Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
August 30, 2011 | by: Darline Turner-Lee
Preterm delivery, delivery before 37 completed weeks of gestation, has been shown to cause significant morbidity in infants and to be a cause of lifelong health problems in these children. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports, Preterm birth is a leading cause of neonatal and infant
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August 09, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
As many of you may recall, we ran a series on issues pertaining to maternal overweight/obesity here on Science & Sensibility not too long ago. Throughout the series, we looked at the common complications associated with maternal obesityand questioned which of those complications were iatr
July 25, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
Last week, I accompanied Cara Terreri (Community Manager of our sister site, Giving Birth With Confidence) in delivering a Lamaze-sponsored webinar* on social media for the childbirth educator. During the webinar, we discussed common social media platforms and the question of why on earth woul
July 25, 2011 | by: Joanne I Leigh-Murfin, RN, LCCE
"Young women these days may not need a book to get answers to their questions about pregnancy. After all, they have the Internet for that." - NPR's Lynn Near on What to Expect When You're Expecting Birth activists, professionals, practitioners: take note. Women "of all ages and socio-economic level
July 22, 2011 | by: Walker Karraa, PhD
[Editor's note: This is the fifth and final part of an interview series between Science & Sensibility's Walker Karraa, and OBGYN Dr. Michael Lu. To read the interview from the beginning, go here. For a list of resources pertaining to this interview series, go here: resources
July 21, 2011 | by: Walker Karraa, PhD
[Editor's note: This is the fourth part of an interview series between Science & Sensibility's Walker Karraa, and OBGYN Dr. Michael Lu. To read the interview from the beginning, go here. For a list of resources pertaining to this interview series, go here: resources and bibliog
July 20, 2011 | by: Walker Karraa, PhD
[Editor's note: This is part three of an interview series between Science & Sensibility's Walker Karraa, and OBGYN Dr. Michael Lu. To read the series from the beginning, go here. For a list of resources pertaining to this interview series, go here: resources and bibliography_dr lu in
July 19, 2011 | by: Walker Karraa, PhD
[Editor's note: This is part two of an interview series between Science & Sensibility's Walker Karraa and OBGYN/researcher, Dr. Michael Lu. To read this interview from the beginning, go here.For a list of resources pertaining to this interview series, go here: resources and bibliogra
July 18, 2011 | by: Walker Karraa, PhD
Last April, I sat down with Dr. Michael C. Lu, director of the UCLA Preconception Care Clinic, lead investigator for Los Angeles County in the National Childrens Study, and newly appointed Chair of the Secretary of Health and Human Services committee on infant mortality. Dr. Lu is an associate
July 05, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
Arms Wide Open: A Midwife Journey (Boston, Beacon Press) by Patricia Harman,CNM, is more than a memoir tailored to female sensibilities. It is a counterattack to the construed version of pregnancy, birth and womanhood that so many media outlets insist upon perpetuating. A year ago, I wrote a post a
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