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CTIS URGES PREGNANT WOMEN TO RECEIVE H1N1 VACCINATION 

Pregnant Women at Increased Risk for H1N1 Virus During Pandemic

(SAN DIEGO) October 15 2009 -The California Teratogen Information Service (CTIS)– a non-profit housed at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and serving the entire state of California – urges women who are pregnant or may become pregnant to receive the H1N1 2009 monovalent vaccine as soon as it becomes available in October. 
 

Since the advent of the H1N1 virus pandemic, research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) strongly suggests that pregnant women are at an increased risk for complications resulting from infection with the H1N1 virus just as they are from seasonal influenza. Read more...

FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER AWARENESS DAY
(San Diego) Sept. 2009– The San Diego-based, non-profit California Teratogen Information Service (CTIS) requests recognition of the 10th anniversary of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Awareness Day on Sept. 9,  a day dedicated to increasing awareness about fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), the nation's leading cause of preventable mental retardation. Read more...

New CTIS Collaboration With WIC to Help Women Avoid Risky Drinking During Pregnancy

Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:56pm EDT

SAN DIEGO, CA, Aug 13 (MARKET WIRE) --

The California Teratogen Information Service (CTIS) -- a non-profit housed at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and serving the entire state of California -- has joined with San Diego State University's Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program in a project aimed to prevent alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Read more...

Medications and Breastfeeding

by Philip O. Anderson, Pharm.D., FASHP, FCSHP

Breastfeeding is acknowledged as the standard against which other methods of infant feeding are judged. All major national and international healthcare organizations with policy statements on breastfeeding recommend exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months with continued breastfeeding thereafter. Sometimes nursing mothers need a medication. Read more...