This accessible guide discusses the causes and treatments of depression during a woman's childbearing years. Using medical expertise and illuminating case studies, Nonacs explores the psychological changes a woman may experience as she becomes a mother.
Homeopathy offers a useful alternative set of medications for the childbearing cycle. The book offers an introduction to the philosophy and practice of homeopathy, as well as case presentations of successful homeopathic treatments for mother and child, including labor pain, teething, depression, irritability, and marital discord.
When a woman is diagnosed with gestational diabetes, she has six weeks to make a difference and often must wait two weeks to see a dietician. This book is designed to help guide expectant mothers diagnosed with gestational diabetes through those new guidelines pertaining to treatments, nutrition, exercise, monitoring, and more. Updates include new ...
This is the first book about both normal development of the nervous system and how early exposure to alcohol and nicotine interferes with this development. The developing nervous system is highly dynamic and vulnerable to genetic and epigenetic factors that can be additive or synergistic. Disruption of normal brain development leads to an array of ...
A generation has passed since a physician first noticed that women who drank heavily while pregnant gave birth to underweight infants with telltale physical characteristics. Women whose own mothers enjoyed martinis while pregnant now lost sleep over a bowl of rum raisin ice cream. In "Message in a Bottle", Janet Golden charts the course of Fetal ...
This new edition not only describes how to obtain the required images but also gives practical guidelines on the interpretation of the findings. The suggestions in the text are a distillate of those used in the authors' own practice, and as such have grown from many years of working in teaching centres with high referral rates. The authors believe ...
The newest installment in the American Diabetes Association's 101 Tips Series helps women with diabetes cope with pregnancy using a quick, easy-to-read question and answer format. 101 Tips for a Healthy Pregnancy with Diabetes offers tips on topics such as: pre-pregnancy; nutrition; managing medication; managing diabetes during pregnancy; making ...
Diabetes can complicate a pregnancy but know the ins and outs, do's and don'ts and you can enjoy a complication-free pregnancy and deliver a healthy baby. Learn how to plan ahead, which methods of birth control are safe and effective, which tests and exams you'll need, as well as what to expect through each trimester. Expectant mothers can learn ...
Sue Mahan provides an up-to-date, accessible discussion of the issues relevant to the debate on crack cocaine, crime and women. Following an in-depth overview, the book offers a broad and informed perspective on the legal, lifestyle and treatment issues central to women's addiction to crack cocaine. With sensitivity and compassion, the author also ...
In Crack Mothers, Drew Humphries asserts that medicine and criminal justice have always been at odds on the subject of drug use. One treats drug users as patients, the other as criminals. However, beginning in the late 1980s, the "crack mother" scare led to an unprecedented alliance between doctors and prosecutors in same states, where doctors ...
This memoir, largely composed for her son, recalls the emotions and actions that surrounded Peterson's acknowledgement of her HIV-positive status. Moving essays address her activism, her attempts to contact former partners, and the birth of her son. Short portraits of moments from her childhood and young adulthood illustrate the formation of her ...
Written by internationally renowned, leading authorities, this classic reference provides coverage of every infection, affecting the fetus and newborn infant. It not only discusses the microbial aspects of disease and the resulting pathophysiology, but also is a practical, useful work, advising on what to treat, when to treat, dosage schedules and ...
With an emphasis on practical aspects of evaluation and diagnosis Colour Atlas and Text of Obstetric and Gynecologic Dermatology is a unique and integrated text covering both common and uncommon disorders. As correct diagnosis in dermatology depends on the identification and interpretation of visual signs, the emphasis throughout is on top quality ...
Recognition of the relationship between alcohol abuse and adverse prenatal outcomes is reflected in the warning labels on every alcoholic beverage sold in the United States. Because alcohol abuse has serious consequences for both individuals and society as a whole, much research has been devoted to this problem. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome provides ...
A new edition of the book that addresses the unique problems faced by the woman diabetic, including creative and compassionate solutions to complex health concerns.
Pregnancy and childbirth are a happy and joyous time for some women, but for others the experience can be one of anxiety, fear and confusion. Because our society cherishes pregnancy and motherhood, many women suffer in silence when their experience is anything less than sublime. How do they explain their unhappiness to spouses, friends, and family ...
In this newly revised third edition, readers can discover how to assure a healthy pregnancy for themselves despite gestational diabetes. Features: -- The important elements of proper diabetes care during pregnancy: meal planning, exercise, insulin therapy, monitoring, and more -- The different stages of an unborn baby's development, tests to ...
Pregnancies compromised by disease, trauma, substance abuse, and other factors are not uncommon. They clearly demand special attention from the obstetrician, obstetric nurse, primary care physician and others. Through three successful editions, Queenan has provided these audiences with a concise yet complete guide to managing pregnant patients and ...
Draws on the clinical skills of a wide range of international experts to help you recognize and manage heart disease in pregnancy. Designed for on-the-spot use, this text helps you identify a cardiac problem, understand its pathophysiology, and respond appropriately.
Hypertensive disorders remain one the major causes of maternal and fetal morbidity and death. It is also a leading cause of preterm birth now known to be a risk factor in remote cardiovascular disease. Despite this the hypertensive disorders remain marginally studied and management is often controversial. "Chesley's Hypertensive Disorders in ...
An infection that occurs during pregnancy presents a constellation of problems above and beyond those normally associated with the disease. Even a relatively minor infection can threaten the lives of both mother and fetus and cause serious birth defects; and many conventional treatments can produce disastrous side effects during pregnancy. Over ...
The childbearing decisions of HIV-infected women raise troubling ethical, social, legal and medical questions. Is there a moral right to have chldren? What are the limits of persuasion? The book includes original work by doctors, lawyers, ethicists, and public health professionals, as well as the experiences of HIV-infected women and health care ...
This state-of-the-art volume explores the interrelationships between asthma, atopic illnesses, immunological diseases, and pregnancy, elucidates potential effects of specific treatments, and discusses optimal preventive, diagnostic, and management measures for ensuring the well-being of the pregnant woman and her foetus or infant. It covers ...
There are many haematological complications associated with obstetrics, pregnancy and gynaecology, and unfortunately, they often lead to significant morbidity or mortality for both mother and child. As the first comprehensive reference on all aspects of haematological complications of obstetrics, pregnancy and gynaecology this book will be a ...
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