Analysis of Early Intervention Services on Adult Judicial Outcomes

Judicial intervention in pregnancy.

The authors postulate that judicial intervention in pregnancy is one of the means by which control is legally exercised on women's bodies and lives. Despite the recommendations of the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies, which rejected proposals for intervention, and the fact that the movement to recognize fetal "rights" has been stronger in the United States than in Canada, the a...

The Effect of Early Intervention Services on Maternal Well-Being

The Effectiveness of Early Intervention Services

Approximately one-fifth of all infants born annually are at risk for developmental disabilities (Haber, 1991). Of these, approximately one-fourth will manifest significant delays by age 5. An additional 20-30% of each birth cohort will require special education services due to social or familial factors such as unresponsive or unstimulating environments. “Early intervention” is a term commonly ...

The Effect of Lifestyle Intervention on Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes on Obese Infertile Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background: Obesity has been associated to negative effects on natural fertility and a worse prognosis when assisted reproduction techniques are performed. Patients attending for fertility treatments are often advised to optimize their weights to improve outcomes. There are doubts about how effective are weight-loss interventions for improving fertility in women who are overweight or obese. Mat...

Penile fracture: outcomes of early surgical intervention.

OBJECTIVE To report a series of penile fractures, describing preoperative evaluation, surgical repair, and long-term outcomes. PATIENTS AND METHODS Medical records from Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Oregon Health & Science University from 2002 to 2011 were reviewed. Clinical presentation, preoperative evaluation, time from injury, mechanism and site of injury, and presence of urethral in...