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Postpartum Hemorrhage

Shh! It's Almost Mother's Day

Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, MPH | Posted 07.04.2012 | Impact
Read More: Motherhood, Global Maternal Health, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality, No Mother's Day, Every Mother Counts, Silent Mother's Day, Christy Turlington Burns, Postpartum-Hemorrhage, Christy Turlington, C-Section Rate in U.S., Global Motherhood, C-Section, Video, Impact News
Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, MPH

I was utterly flabbergasted to hear that Christy Turlington Burns, a motherhood advocate, model and mother of a son and a daughter, was calling all mothers to "Just Say No to Mother's Day."

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Let's Test a Life-Saving Balloon

Maura O'Neill | Posted 01.09.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Usaid, Maternal Health, Healthy Living Health News, Maternal Health Balloon Tamponade, Healthy Living Body, Personal Health, Postpartum Hemorrhage Tamponade, Balloon Tamponade, Tamponade, Postpartum Hemorrhage, Healthy Living News
Maura O'Neill

Worldwide, a woman dies from an uncontrollable postpartum hemorrhage every four minutes, totaling 140,000 deaths per year. There is a medical device called a balloon tamponade that can help save a mother from excessive blood loss.

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