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Important of Maternal and Child Healthcare

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The wellbeing of mothers and their children determines the next generation of health and can also help predict health challenges for families, their medical care team, and communities in the future. In addition, healthy outcomes and early diagnosis and treatment of health conditions among children and women can help prevent disability and death hence helping children to reach their full potential. Even after major healthcare advances and critical threats to infants, maternal and child health still exists in the U.S and other parts of the world.  One of the world’s major challenges is reducing the rate of ante-natal and preterm births that rose by more than 20 percent from 1990 to 2006. Another major challenge is taking care of the birth ratio by reducing the infant death rate, which has remained high since 2011. Impacts of maternal and children health According to statistics, more that 80 percent of U.S women will become pregnant and give birth to one or more childre

Future of Healthcare

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The major trends to be looked at when predicting the futureof healthcare include the aging population, chronic diseases, and urbanization. These trends have brought strains and concerns in healthcare systems as they are already raising healthcare cost issues, quality, and access of healthcare. With this in mind, you should realize that new techniques and treatment models are needed to integrate elements of automation, prediction, and prevention to make healthcare affordable and efficient. One of the major advances aimed to change the future of healthcare is the use of connected wearable devices that can help cut the cost of NHS while involving patients in their healthcare and boosting healthier lifestyles. Smart sensors are devices that have played a great role in detecting physical, chemical, and biological signals in your body. In healthcare, sensors provide the mechanical vision of reading, sorting, and counting health signals that can be used to deliver care directly t

Sleep Issues & Sundowning

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Sleep issues  can be caused by a number of factors. Although the cause of a sleeping disorder may differ, the end result of all sleeping disorders is a disrupted sleep during the night’s resting and sleeping hours. Some factors that can cause sleep issues include: source ·         Medical issues such as asthma ·         Physical disturbance such as pain or irritation ·         Psychiatric issues or disorders such as stress or depression and anxiety ·         Environmental issues such as alcohol and stimulant use Acute or short-term insomnia is a  sleeping disorder  caused by stress such as job change or loss and death of loved ones, extreme temperatures, environmental factors such as pain, discomfort and chronic stress and illness. Chronic or long-term insomnia is a sleeping disorder that may last for weeks and months. Such condition is caused by chronic stress, depression and discomfort or pain at night. Other factors that may cause sleep issues include: ·