health-maternal - KellyMom.com https://kellymom.com/tag/health-maternal/ Breastfeeding and Parenting Tue, 07 Nov 2023 15:05:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.6 https://kellymom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/kellymom_badge128-65x65.jpg health-maternal - KellyMom.com https://kellymom.com/tag/health-maternal/ 32 32 Motherisk Update: Food-borne illnesses during pregnancy https://kellymom.com/blog-post/motherisk-update-food-borne-illnesses-during-pregnancy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=motherisk-update-food-borne-illnesses-during-pregnancy https://kellymom.com/blog-post/motherisk-update-food-borne-illnesses-during-pregnancy/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:19:23 +0000 http://kellymom.com/blog/?p=485 Food-borne illnesses during pregnancy (Click on “Full text” or “Full text (PDF)” on the right for more details…) Tam C, et al. Food-borne illnesses during pregnancy. Can Fam Physician. 2010 Apr;56(4):341-343. Although heating or cooking food is the best way to inactivate food-borne pathogens, improved standards and surveillance have reduced the prevalence of contaminated foods […]

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]]> https://kellymom.com/blog-post/motherisk-update-food-borne-illnesses-during-pregnancy/feed/ 2 What about the maternal health impact of suboptimal breastfeeding? https://kellymom.com/blog-post/what-about-the-maternal-health-impact-of-suboptimal-breastfeeding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-about-the-maternal-health-impact-of-suboptimal-breastfeeding https://kellymom.com/blog-post/what-about-the-maternal-health-impact-of-suboptimal-breastfeeding/#respond Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:36:00 +0000 http://kellymom.com/blog/?p=416 An analysis that is missing half the equation I was pleased to see Melissa Bartick’s effort to appraise US policy-makers of the economic costs of suboptimal breastfeeding. However, any analysis that is missing the effects of lactation on maternal health will grossly underestimate the true costs to the US of suboptimal breastfeeding.

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]]> https://kellymom.com/blog-post/what-about-the-maternal-health-impact-of-suboptimal-breastfeeding/feed/ 0 Consumer alert about folk remedy Nzu https://kellymom.com/blog-post/consumer-alert-about-folk-remedy-nzu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=consumer-alert-about-folk-remedy-nzu https://kellymom.com/blog-post/consumer-alert-about-folk-remedy-nzu/#respond Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:14:00 +0000 http://kellymomblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/consumer-alert-about-folk-remedy-nzu NCDA&CS issues consumer alert about folk remedy Nzu www.ncagr.gov RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is warning consumers, especially pregnant or breastfeeding women, to avoid a folk remedy called “Nzu” or “Calabash clay” because of potential health risks from lead and arsenic.

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