China

China has the fastest growing economy in the world, and the fastest growing uptake of technology in the world. Not surprisingly, its biotechnology industry is booming. Its potential not only as a pr...

Healthcare

Health care (or healthcare) is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in...

Palliative Care

Palliative care is the active holistic care of patients with advanced progressive illness. Management of pain and other symptoms and provision of psychological, social and spiritual support is param...

Postresuscitative Care

Wound care

Are 4 antenatal visits enough?

Reanalysis of the World Health Organization's Antenatal Care Trial (WHOACT) shows that there is an increased risk of fetal death at between 32 and 36 weeks for women who have a reduced antenatal care...

Are four antenatal visits enough?

Reanalysis of the World Health Organization's Antenatal Care Trial (WHOACT) shows that there is an increased risk of fetal death at between 32 and 36 weeks for women who have a reduced antenatal care...

Parasites and poor antenatal care are main causes of epilepsy in Africa

The largest study of epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa to date reveals that programs to control parasitic diseases and access to better antenatal care could substantially reduce the prevalence of the dis...

Study finds parasites and poor antenatal care are main causes of epilepsy in Africa

The largest study of epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa to date reveals that programmes to control parasitic diseases and access to better antenatal care could substantially reduce the prevalence of the d...

Continuous antibiotics prevent UTIs in antenatal hydronephrosis: report

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In high-grade antenatal hydronephrosis, antibiotic prophylaxis of urinary tract infection (UTI) is appropriate, say the authors of a systematic review.

Maternal Mortality From Malaria Dramatically Reduced By Frequent Antenatal Screening

Frequent antenatal screening has allowed doctors to detect and treat malaria in its early stages on the border of Thailand and Myanmar, dramatically reducing the number of deaths amongst pregnant wome...

Pregnancy model shows obstacles to remote care

Estimates of the cost of pregnancy in Western Australia have revealed those with inadequate access to antenatal care, mostly those in remote areas, are paying $2,581 more than those with access.

Frequent antenatal screening dramatically reduces maternal mortality on Thai-Myanmar border

Frequent antenatal screening has allowed doctors to detect and treat malaria in its early stages on the border of Thailand and Myanmar, dramatically reducing the number of deaths amongst pregnant wome...

Determinants of the number of antenatal visits in a metropolitan region.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Antenatal care has a positive effect on pregnancy, both clinically and psychologically, but consensus about the optimal number of antenatal visits is lacking. This study aims to...

Multiples clinic: a model for antenatal care.

Antenatal care has become more focused in recent years with an increase in the number of specialist clinics providing care in a multidisciplinary manner. Multiple pregnancies are complex with complica...

Antenatal care packages with reduced visits and perinatal mortality: a secondary analysis of the WHO antenatal care trial - Comentary: routine antenatal visits for healthy pregnant women do make a difference.

The practice and timing of routine antenatal visits for healthy pregnant women, introduced arbitrarily and without evidence of effectiveness, have become entrenched in obstetric practice over the last...

The association between ethnicity and late presentation to antenatal care among pregnant women living with HIV in the UK and Ireland.

Abstract UK and Ireland guidelines state that all pregnant women should have their first antenatal care appointment by 13 weeks of pregnancy (antenatal booking). We present the results of an analysis...

A randomised controlled multicentre trial of women's and men's satisfaction with two models of antenatal education.

OBJECTIVE: to study women's and men's satisfaction with two models of antenatal education: natural childbirth preparation with psychoprophylaxis, and standard antenatal education including preparation...