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Resolve To Make Folic Acid A Daily Habit This Year - Tennessee Department Of Health
The Department of Health is reminding all women of childbearing age about the need for folic acid, whether they're planning a baby right now or not. The Department will join observances of Folic Acid Awareness Week January 5 - 11, 2009. "New Year, New You! Make a Daily Multivitamin Part of Your New Year" is the theme of this observance designed to increase awareness about the benefits of daily folic acid intake.

ADHS Stresses Importance Of Folic Acid For Young Women
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." That old adage is quite true when it comes to reducing brain and spinal birth defects. Today, the Arizona Department of Health Services launched an awareness campaign to stress the importance of preventing those birth defects by taking a multivitamin. In Arizona, more than 50 babies are born with brain and spine birth defects each year.

Clinical Practice Guideline For Smoking Cessation In A Public Antenatal Care Setting
The study assesses the effectiveness of a smoking cessation guideline relevant to the public maternity care settings with an accompanying implementation program throughout Queensland maternity hospitals. Despite high level evidence proving the effectiveness of smoking cessation programs, few Australian hospitals have adopted a systematic approach to assist pregnant women to stop smoking.

The Woman's Hospital Of Texas Makes Milestone, Delivers 9,000th Baby Of The Year
The Woman's Hospital of Texas (Woman's) had a monumental delivery with the arrival of its 9,000th baby born in 2008. At 8:57 a.m., parents Oscar and Gabriela Garcia, along with Woman's, welcomed Kamilah -- a healthy, 7 pound 6 ounce baby girl -- to the world. Woman's has delivered more than 170,000 babies since opening its doors in 1976, according to the Department of State Health Services, Vital Stats Unit.

Published Reports Inaccurate Concerning Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy
A national alcohol research group is concerned that the media's misinterpretation of a recent British research study could encourage pregnant women to be more at ease with temperate alcohol consumption. Some media reports erroneously stated that the study by The University College London researchers revealed that light drinking by pregnant women could be beneficial to their babies.

Vitamin D Deficiency Associated With Greater Rates Of Cesarean Sections
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) found that pregnant women who are vitamin D deficient are also at an increased risk for delivering a baby by caesarean section as compared to pregnant women who are not vitamin D deficient. These findings currently appear on-line in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Poor Maternal Health Care Widespread In Eastern Burma
Access to maternal health-care is extremely limited and poor nutrition, anemia and malaria are widespread in eastern Burma, which increases the risk of pregnancy complications, says new research published in the open access journal PLoS Medicine.

Trial Establishes New Data Regarding Safety Of Artemisinin Combination Therapy For Pregnant Women With Malaria
A trial conducted in northwest Thailand has found that it is safe to use artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) to treat pregnant women with malaria, but that efficacy is inferior to single-drug artesunate treatment. The study, published in next week's PLoS Medicine, suggests that the ACT evaluated in the trial, artemether-lumefantrine (AL), may have lower efficacy because drug concentrations were seen to be reduced during pregnancy.

Premature Babies Have Altered Sensory Responses In Later Life
Premature infants who need intensive care or surgery are less sensitive to thermal (hot and cold) sensations later in life, according to research conducted at UCL (University College London). The study, published in the journal Pain, suggests that pain and injury related to major medical interventions in early development may alter how children respond to painful stimuli much later in life.

When It's Not Just Baby Weight
Body image is a tricky thing for many women. Like looking into a funhouse mirror, the way they perceive their bodies can make them think they're thinner or more obese than they actually are. Researchers led by Temple University's Sharon Herring, MD, MPH, have found that this misperception is associated with excess weight gain during pregnancy - which can cause complications for both mother and baby.

White Matter, The Brain's Connective Network Damaged By Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
One part of the prenatal brain that may be particularly sensitive to alcohol's effects is white matter, nerve fibers through which information is exchanged between different areas of the central nervous system. A recent study has demonstrated that alcohol consumption during pregnancy can alter the microstructural integrity of developing fetal cerebral white matter in the frontal and occipital lobes of the brain.

Hayashi Legislation Prompts Court Ruling To Expand Access To Prenatal Care - California
The San Francisco Superior Court has struck down a state law requiring that low-income working women must have resided in California for at least six months before they can be eligible to receive prenatal and other medical care services through California's Access for Infants and Mothers (AIM) insurance program.

Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy: Published Reports Inaccurate
A national alcohol research group is concerned that the media's misinterpretation of a recent British research study could encourage pregnant women to be more at ease with temperate alcohol consumption. Some media reports erroneously stated that the study by The University College London researchers revealed that light drinking by pregnant women could be beneficial to their babies.

Multiple Courses Of Antenatal Steroids Do Not Improve Preterm Birth Outcomes And Can Lead To Decreased Baby Size (Macs Study)
Multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids, every 14 days, do not improve outcomes for premature babies are associated with a decreased baby weight, length, and head circumference at birth. Therefore this treatment schedule is not recommended. These are conclusions of the MACS study, reported in an Article in The Lancet, written by Dr Kellie E Murphy, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada and colleagues from the MACS Collaborative Group.

Who Are You Kidding? Overweight Or Obese Mums Who Underestimate Their Weight Status Are More Likely To Over Gain During Pregnancy
Women who misperceive their body weight are more likely to gain too much weight during pregnancy. A study published today in the open access journal BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth has shown that a poor estimation of one's own size at the beginning of pregnancy is associated with excessive gestational weight gain, in both normal weight and overweight or obese women.