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Laboring mothers have been wearing the same cumbersome, polyester fetal-monitoring belt for decades. Not only can these belts slip out of place, requiring constant adjustment, they along with the array of other wires taped to the mother for monitoring tether the mother to the bed, limiting her ability to walk around or move freely in ways that are more comfortable.
Now an interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Northwestern University and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is replacing all the belts and wires with three small, thin, soft, flexible and comfortable wireless sensors.
The new wearable devices measure the mother’s and baby’s vital signs as well as provide new data, including information about the mother’s physical movements and laboring positions, that cannot be collected with current technology. Because the devices seamlessly stream data straight to a physician’s smartphone or tablet, the sensors open new possibilities for remote mo
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Stacey Abrams has been an outspoken advocate against Georgia s recent restrictive voting laws.
Abrams has helped register thousands of voters in the state over the past decade.
A leadership consultant who s worked with Abrams spoke about what makes her leadership style unique.
Aiko Bethea has had many bosses.
After earning her Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2002, the executive coach and consultant worked as an internal auditor at Bank of America and then as a lawyer at the prestigious international law firm Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton. She s been the head of diversity and inclusion at the Fred Hutch Research Center and deputy director at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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ATLANTA, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ At a time when so many continue to struggle with the emotional and economic impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic and as the world yearns for unity, we are reminded that powerful and meaningful change can happen when we come together and help one another. That s the message shared in Habitat for Humanity International CEO Jonathan Reckford s book,
Our Better Angels, which is being released today in paperback by St. Martin s Essentials and is available for purchase in stores and online.
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Former President Jimmy Carter authored the inspirational foreword of the book, drawing on his more than 35 years of volunteering with Habitat for Humanity around the globe. The author s proceeds from the sale of the book directly support Habitat s work to build safe, decent and affordable housing alongside families in all 50 states and in more than 70 countries.
The week s best parenting advice: May 11, 2021 Jessica Hullinger
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The FDA has approved Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 12 through 15, paving the way for expanded vaccine eligibility in the U.S. as the country strives for herd immunity. But according to one survey, only about 30 percent of parents plan to immediately vaccinate their children, with many opting instead for a wait-and-see approach, according to
The New York Times. Twenty-three percent of surveyed parents said they wouldn t vaccinate their kids at all. Rebekah Diamond at The Washington Post empathetically recommends hesitant parents take comfort in the reassuring data on the COVID vaccines, explaining that a clinical trial of 2,300 children showed Pfizer s vaccine produced stronger immune responses in adolescents than those found in young adults, and that the side-effects were comparable. The what-ifs of COVID infection and an uncontrolled pandemic pose far more danger and have far mor
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