Roshni Mahesh

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Dress Up Your Baby Bump In Style

Have you stopped outing with your family simply because you are pregnant and not able to find out stylish and comfortable clothes suitable for pregnancy?
Mar 21, 2012

2012 March for Babies: Watson Joins Dimes to Fight Preterm Births

Watson Pharmaceuticals, one of the leading global pharmaceutical companies, has offered their support to the 2012 March for Babies event and the prematurity campaign program of the March of Dimes, a leading nonprofit organization for pregnancy and baby health.
Mar 21, 2012

FDA Approves First Oral Contraceptive For Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceutical's Natazia (estradiol valerate and estradiol valerate/dienogest) tablets have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an oral contraceptive (OC) for the treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) that is not caused by any diagnosed condition of the uterus.
Mar 20, 2012

Online Training Program for 'FC2 Female Condom' Launched

Female Health Company, the designer of the only FDA-approved FC2 Female Condom, has announced the launch of a free, interactive online training program for health care providers to raise product awareness and the usage.
Mar 20, 2012

New Egg Freezing Technique Proves Successful Once Again

The Center for Reproductive Medicine (CRM), one of the leading IVF & Infertility Treatment Centers in Orlando and Central Florida, declared its second successful baby delivery through a new oocyte freezing ( egg freezing) technique called vitrification.
Mar 19, 2012

National Diaper Drive: Donate a Diaper and Help a Baby

At a time when providing their babies with clean and dry diapers have become a serious concern for majority of American families, Weyerhaeuser and the World Vision are holding a national diaper drive from March 12 to 30.
Mar 17, 2012

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Children: Delay in Surgery Can Lead to Permanent Damage

It's a part of childhood that children fall down while playing and get their knees injured or swollen. While you pay attention to the injuries, at times it is likely that you may not pay the required attention to the swelling on your kid's knee. But chances are there that the swelling can be related to an internal injury of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) located in the knee.
Mar 15, 2012

Pregnant Women Hesitate to Report Morning Sickness: Study

Only a few women who suffer from nausea and vomiting during their pregnancy discuss this and seek proper treatment. This fact was proved through an online survey conducted by the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH).Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy (NVP), commonly known as morning sickness, troubles approximately 70 to 85 percent of pregnant women. But only 40 percent of the patients reported NVP complaints in the last 12 months, a recent national s...
Mar 14, 2012

iPhone, iPad App Launched to Help Autistic Children

The application employs Discrete Trial Teaching, a method of breaking skills into the smallest possible steps, and imitates an actual one-one-one instructional session with a therapist. It teaches the kid each step intensively until it is mastered.
Mar 13, 2012

Toxic Flame Retardants in Children's Products: New York Bans TCEP

New York state has banned TCEP, a toxic flame retardant chemical. The ban comes at a time when the use of toxic flame retardant chemicals in children's products is raising serious safety concerns.Many other states are expected to follow New York and ban TCEP.
Mar 12, 2012

Researchers to Study Health Effect of Newborn Screening

Researchers at the University of Michigan are planning a study to find out the long-term health outcomes and cost-effectiveness of newborn screening. The study will be based on three deadly diseases -Krabbe disease, Pompe disease and Phenylketonuria (PKU).
Mar 10, 2012