Posts for 'Mother Care' Category

For many individuals, your mother is one of the most important people in your life. Moms have been there for you from the very beginning and most have dreamt about your wedding day since you were able to talk. As you take strides towards a life of adventure and true happiness with your new spouse, your mother will always be there to love, support, and protect you. For your wedding, show your mother how thankful you are for all that she has done, and dress her accordingly for one of the most memorable days of your lives. Finding an elegantly beautiful mother of the bride dress is a great way to show her how much you care.

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Researchers have discovered that too much weight gained during the gestation of a baby more than quadruples the risk of women being overweight decades later. That in turn could lead to increased risk of diabetes, heart disease and other problems associated with being overweight. Now they say the advice given to expectant mothers should be radically altered so that their long term health is given as much priority as that of the baby.

“For the last 40 years the whole issue in weight gain in pregnancy has worried about what it would do to the children,” said Professor Philip James, chairman of the International Obesity TaskForce (IOTF) who has developed guidelines for the World Health Organisation.

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The study contrasts with official guidance from the National Institute of health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) which does not support the provision of supplements. However, experts claimed that women who do not have enough vitamin D can experience complications in pregnancy which could be life-threatening for a new-born.

It could also lead to the development of diseases such as rickets and other deficiency linked conditions. Dr Elina Hypponen, from the University College London Institute of Child Health, said that providing women with daily supplements would "reduce related serious risks to their babies".

Her report in the British Journal of Nutrition called for a unified approach from health authorities towards supplements and said that vitamin D deficiency is "largely being overlooked by our health professionals". The Department of Health advises pregnant women to ensure they receive 10 micrograms per day of vitamin D, which the researchers claimed cannot be provided by diet and the sun alone.

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Canadian researchers are reported to have discovered a probiotic present in breast milk that assists in lowering or eliminating painful cramping in the gut caused by digestive disorders. The study was published online in the FASEB Journal.

This discovery outlines that with the rising intake of this bacterium symptoms related to myriad forms of gut disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, functional bowel disorders, and constipation can be done away with.

The study involving mice depicted that a particular strain of Lactobacillus reuteri lowers the force of muscle contractions in the gut within a small time of exposure.

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Moms aren’t the only ones who can get the blues when a new baby joins the family. About 10 per cent of fathers experience prenatal or postpartum depression, a new analysis of studies suggests.

The review in the Journal of the American Medical Association, published Tuesday, pulls together data from 43 studies involving more than 28,000 participants.

It puts the overall estimate of paternal depression at 10.4 per cent, compared to an estimated prevalence of 4.8 per cent for men in the general population.

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Move over Doctor Spock and advice from friends and family – new and expecting mothers now have an modern way to get advice on caring for their bundle of joy: Text4baby.

The service, which Kansas Department of Health and Environment plans to unveil Wednesday, is part of a national campaign from National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition which provides free health information via text messaging.The announcement is will be made Wed. at 2 p.m. for more details check back then.

Does the height of the mother have any effect on the baby's health? Yes, it does. At least thats what the lastest studies say. Women who are tall give birth to healthier babies having a higher life expectancy.Dr. S. V. Subramanian from the Havard School of Public Health and his team analysed data from 54 different developing countries.

The participants were divided into various height categories (ranging from 121 cm to 160 cm). By the end of the research 12 per cent of the children died before the age of five.

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Most moms get into gear after they have a baby to shed their pregnancy pounds, but new research suggests that exercise during pregnancy is just as important for the baby’s health.

Although regular exercise during pregnancy doesn’t generally affect a mother’s weight, it could be key in preventing childhood obesity.

The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, evaluated 84 first time mothers.

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The proportion of older middle-aged Americans who report disabilities related to mobility increased significantly from 1997 to 2007, in contrast to the disability decline that has been found among Americans ages 65 and over, according to a new study by the RAND Corporation and the University of Michigan.

Researchers found a rise in the proportion of Americans aged 50 to 64 who reported mobility-related difficulties or the need for help in daily personal care activities such as getting out of bed, according findings published in the journal Health Affairs.

The reason for the increase is not clear, although many of those reporting disabilities say they are due to health problems that began in their 30s and 40s.

"Although the overall rate of needing help with personal care among this group remains very low less than 2 percent this rise in disability is reason for concern," said Linda Martin, the study's lead author and a senior fellow at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.\

"It does not bode well for future trends for the 65 and older population, plus there are substantial personal and societal costs of caring for people of any age who need help."

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It was a new study, but it didn’t tell Washington pediatrician Dr. Michal Young much that she didn’t already know. ?“It’s an established fact that there are children who die unnecessarily every year because they were not breastfed,” said Young, chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Howard University College of Medicine and Howard University Hospital.

The study, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, agreed. If most new moms would breastfeed their babies for the first six months of life, the new study said, it would save nearly 1,000 lives in the United States and billions of dollars each year to U.S. citizens.

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