Breaking news on pregnancy
During Pregnancy, Consuming Fish Improves Offspring's Cognitive Development And Prosocial Conduct published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
Can pregnant women improve their progeny's intelligence by eating fish? A study recently submitted to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and coordinated by the University of Granada professor Cristina Campoy Folgoso revealed that infants born to mothers who consumed more fish during pregnancy score higher in verbal intelligence and fine motor skill tests, and present an...
Women Over Age 50 Not At Increased Risk During Pregnancy Via Egg Donation Compared To Younger Women published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
Although women over age 50 who become pregnant via egg donation are at an elevated risk for developing obstetrical complications, their complication rates are similar to those of younger recipients, according to a study by Columbia University Medical Center researchers to be published in the February 2012 issue of the American Journal of Perinatology...
Mothers Who Eat Fish While Pregnant Produce Offspring With Better Cognitive Development published
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:00:00 PST
Does eating fish during pregnancy improve a child's intelligence? According to a recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition the answer is yes. The study revealed that infants of mothers who consumed more fish during pregnancy achieved higher scores in verbal intelligence and fine motor skill testing, as well as having a higher pro-social behavior...
Giving Birth More Than Once Lead To Weight Gain And Other Problems For Mouse Moms And Male Offspring published
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Women have long bemoaned the fact that as they have more children, their weight gain from pregnancy becomes more difficult to lose. A new study using a mouse model that mimics the human effects of multiparity (giving birth more than once) has found that mouse moms who gave birth four times accrued significantly more fat compared to primiparous females (those giving birth once) of similar age...
Animal Fat Consumption Before Conception Linked To Gestational Diabetes Risk published
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Women who consumed a diet high in animal fat and cholesterol before pregnancy were at higher risk for gestational diabetes than women whose diets were lower in animal fat and cholesterol, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Harvard University. Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes seen during pregnancy...
More Women Choosing To Have Their Babies At Home published
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Despite a decrease in home births between 1990 and 2004, the number of home births actually increased between 2004 and 2009 by 29%, an upturn of 0.56% in 2004, to 0.72% in 2009. In 2009, a total of 29,650 home births were reported in the United States. This is the most home births reported since researchers began analyzing data on this topic in 1989...
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Risk Factors In Pregnant Women published
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST
Approximately 1 in every 15,000 pregnant women will develop subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) - bleeding in the area between the brain and the thin membranes that cover the brain, according to a study published in the February issue of Anesthesiology...
Antiretrovirals Raise Birth Defect Risk published
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST
HIV-positive mothers can protected their babies from becoming infected with the virus if they take antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy. However, even though these drugs prevent transmitting the disease to the child, they could potentially cause birth defects like cleft lip and palate...
Rise In Home Births In US published
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PST
After falling for 14 years, the percentage of home births in the US from 2004 to 2009 rose by 29% to the highest level since data collection on this began in 1989. However, although this looks like a big surge, the overall proportion of American women giving birth at home is still low: in 2004 only 0.56% of births were at home, rising to 0.72% in 2009...
Link Between Prenatal Testosterone And An Increased Risk Of Language Delay For Male Infants published
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
New research by Australian scientists reveals that males who are exposed to high levels of testosterone before birth are twice as likely to experience delays in language development compared to females...
Studying The Causes Of Obesity In Aboriginal Children published
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
To fully understand the causes of the obesity epidemic in Aboriginal children requires an understanding of the unique social and historical factors that shape the Aboriginal community...
Study Finds Paid Family Leave Leads To Positive Economic Outcomes published
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
With a growing need for family-friendly workplace policies, a new study commissioned by the National Partnership for Women & Families, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, concludes that providing paid family leave to workers leads to positive economic outcomes for working families, businesses and the public...
Connection Between Birth Weights And Armed Conflict published
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
A new study shows pregnant women exposed to armed conflict have a higher risk of giving birth to underweight babies, a result that could change the way aid is delivered to developing countries. "From a development side we need to ask, `Who is the population we should be focusing on?'" said Hani Mansour, Ph.D...
Improving Maternal And Neonatal Care In Africa Saves Lives published
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
A large regional hospital in Ghana saw a reduction in maternal and infant deaths after continuous quality improvement (QI) initiatives were put into place through a collaborative partnership. New research from lead author Medge Owen, M.D...
No Safe Level Of Alcohol During Pregnancy published
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PST
The authors of a study published online on Tuesday that was designed to overcome the difficulties of obtaining accurate and reliable data in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome research, say their findings reinforce the warning that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy...
Action Required To Combat Female Feticide In Canada published
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Canada should prohibit disclosure of the sex of a fetus until after 30 weeks of pregnancy to combat female feticide which is practised by some ethnic groups in Canada and the United States, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)....
The Damage Of Alcohol By Timing And Exposure During Pregnancy Quantified By Researchers published
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Prenatal exposure to alcohol is associated with a spectrum of abnormalities, referred to as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Physical features of the more serious Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) include smooth philtrum, thin vermillion border, short palpebral fissures, microcephaly, and growth deficiencies in weight and height...
Taking Anti-Depressants During Pregnancy Increases Pulmonary Hypertension Risk In Newborns published
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
An investigation published on bmj.com reveals that children are more likely to be born with persistent pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs) if the mother took anti-depressants during pregnancy. Persistent pulmonary hypertension is a rare, but severe disease associated to heart failure...
Pregnant Women On Anti-depressants Risk Newborns With Hypertension published
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST
A study published in the BMJ shows that pregnant women taking certain kinds of anti-depressants have a much higher risk of delivering babies that suffer from pulmonary hypertension. According to The American Academy of Pediatrics, around one in every 1000 babies suffer from the problem - high blood pressure in their lung arteries...
Potential Link Between Inflammation, Obesity And Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes published
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
A number of different immunological mechanisms ensure the successful establishment and maintenance of pregnancy. Imbalance in these mechanisms is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes...
Tracking Genes' Remote Controls published
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
As an embryo develops, different genes are turned on in different cells, to form muscles, neurons and other bodily parts. Inside each cell's nucleus, genetic sequences known as enhancers act like remote controls, switching genes on and off...
Traditional Chinese Medicine Makes Fertility Treatments Far More Effective, TAU Researchers Discover published
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
Traditional Chinese medicine has long been used to ease pain, treat disease, boost fertility, and prevent miscarriage. Known in the Western medical community by its acronym TCM, these traditional remedies include herbal preparations and acupuncture...
Preventing Mother To Child Transmission Of HIV In Zimbabwe published
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
In this week's PLoS Medicine, Andrea Ciaranello of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA and colleagues find, using a simulation model, that implementation of the latest WHO PMTCT (prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV) guidelines must take place in conjunction with improving access to PMTCT programs, increasing retention of women in care, and supporting adher...
First Peer-Reviewed Data For New Noninvasive Prenatal Test Published By Aria Diagnostics published
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Aria Diagnostics, a molecular diagnostics company, has announced publication of data supporting a directed, non-invasive approach to cell-free DNA (cfDNA) analysis in maternal blood for evaluation of two common fetal trisomies linked to genetic disorders...
Study Finds Fit Females Make More Daughters, Mighty Males Get Grandsons published
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:00:00 PST
Females influence the gender of their offspring so they inherit either their mother's or grandfather's qualities. 'High-quality' females - those which produce more offspring - are more likely to have daughters. Weaker females, whose own fathers were stronger and more successful, produce more sons...
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