Tag: neonatal care
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Beshear calls for action to improve state’s health, but says only that ‘It’s time for us to begin looking seriously’ at a smoking ban
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News His priorities were education and tax reform, but Gov. Steve Beshear mentioned several health issues in his State of the Commonwealth speech tonight to...
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Poor, rural mothers-to-be have high levels of stress, and few resources to help them handle it, small-scale study concludes
Low-income pregnant women in rural areas experience high levels of stress, but lack the appropriate means to manage their emotional well-being, according to a small-scale study at the University of Missouri....
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Norton Healthcare implements a mobile application that allows doctors to monitor patients, especially expectant mothers
Norton Healthcare is the first health-care provider in Kentucky to implement a patient monitoring system that allows obstetricians to monitor expectant mothers while they’re in labor via the physician’s...
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UK medical center is fifth in the nation to be recognized for out-of-body respirator help for babies, children and adults
Because they use extracorporeal (out-of-body) membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, to support patients, the University of Kentucky‘s Albert B. Chandler Hospital and Kentucky Children’s Hospital have been awarded a triple designation from the...
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Comprehensive series looks at new angle of prescription pain pill epidemic: addicted newborns
The Courier-Journal‘s health reporter, Laura Ungar, is again delving into the prescription pain-pill epidemic in Kentucky, this time focusing on babies who are born addicted. For any reporter interested in...
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Mothers should try to go to full term in their pregnancies, but many are unaware of the risks of early delivery, UK study finds
Illustration by Michelle Kumata via KRT Babies who are born before the full term of 40 weeks may have health problems later in life, since important brain development takes place...