Pregnancy and Birth Conference

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December 13-14, 2012

Pregnancy and Birth: Current Clinical Issues, Annual Conference, The Centre for Mother, Infant and Child Research, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario.

Topics:  The Sleep TYME (Throughout Your Motherhood Experience) Study; Mothers as analgesia; The pain relieving benefits of skin-to-skin contact; The TIPS (Tips for Infant and Parent Sleep) Study, Twins: Why should we be concerned, To repeat or not repeat Antenatal corticosteroids: That is the question, HIV in the at-risk patient: Beyond the medical care, HIV management of mother and baby; Group B Streptococcal infection in pregnancy: Why is it still a problem?; Neuroprotection during labour: The role of magnesium sulphate; Perinatal Depression: Where are we with diagnosis and treatment; Developmental origins of health and disease: Implications for the mother and baby; Hypothyroidism in pregnancy; Why is infertility so prevalent now?; Delayed cord clamping Is there enough evidence or is more required?; and  Cord Blood Banking in Canada – Current Options and Opportunities

Speakers: Dr Robyn Stremler, Dr Marsha Campbell-Yeo, Dr Jon Barrett, Dr Kellie Murphy, Ms Jay MacGillivray, Dr Mark Yudin, Dr Vibhuti Shah, Dr Prakesh Shah, Dr Sophie Grigoriadis, Dr Stephen Matthews, Dr Michiel van den Hof, Dr Marjorie Dixon, Dr Eileen Hutton, Dr B Anthony Armson

Venue: Marriott Toronto Eaton Centre, 525 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario

For further details contact email Judy Cardwell at cmicr@sunnybrook.ca or to view the full program, please visit www.cmicrconference.ca