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Infant Health Starts Before Conception

Exploring Health

The Role of Nutrition in Fetal Development and Beyond Development from fetus to child to adult depends on maternal nutrition and health long before conception. This is a time period of enormous potential, but also enormous vulnerability, says Melissa Young, PhD, associate professor of global health at Emory University.

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New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Maternal Health Task Force

Interested in a position in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child or adolescent health? Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe. Here are positions open for applications in November 2024.

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Toxic Legacy — How Lead Exposure Silently Fueled America's Mental Health Crisis

Mercola

Lead exposure has been silently fueling a mental health crisis in the United States. Characterized by impaired brain function, increased impulsivity and heightened anxiety, lead exposure disrupts the very foundation of mental well-being.

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Telehealth and Medical Education

Exploring Health

Teaching Medical Students to Use Telehealth Can Reduce Rural Health Inequities Telehealth use has skyrocketed since the COVID-19 pandemic. Contributing factors include lower levels of physical activity and poor nutrition, coupled with limited access to healthcare services. Medical students have yet to be taught how to use it.

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Study Reveals Growing Industrial Practice of Altering Milk's Natural Fat Composition

Mercola

Among their many functions is a remarkable process called biohydrogenation, 1 in which these microbial "workers" convert normal levels of unsaturated fats from the cows diet into stable, health-promoting saturated fats. This oversimplified story hasn't just shaped public opinion it's fundamentally altered our food system.

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The Power of Breastfeeding

Mercola

In a powerful episode of Doctors and Scientists on Childrens Health Defense TV, host Brian Hooker, Ph.D., 1 Rapoport and Isles, both advocates for maternal and infant health, shared insights into the bodys innate wisdom and the need for nurturing practices that respect natural design. This shift is largely due to strategic marketing.

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Flavonoid-Rich Fruit Consumption in Midlife May Ward Off Late-Life Dementia

BU School of Public Health Blog

Research Flavonoid-Rich Fruit Consumption in Midlife May Ward Off Late-Life Dementia A new study found that higher intake of flavonoid-rich fruits in middle-aged adults was significantly associated with a lower risk of dementia, compared to a low intake of these fruits.