Monday, September 16, 2013
From the Village of Brockport board meeting minutes of 08/05/13:
Susan & Pete Smith – Mayor Blackman shared that Susan and Pete Smith have generously purchased the video camera now being used to film Village Board meetings. The camera is the property of Pro Brockport.
Editor's note: The video tapes of the Village Board meetings are available on the Pro Brockport web site at www.probrockport.org. Susan and Pete Smith have done a lot for the Village from watering hanging plants to being the webmaster of the Pro Brockport web site to various other things too numerous to mention.
ProBrockport born out of the campaign to dissolve the Village has done, and continues to do, many wonderful things for the Village. A primary part of ProBrockport's mission is to open up the operation of Village government for participation by the citizens its serves. Visit the Probrockport Web Site at www.probrockport.org
Susan & Pete Smith – Mayor Blackman shared that Susan and Pete Smith have generously purchased the video camera now being used to film Village Board meetings. The camera is the property of Pro Brockport.
ProBrockport born out of the campaign to dissolve the Village has done, and continues to do, many wonderful things for the Village. A primary part of ProBrockport's mission is to open up the operation of Village government for participation by the citizens its serves. Visit the Probrockport Web Site at www.probrockport.org
From Science Daily on 09/13/13:
Sep. 12, 2013 — A new study from the American Journal of Public Heath shows that U.S. states with higher estimated rates of gun ownership experience a higher number of firearms-related homicides.
For more click here.
Editor's note: I have mentioned before on the Brockporter than the likelihood of being killed by a gun is increased with gun ownership not decreased. Owning guns paradoxically does not make a person safer but at more risk. New York State under Governor Cuomo's leadership has moved in the right direction with its SAFE laws in improving public health when it comes to accessibility and ownership of guns.
Sep. 12, 2013 — A new study from the American Journal of Public Heath shows that U.S. states with higher estimated rates of gun ownership experience a higher number of firearms-related homicides.
For more click here.
Editor's note: I have mentioned before on the Brockporter than the likelihood of being killed by a gun is increased with gun ownership not decreased. Owning guns paradoxically does not make a person safer but at more risk. New York State under Governor Cuomo's leadership has moved in the right direction with its SAFE laws in improving public health when it comes to accessibility and ownership of guns.
Sunday, September 15, 2013
In 2011, about 47 percent of high school students reported ever having had sexual intercourse. The proportion of students who reported ever having had sexual intercourse declined significantly from 1991 (54 percent) to 2001 (46 percent) and remained relatively stable from 2001 to 2011.
The percentage of students who reported ever having had sexual intercourse differed by grade. In 2011, about 33 percent of 9th-grade students reported ever having had sexual intercourse, compared with 44 percent of 10th-grade students, 53 percent of 11th-grade students, and 63 percent of 12th-grade students.
Overall, the rates of sexual intercourse were higher among males (49 percent) than females (46 percent), and also differed by gender within some racial and ethnic groups.
In 2011, approximately 67 percent of Black, non-Hispanic male students reported ever having had sexual intercourse, compared with 54 percent of Black, non-Hispanic female students;
53 percent of Hispanic male students reported ever having had sexual intercourse, compared with 44 percent of Hispanic female students.
In 2011, about 18 percent of students who had sexual intercourse in the past 3 months reported that they or their partner had used birth control pills before their last sexual intercourse, and 60 percent reported condom use. Condom use increased from 46 percent in 1991 to 63 percent in 2003, then remained relatively stable through 2011.
For more information click here.
From NIH report in September, 2013, "Let Baby Set the Delivery Date: Wait Until 39 Weeks If You Can":
We tend to think of pregnancy as lasting for 9 months. But ideally it should last for nearly 10 months. Research shows that babies are born healthier if they have at least 39 weeks to grow in the womb.
In recent years, there’s been a trend toward earlier deliveries, as more women are choosing the date they’ll give birth. This is known as an elective delivery. Studies suggest that the number of elective deliveries rose dramatically from 1990 to the mid-2000s.
If there’s a particular medical reason to deliver early, then it’s best not to wait, says Dr. Catherine Spong, a pregnancy expert at NIH. “But if the mother and baby are healthy, there’s no benefit to delivering the baby early,” she says. In fact, delivering early can create lasting health problems. Even women of advanced maternal age, older than 35, should wait until at least 39 weeks unless there are medical reasons to deliver early.
“We’ve gotten to the point where people feel they can choose the timing of their delivery,” says Spong. “But in reality, that baby, in the last 4 weeks of pregnancy, is doing a huge amount of developing.”
Those last few weeks can make a big difference. At 39 to 40 weeks of pregnancy, a baby’s brain weighs one-third more than it does at 35 weeks. The lungs and liver also continue to develop up to 39 weeks. And those last few weeks allow time for layers of fat to grow under the baby’s skin, which helps keep the infant warm after birth.
For more click here.
Editor's note: The Brockporter, Brockport's online news magazine, publishes articles on health topics on most Sundays.
Angela and I had nine children the last four of whom were born at home at 348 Main Street in Brockport, NY. Angela delivered big babies, 2 at 9lbs. 8oz, 1 at 10lbs. 4oz. and Ryan at 11 lbs. 6 oz. The first three were born at Lakeside and the next 2 were born at The Genesee Hospital in Rochester, NY.
One of the best documentaries on the birthing industry in the United States is Ricki Lake's documentary released on 2008 entitled The Business Of Being Born.
In recent years, there’s been a trend toward earlier deliveries, as more women are choosing the date they’ll give birth. This is known as an elective delivery. Studies suggest that the number of elective deliveries rose dramatically from 1990 to the mid-2000s.
If there’s a particular medical reason to deliver early, then it’s best not to wait, says Dr. Catherine Spong, a pregnancy expert at NIH. “But if the mother and baby are healthy, there’s no benefit to delivering the baby early,” she says. In fact, delivering early can create lasting health problems. Even women of advanced maternal age, older than 35, should wait until at least 39 weeks unless there are medical reasons to deliver early.
“We’ve gotten to the point where people feel they can choose the timing of their delivery,” says Spong. “But in reality, that baby, in the last 4 weeks of pregnancy, is doing a huge amount of developing.”
Those last few weeks can make a big difference. At 39 to 40 weeks of pregnancy, a baby’s brain weighs one-third more than it does at 35 weeks. The lungs and liver also continue to develop up to 39 weeks. And those last few weeks allow time for layers of fat to grow under the baby’s skin, which helps keep the infant warm after birth.
For more click here.
Editor's note: The Brockporter, Brockport's online news magazine, publishes articles on health topics on most Sundays.
Angela and I had nine children the last four of whom were born at home at 348 Main Street in Brockport, NY. Angela delivered big babies, 2 at 9lbs. 8oz, 1 at 10lbs. 4oz. and Ryan at 11 lbs. 6 oz. The first three were born at Lakeside and the next 2 were born at The Genesee Hospital in Rochester, NY.
One of the best documentaries on the birthing industry in the United States is Ricki Lake's documentary released on 2008 entitled The Business Of Being Born.
Saturday, September 14, 2013
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