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Niagara Health recently purchased three lactation pods to help mothers who need to breastfeed or express breastmilk on the job. The pods at the St. Catharines, Niagara Falls and Welland hospitals are available to health care workers, learners, volunteers, patients and visitors. Niagara Health has established mentorship and bursary programs that provide professional development support to assist equity-deserving groups in career advancement.
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An analysis of health records for almost 110,000 women in the U.K. found that women with poor cardiovascular health after pregnancy had a significantly higher long-term risk of developing cardiovascular disease. In this study, researchers reviewed data from the UK Biobank to evaluate the association between Life’s Essential 8 scores and the development of cardiovascular disease in women with and without a history of adverse pregnancy outcomes. The Association’s Epidemiology and PreventionLifestyle and Cardiometabolic Scientific Sessions 2024, March 18- 21, in Chicago.
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Women with a history of adverse pregnancy outcomes tend to have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease later in life, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and PreventionLifestyle and Cardiometabolic Scientific Sessions 2024, held March 18–21, in Chicago. Adverse pregnancy outcomes examined included placental abruption, gestational diabetes, small size for gestationally age, pre-term birth and/or hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, defined as pree
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2 years ago Read more at Medical Xpress

frogs, toads, salamanders and newts were disappearing in their thousands around the world. Not a single talk at the 1989 congress at the University of Kent had discussed the strange disappearance of the world’s amphibians. But scientist after scientist had the same story: from Central America to Australia, they were vanishing. The year before, I had joined the Zoological Society of London as a veterinary pathologist. It was the first time a ranavirus
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2 years ago Read more at The Guardian

Italian tennis star Matteo Berrettini has completed a nearly three-hour match at the Miami Open despite almost fainting during the second set. Just days after Arthur Cazaux fainted during a qualifying match, the 27-year-old briefly suffered with his health in mild weather. The one-time Wimbledon finalist took out the opening set with Andy Murray before he quickly trailed 2-5 in the second.
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2 years ago Read more at 7NEWS

Healthy mothers, on the whole, give birth to healthy children. And healthy mothers are supported physically and mentally by their communities, but their health practitioners and the health systems they deliver. At the Ngangk Yira Institute for Change, we have been working with Aboriginal communities throughout WA to identify the needs of Aboriginal women giving birth in metropolitan and regional centres.
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2 years ago Read more at The West Australian

The Background Intermittent Fasting involves cycling between eating and fasting for specific periods of time. A common approach, for example, is to eat only within an eight-hour window each day, a professor of nutrition at the University of Illinois Chicago said. The longest intermittent fasting trial lasted only one year.
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2 years ago Read more at The New York Times

OhioHealth Mothers’ Milk Bank opened the state’s second breast milk dispensary at First Steps Breastfeeding Support Center. It allows those with the required prescription to pick up pasteurized human milk for their infants. The milk bank relies on these donations to increase access to breast milk for babies in need.
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Proposition 1 allocates nearly $6.4 billion to build housing and spaces for mental health care and drug treatment. It is the first major update to California’s mental health funding system in two decades, amending the 2004 Mental Health Services Act. For months, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) championed Proposition 1, dubbed “Treatment not Tents”.
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The Host Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A to Z” now in its third edition. Congress appears on its way to, finally, finishing the fiscal 2024 spending bills, including funding for HHS.
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2 years ago Read more at Kaiser Health News