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Laboratory Testing Can Identify Risk of Pre-Term Labor and Delivery

A test for fetal fibronectin can predict whether a pregnant woman is at risk for early labor and delivery. Those at high risk for pre-term births are women with previous pre-term deliveries, those with multiple gestation pregnancy, and those who suffer from diabetes and/or hypertension. The current approach f...

No harm in reducing prenatal check up to 3 - 6 times says WHO report

... This report adds weight to the notion that if the pregnant woman has had safe deliveries in the past and if s...s to 3 - 6 times. The idea is not to discourage a pregnant woman from going to a doctor. Atleast 3 - 6 visits are a must. But to cut costs, time and energy it ...

Negligent doctors asked to cough up 3 lakhs for death of patient

...ree lakh rupees as compensation to the family of a pregnant woman who died due to aftershock of spinal anesthesia.The issue of doctors coming under the umbrella of consumer protection act has been a very controversial one with legal luminaries having diametrically opposite views on this. However these days do...

Mystery behind Preeclampsia uncovered

... compared the results with samples from 21 healthy pregnant women and 12 non-pregnant women. Their findings are published in the June 8th issue of Circulation Research: Journal of the American Heart Association. Normally, the body uses naturally produced nitric oxide (NO) to help keep blood vessels relaxed,...

Folate and famiy planning

...ls and found women who took folate before becoming pregnant had a 50 per cent greater chance of having twins.// Folate has been proven to minimise the risk of birth defects such as spina bifida by up to 70 per cent, with one in 300 Indian pregnancies affected by a neural tube defect. Neural tube defect can c...

E Merck introduces Livogen Z with zinc sulphate

...ain zinc sulphate. Zinc decreases tubal defects in pregnant women.The launch of this drug was delayed, as E Merck had to take Karnataka Food and Drugs control Administration's permission to change the composition of the drug. E Merck is believed to have added zinc sulphate to Livogen Z as they felt it was une...

Maternal alcohol consumption linked to behavioral problems in children

...einforce the Surgeon General's recommendation that pregnant women should abstain from drinking during pregnancy....

Pregnancy Blues

... of the University of Bristol had more than 12,000 pregnant women fill out a series of mood questionnaires, following them from 18 weeks into pregnancy through to 8 months after childbirth. The risky period was 32 weeks into pregnancy, with 13.5 per cent of women reporting symptoms indicating probable depre...

Strong pain killers likely to cause miscarriage

...rescription //records to identify a study group of pregnant women who had taken NSAIDs and followed them through to see what happened to their pregnancy. And they compared this group to one which had taken no drugs. The study found that while taking such drugs did not cause more birth defects, low birth weig...

Role of zinc in development

...mmon as iron deficiency, which affects half of all pregnant women in developing countries. Remarking on dietary necessity of zinc, Dr Wendy Doyle, of the British Dietetic Association, said, "Zinc is essential for making new body proteins including cell growth and brain development in the unborn baby. It com...

Starving leads to obesity

...mothers suffer from lack of proper nutrition while pregnant may be more likely to become obese in later life, researchers have found. A team from the University of Amsterdam looked at a group of 741 men and women who were conceived during the Dutch famine of 1944-1945 which followed the Nazi occupation.// ...

Quit Smoking

...-lived and not serious. It should not be taken by pregnant or lactating women, or people who have epilepsy or anorexia or are alcoholics....

Cigerettes unsafe during pregnancy

One-third of SIDS deaths could be prevented if all pregnant women stopped smoking, say Australian researchers,...e givers were "well placed to inform and influence pregnant smokers to quit," and that "high-quality interventions" could help women to quit, only a minority of...

Avoid stress to have strong babies

...London studied 200 expectant mothers. They found pregnant women who were more anxious or stressed had "significantly abnormal patterns of blood flow through the uterine arteries". The findings, published in the British Medical Journal, suggest that "the psychological state of the mother may affect foetal de...

Snoring could be a warning

Women who snore when they are pregnant may be at risk of developing dangerously high bloo...en their lives when they give birth. Around 10% of pregnant women suffer from pre-eclampsia, a condition in which high blood pressure can lead to injury or even...

Vitamins reduce pre-eclampsia

Researchers say that pregnant women at risk of the potentially fatal condition p...eloping pre-eclampsia. The condition involves the pregnant mother with a high-blood pressure, and can interfere with the feeding of the unborn child through th...

Anthrax drug doxycycline could stunt fetal growth

...to anthrax -- can stunt fetal growth when taken by pregnant women. Instead, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged doctors to prescribe Cipro to pregnant women. The recommendation comes as health officials worry that Cipro is being overprescribed in the ...

Smoking Delays Pregnancy

...r before attempting to conceive were likely to get pregnant within a similar time period as non-smokers. The g...hat continuing to smoke while attempting to become pregnant may increase time to conception suggests that greater emphasis on this public health message is warr...

Allergies are related to mothers' menses

...ents taken more than 30 years ago. More than 4,740 pregnant women had been asked about the age at which they began menstruating. More recently, their their children in thirties were given allergy tests against types of grasses and house dust mites.// These figures were adjusted to take account of other fact...

Morning sickness maybe pronounced

...o suffer from serious morning sickness if they are pregnant with a girl, researchers claim. A study of over a million pregnancies in Norway between 1977 and 1985 showed there was a greater risk of the condition for women who were carrying a female child. Though there were more births of boys during the peri...

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