A Million Ways to Midwife

Hyperhomocysteinemia: a million ways to lose control.

Elevated plasma levels of the amino acid homocysteine increase the risk for atherosclerosis, stroke, myocardial infarction, and possibly Alzheimer’s disease. In relation to vascular biology, many studies suggest that endothelial dysfunction contributes to the complex changes that occur within the vessel wall during hyperhomocysteinemia (HHCy). The underlying molecular mechanisms that are activa...

So you want to be a midwife?

What Is a Good Midwife ?

Objective. To review the literature around what is considered to be a good midwife and in particular what women value in a midwife, in order to identify the gaps in the evidence for future research. Design. This paper reviews the research in the area of interest over the past 30 years. The literature search focused on the concept of good midwife using synonyms and antonyms. The inclusion criter...

Facilitators and Barriers to the Development of a Midwife-

Different settings of place of midwife-led birth: evaluation of a midwife-led birth centre

OBJECTIVES The claimed advantages of home deliveries, including fewer medical interventions, are potentially counter balanced by the small additional risk on perinatal adverse outcome compared to hospital deliveries in low risk women. Homelike birth centres have been proposed a new setting for low risk women combining the advantages of home and hospital, resulting in lower intervention rates wi...