Study reveals conflict between doctors, midwives over homebirth
Two Oregon State University researchers have uncovered a pattern of distrust - and sometimes outright antagonism - among physicians at hospitals and midwives who are transporting their home-birth...
View ArticleHuge cost to filling health worker gap in sub-Saharan Africa
Hiring the nearly 800,000 workers needed to eliminate the staggering shortage of health care professionals in sub-Saharan Africa by 2015 will cost $2.6 billion a year, or 2.5 times the annual funds...
View ArticleMore about sex and relationships needed at gynecological visits
Visits to a gynaecologist or midwife are generally associated with different tests and/or prescriptions for contraceptives, but could offer so much more. Women, doctors and midwives are agreed that...
View ArticleEmotions should be taken seriously
Health workers trained to take emotions more seriously may prevent depression among patients, a recent study at the University of Stavanger finds.
View ArticleMum knows best? Pregnant women more likely to follow their mothers' wisdom...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London have found that pregnant and postnatal women, while wanting to do the best for their baby, do not follow medical advice without...
View ArticleThe terror of childbirth under siege
One Abstract published Online by The Lancet gives the harrowing accounts of women who had to give birth during the Israeli assault on the Gaza strip in December 2008 and January 2009. The paper is by...
View ArticleTwo studies present new data on effects of alcohol during pregnancy
Scientific data continue to indicate that higher intake of alcohol during pregnancy adversely affects the fetus, and could lead to very severe developmental or other problems in the child. However,...
View ArticleSurge in births after deadly New Zealand quake
As many as 240 people likely died in New Zealand's devastating earthquake, but health services have also been stretched coping with a different problem -- a surge in new life.
View ArticleEast Midlands designed health sensor could be a lifesaver for miners
A chance discussion between a Professor at The University of Nottingham and the managing director of a Derby company has resulted in the development of a revolutionary new technology which could help...
View ArticleDoulas may indicate failings in patient care, warns doctor
The presence of doulas (paid birth assistants) during labour may alter the doctor-patient dynamic and can compromise communication and therefore patient care, warns a doctor in the British Medical...
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