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January 9, 2009
For a healthy mother and baby, scheduling a Caesarean section delivery one to two weeks earlier than necessary slightly raises the risk of respiratory and other preventable problems in the newborn, and women should be counseled with this in mind.
April 10, 2008
Eileen T. Breslin, Ph.D., R.N., professor and dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (UMass), is the new dean of the School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. She succeeded Dean Robin Froman, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N., who retired in March.
March 19, 2008
She is the patient in a major research and teaching hospital undergoing treatment for advanced ovarian cancer, and she knows the prognosis is not good.
May 23, 2006
In a study investigating developmental programming, or how the development of the fetus in the womb affects that individual’s lifetime health, researchers have found new evidence emphasizing the critical need for expectant mothers to get adequate nutrition.
May 23, 2006
The estimates vary, from 1 in 200 pregnancies to 1 in 400, but the heartache of parents who have experienced a stillbirth seldom varies.
May 2, 2006
A researcher at the Health Science Center has found a disturbing link among race, cardiovascular health and pre-term labor.