As anyone who had worked into the wee hours of the morning knows, night-shift work can be disagreeable. It also might increase the risk for negative health outcomes. According to the authors of the current study, the disturbance in circadian rhythms associated with working at night has been associated with a reduction in serum concentrations of leptin and an increase in mean arterial blood pressure. Night workers also have reduced sleep efficiency compared with individuals who work during the day.
New research hopes to explain premature births and failed inductions of labour. The study by academics at the University of Bristol suggests a new mechanism by which the level of myosin phosphorylation is regulated in the pregnant uterus.
Researchers at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre invite any perinatal nurse who has been pregnant to participate in this very important research study. The questionnaire takes only a few minutes, is available online, and is completely anonymous. Your participation is greatly appreciated!! Here is the link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SMR2FCG
As nurses working with childbearing families, your focus is to support the healthiest possible pregnancy and birth. It is important that you, too, achieve the healthiest outcomes during your own pregnancy and birth.
WHO breastfeeding recommendations under attack from industry-funded scientists.
Are the infant formula and baby foods industries attempting to undermine the World Health Organization and globally accepted recommendations that infants be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life?
