Feb. 26 it elected its 2018-19 national officers.

From: https://www.ada.org/en/publications/ada-news/2018-archive/march/asda-election

Dieting pressures can harm teens – and their future kids

New research suggests that when parents focus on a teen's diet​, it creates an unhealthy cycle that can also harm future generations

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dieting-pressures-can-harm-kids-teens-future-generations/

In a first, FDA approves test for breast cancer gene mutations

The test can be taken at home without a doctor's approval, but some experts worry some consumers may misinterpret the results

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-approves-23andme-test-for-breast-cancer-gene-mutations/

WHO: Women in Health - Tasnim Atatrah on Health in Emergencies

From: World Health Organization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNg8olB-Qo0

WHO: Women in Health - Vânia de la Fuente Núñez on Healthy Ageing

From: World Health Organization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfWj3y2n1Qw

23andMe offers at-home test for breast cancer gene mutations

The DNA testing company 23andMe has gotten FDA approval to screen for 3 BRCA gene mutations linked to a higher risk of breast cancer. But the test raises some concerns. Katie Nielsen of CBS San Francisco station KPIX reports.

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/23andme-offers-at-home-test-for-breast-cancer-gene-mutations/

WHO: Women in Health - Fatu Forna on Preventing Women from Dying During Childbirth

From: World Health Organization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DRzniIa_M

WHO: Women in Health - Suzanne Hill on Better Access to Medicines

From: World Health Organization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsWSMH21RQU

WHO: Women in Health - Ozge Tuncalp Mingard on Making a Positive Impact for Women and Children

From: World Health Organization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9ef7UVl9r8

WHO: Aphaluck Bhatiasevi on Working with Communities to Stop Disease Outbreaks

From: World Health Organization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVpyQFvdz-k

WHO: Women in Health - Sophie Ioos on Purpose Driven Work in the Field

From: World Health Organization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7zhs5FiPq0

WHO: Dorit Nitzan on Compassion and Touching the Values of Society

From: World Health Organization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQVpa5X2u0w

WHO: Women in Health - Florence Baingana on Mental Health

From: World Health Organization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSQ-Q7kwLI8

Inducing labor: A way to avoid a cesarean?

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Childbirth affects all of us, in one way or another. That’s the simple truth. The uncertainty about how babies are born is far more complicated: In a hospital, birthing center, or at home? With pain relief, or without? Vaginally, or by cesarean?

It’s this last question that’s the topic of our conversation here.

The results of a recent study, the ARRIVE trial, have sparked chatter and tweeting about a particularly provocative finding: by inducing labor at 39 weeks, do we decrease the likelihood of a cesarean delivery?

The study

The ARRIVE trial was a large (over 6,000 women), randomized, multicenter study. It was designed to compare the health of babies delivered when labor is induced to those born when labor occurred spontaneously at 39 weeks. The study analyzed things like low Apgar scores, need for help with breathing in the first few days of life, brain injury, death, infection, and low blood pressure, and found that rates of these complications were about the same for both groups of babies. That’s reassuring news, because labor needs to be induced for many very good reasons — high blood pressure, too little amniotic fluid, or insufficient growth of the fetus, to name a few.

The study also found that for those women whose labor was induced, the chance of cesarean delivery was actually lower than if they had gone into labor on their own. This surprised some people. Wouldn’t you think that natural labor was better at achieving a vaginal birth? Well, not in this study. In fact, the cesarean rate was 3% lower when labor was induced. And this was a study of women having their first babies, including those with zero cervical dilation to start with, for whom the process of induction can be long and difficult.

Does this mean we should be inducing labor more often?

The answer is probably no. Or yes, depending on who you ask. It is reasonable to conclude that, when medically necessary, we shouldn’t be discouraged from inducing labor for fear of putting women at high risk of cesarean. But further conclusions are still muddy.

It’s important to realize that this study tells us what happens on average, to a large group of women. It doesn’t predict what will happen to any one woman in particular. Cesarean delivery is the single most common surgery in the US, and it has immediate as well as longer-term complications that are directly and indirectly causing women to die. This study was not designed to create a far-reaching strategy or method to reduce the already-way-too-high cesarean delivery rate in this country. It was designed to make sure we weren’t causing harm to babies by inducing labor at 39 weeks.

So, the ARRIVE trial has given us something to think about

The results were announced for the very first time at a recent meeting of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine and will be published soon in a peer-reviewed journal. The process of peer review, during which the methods, results, and limitations of the study are evaluated by experts, is going to help us to focus on the most powerful messages of the study, as well as propel us on to further research on the questions the study raises.

The ARRIVE trial isn’t changing how babies are born, but it does provide critical information about the safety of inducing labor. ARRIVE tells us that trying to minimize inductions with the hope of preventing cesareans may be misguided, and that we badly need other strategies that lead to fewer decisions to perform cesareans, and more babies coming into the world naturally.

The post Inducing labor: A way to avoid a cesarean? appeared first on Harvard Health Blog.

From: Toni Golen, MD https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/inducing-labor-a-way-to-avoid-a-cesarean-2018030713391

WHO: Women in Health - Lianne Gonsalves on Reproductive Health on your mobile

From: World Health Organization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JVPAjDsKjs

WHO: Women in Health - Melissa Bingham on Nursing

From: World Health Organization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTeDinkzqag

Stem Cell Clinics Sell Bogus 'Cures' for Knee Pain

A same-day injection for one knee costs thousands of dollars at these centers, according to a consumer survey taken of clinics across the United States.

From: https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/knee-pain/news/20180307/stem-cell-clinics-sell-bogus-cures-for-knee-pain?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Babies Who Look Like Dad Could See Health Boost

The study included 715 single mothers and their babies. Infants who looked like their father at birth were healthier when they were 1 year old. The fathers of those babies spent an average of 2.5 more days per month with their babies than other fathers.

From: https://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20180306/babies-who-look-like-dad-could-see-health-boost?src=RSS_PUBLIC

#AsktheMayoMom Video Q&A about Anesthesia: Is It Safe for my Child?

From: Mayo Clinic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB9Oah-rHRI

Opioid overdose ER visits up 30 percent

New report from the CDC finds the nation's deadly opioid epidemic is worsening, with a nearly 30 percent jump in emergency room visits for overdoses in a 15-month period. The increases were seen among both men and women, and with all age groups. Dr. Tara Narula joins "CBS This Morning" with more on the nation's opioid crisis.

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/opioid-overdose-er-visits-up-30-percent/