miscarriage

Research shows smoking adds a decade to reproductive age of IVF patients

...as only 13% compared to 20% for non-smokers." The miscarriage rate per pregnancy was also significantly higher for women who smoked, with around 21% losing their babies compared with around 16% of non-smokers. Overweight women also fared badly with a 33% lower chance of a live birth from their first treatment ...

Major new UNC-based drinking water study suggests pregnancy fears may be overstated

...," Savitz said. "If they clearly increased women's miscarriage rates, that would be a very big, very expensive problem to solve. Reducing exposure would be quite expensive for the water utilities and ultimately their customers." The methods used in the new work make it the most ambitious and sophisticated study...

Drug Offers Alternative to Surgical Treatment After Miscarriage

...d,?Dr. Zhang said. “It could provide treatment for miscarriage in developing countries where safe surgical treatment may not be readily accessible.?/p> Other authors of the study were Jerry M. Gilles, M.D., the University of Miami, Florida; Kurt Barnhart, MD, MSCE, the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphi...

Sleeping Sickness Epidemic Spreading in Uganda

...d,?Dr. Zhang said. “It could provide treatment for miscarriage in developing countries where safe surgical treatment may not be readily accessible.?/p> Other authors of the study were Jerry M. Gilles, M.D., the University of Miami, Florida; Kurt Barnhart, MD, MSCE, the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphi...

Underweight women at greater risk of miscarriage

...ey become pregnant are 72% more likely to suffer a miscarriage in the first three months of pregnancy, but can re...most recent pregnancy had ended in first trimester miscarriage (less than 13 weeks gestation) and 6,116 women whose most recent pregnancy had progressed beyond 12 ...

Tumor-suppressor gene is critical for placenta development

...ene defect, but understanding the genetic basis of miscarriage would be a hugely important," Leone says. "It would be the first link between a gene mutation, placental function and development." ...