high risk pregnancy Articles
From Childless to Total Joy: Dr. Linda’s Story
Monday, June 6th, 2011 by Linda Burke-Galloway
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Life is about self-discovery. A few days ago, I discovered what its like to be the parent of an athlete. The sacrifice and joy of seeing your children excel in a gift you werent certain that they had until it manifests right before your astonished eyes. Checking into a hotel with... Read more
What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know About Progesterone Gel
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 by Linda Burke-Galloway
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Of the 4 million babies born in the U.S. each year, approximately 12.3 percent of them will be premature and 3.56 percent will occur before 34 weeks. Premature birth is one of the leading causes of severe handicaps and has an annual cost of approximately 26 billion dollars. Altho... Read more
Memorial Day Reflections of Motherhood in the Military
Monday, May 30th, 2011 by Linda Burke-Galloway
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Thank you for taking the time to write and send packages to soldiers. The items provided to me were more than any one soldier could ask for. Words cannot express the way a soldier feels, when they know that their fellow Americans support the effort put in to keeping this world an... Read more
What Do We Do to Keep Newborns Out of Trashcans & How MTV Can Help!
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 by Linda Burke-Galloway
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Less than three miles from the community of my youth, a maintenance worker from the Walt Whitman Projects in Brooklyn, New York heard the sound of a baby crying from a trash compactor and ultimately saved its life. When I was growing up, the trash compactor was referred to as the... Read more
Shameful Ob-Gyns Who Refuse to See Obese Pregnant Women
Monday, May 23rd, 2011 by Linda Burke-Galloway
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How does one teach compassion Either you have it or you dont. A recent article in the Los Angeles Times made me cringe. In South Florida, fifteen ob-gyn practices out of 105 polled said that would not take care of a pregnant woman who weighed more than 200 to 250 pounds. The arti... Read more
Gestational Diabetes: New Changes; New Challenges
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011 by Linda Burke-Galloway
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Approximately 2 to 5 of pregnant women are affected by gestational diabetes and trying to adequately treat them can be challenging at best. The diagnosis of diabetes is made between 24 and 28 weeks by giving a 1-hour glucose challenge test where a patient is given 50 grams of glu... Read more
Keep Politics Out of Pregnancy
Monday, May 16th, 2011 by Linda Burke-Galloway
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But for the grace of God go I. My late aunt drilled that value into my six-year old head and it has never left. An article regarding a New York politician recently caught my attention. When New York State enacted a bill to ban the shackling of pregnant prisoners, a New York State... Read more
Shift Changes in a Hospital: Pregnant Moms, Please be Alert!
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 by Linda Burke-Galloway
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At one time, a hospital would be called a 24-hour institution but now its a business. Within this business are shift workers that include nurses, technicians, clerical staff and even hospital employed doctors who are now called hospitalists. In a teaching hospital resident physic... Read more
Farewell, Adriana – A Phenomenal Woman
Monday, May 9th, 2011 by Linda Burke-Galloway
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There are two types of physicians who practice medicine those who choose medicine as a career and those who medicine chooses to serve. When you are called to serve, your relationship with patients extends beyond a 15 minute boundary. Such was the case of my relationship with my p... Read more
Fake a Teen Pregnancy and the Media Will Come Calling
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 by Linda Burke-Galloway
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Gaby Rodriquez will have her fifteen minutes of fame in the national media because she faked a pregnancy for 6 months as a social experiment in her Yakima Valley high school. Only her high school principal, her mother and 20-year old boyfriend were aware that Rodriguez was not pr... Read more
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