ATLANTA — Pregnant women, health care workers and children six months and older should be placed at the front of the line for swine flu vaccinations this fall, a government panel recommended Wednesday.
The panel also said those first vaccinated should include parents and other caregivers of infants; non-elderly adults who have high-risk medical conditions; and young adults ages 19 to 24.
More: US panel: Pregnant women, kids, others should be 1st in line for limited swine flu vaccine
Friday, July 31, 2009
Pregnant women 'face increased risk from swine flu' » Health » 24dash.com
admitted to hospital than members of the general population, new research has shown.
The findings from the US suggest that pregnancy places women at extra risk of serious complications from the virus.
Experts from America's leading public health body, reporting on the research today, said it reinforced the need to treat infected pregnant women with antiviral drugs "as soon as possible".
Fears about the flu threat to pregnant women have been highlighted by the case of Sharon Pentleton, from Saltcoats, Ayrshire, who is now receiving specialist care in Sweden.
She was flown to the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm after no beds were available at the only UK unit capable of treating her. More: Pregnant women 'face increased risk from swine flu' » Health » 24dash.com
The findings from the US suggest that pregnancy places women at extra risk of serious complications from the virus.
Experts from America's leading public health body, reporting on the research today, said it reinforced the need to treat infected pregnant women with antiviral drugs "as soon as possible".
Fears about the flu threat to pregnant women have been highlighted by the case of Sharon Pentleton, from Saltcoats, Ayrshire, who is now receiving specialist care in Sweden.
She was flown to the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm after no beds were available at the only UK unit capable of treating her. More: Pregnant women 'face increased risk from swine flu' » Health » 24dash.com
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Reproductive health management of teenagers
Girls in their teens in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, brought up to consider menstruation as something that is "unclean", are now educating their mothers about how it is a normal part of growing up. This remarkable change has been brought about by a small sanitary napkin vending machine that has been installed in government schools here.
First of its kind, this machine has given many adolescents the confidence to talk openly about menstruation and menstrual hygiene - subjects that are still kept under wraps in most Indian homes. Even today many Indian mothers are too embarrassed to talk to their daughters about menstruation and many still continue to use pieces of cloth that are washed and re-used. It is a well-established fact that the dropout rate of girls in schools, particularly in villages and small towns, increases after they reach puberty, and the difficulties of managing menstruation is seen as an important contributory factor.
More at: http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/07/30/news0375.htm
First of its kind, this machine has given many adolescents the confidence to talk openly about menstruation and menstrual hygiene - subjects that are still kept under wraps in most Indian homes. Even today many Indian mothers are too embarrassed to talk to their daughters about menstruation and many still continue to use pieces of cloth that are washed and re-used. It is a well-established fact that the dropout rate of girls in schools, particularly in villages and small towns, increases after they reach puberty, and the difficulties of managing menstruation is seen as an important contributory factor.
More at: http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/07/30/news0375.htm
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Circumcision Doesn’t Reduce Male-to-Female Transmission of HIV
In recent years, the male foreskin—a double-folded tube of skin and mucous membrane that covers the head of the penis—has taken center stage in the battle against HIV. The foreskin is rich in Langerhans cells, immune cells that are particularly easy for the virus to access. Following infection, these cells not only serve as reservoirs for replicating the virus, but also transport it to nearby lymph nodes where HIV spreads to other immune cells. Studies have shown that removal of the foreskin can reduce a man’s risk of heterosexually acquired HIV infection by 50 to 65 percent, findings that prompted large-scale circumcision campaigns in countries with high infection rates, such as sub-Saharan Africa, where heterosexual sex is primarily responsible for the HIV epidemic. Studies had also suggested that circumcision could reduce the rate of male-to-female transmission of the virus, but that turns out not to be the case. More at http://www.healthnews.com/family-health/sexual-health/circumcision-doesn-t-reduce-male-female-transmission-hiv-3469.html
Pregnancies & Sexually Transmitted Diseases on the Rise Among Teens
More teenagers and young adults are having sex, sparking an increase in teen births in both 2006 and 2007, and putting an end to more than a decade of significant decline. In fact, nearly three quarters of a million pregnancies occurred among American females under the age of 20 in 2004 that reversed the downward trend from 1991 to 2004. More at: http://www.healthnews.com/family-health/sexual-health/pregnancies-sexually-transmitted-diseases-rise-among-teens-3478.html
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