Diapers can take a big bite out of the family budget, and now a new survey of low-income moms finds that many struggle to afford enough diapers to regularly change their babies. The study, which is published online July 29 and in the August print issue of the journal Pediatrics, found that one in 12 low-income moms [...]
Ectopic pregnancy, in which the fertilized egg grows in the fallopian tubes or other spots outside the uterus, typically leads to miscarriage and can even prove fatal. Now, a review of the data finds that taking a patient's history along with a clinical exam is not enough to diagnose the condition in women with abdominal pain [...]
Dr. Kecia Gaither uses her position as an obstetrician to help those living in at-risk community in Brooklyn. Gaither serves as vice chairman and director of maternal fetal medicine in the department of OB/GYM at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn. She's held the position for three years. At the hospital, she oversees what [...]
Hyperemesis Gravidarum sounds like a Harry Potter spell, but for mom-to-beKate Middleton it’s a royal pain. It’s morning sickness on steroids — a rare and potentially dangerous malady that affects one in 50 women and produces vomiting so severe the patient cannot keep food or liquids down. The Duchess of Cambridge has it so bad she was [...]
EXCESSIVE BODY WEIGHT has become one of the major public health issues in the United States. Obesity is characterized as a state of excess fat-cell mass. The most widely used method to gauge obesity is the body mass index, or BMI (to calculate your BMI, go towww.nhlbisupport.com/bmi). For men and women alike, obesity correlates to an [...]
