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Zinc supplements improve survival rate

Daily zinc supplements given to babies with low birth weight can significantly improve survival rates, e...or infants, and are more common in babies with low birth weights, who also might be more prone to zinc deficiency. Providing the supplements, which cost abou...

Early delivery can prevent cancer

...fects. The effect is most marked in women who give birth before they are 20, said Professor O'Malley. The research is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....

Night borns' risk

...he Hong Kong study, based on data from the Swedish birth register, analysed more than two million births from 1973-95. The first risk period started from the end of the normal day shift and extended to the midnight shift. The second one, around 9am, was immediately after day shift staff were taking over re...

Risk for Pregnant Women

...gher risk for miscarriages or having children with birth defects. They concluded that an estimated 100,000 women across the United States faced elevated risks during pregnancy because of contaminated municipal tap water.// According to the study, just outside Washington, had the most pregnant women at risk...

Smoking Linked To Low Infant Birth Weight

...d help medicine better determine the causes of low birth weight, though the researchers said they were not ...t from Boston University School of Medicine. Low birth weight babies -- those born at about five pounds or less -- have higher death rates and are more sus...

Asprin aids in pregnancy

...isk of pre-eclampsia, an 8% reduction in premature birth and 14% less chance of their baby dying in the womb. A spokesperson for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists said : "It appears from this systematic review that the use of aspirin to prevent pre-eclampsia may have to be reconsidered...

Acne Drug linked to suicide attempts

...ctors have known for years about the potential for birth defects in women who become pregnant while taking the drug. And near the end of 2001, more concern was raised about the potential for depression and even suicide. In October 2000, the FDA said the drug had been associated with 44 suicides since 198...

Unpredictable Premature Birth

...not improve identification of women likely to give birth early. Alternative methods such as measuring the c...latory monitors could accurately predict premature birth in 306 women who joined the study between 22 and 24 weeks of pregnancy. The monitors can be worn for...

Rubella nearly wiped out

... of people a year and was responsible for numerous birth defects, is on the verge of being eliminated in th... 1940s, when it was discovered that it could cause birth defects in children whose mothers were infected while pregnant. The virus can cause miscarriages and...

Cooling treatment for newborn asphyxia

...abies who suffer from a moderate lack of oxygen at birth will develop cerebral palsy.// There are currently no effective treatments to reduce the risk of asphyxia at birth, but recent small scale studies have found that lowering a baby's temperature may have beneficial effects. UK researchers are to inves...

New Birth Control Pills increase the stroke risk

...e lower levels of estrogen, the new generations of birth control pills double the risk of stroke for women ...ogens desogestrel or gestodene. Third-generation birth control pills haven't been used in the US long enough to monitor women most at risk for stroke. Howe...

FDA Imposes New Restrictions On Roche's Accutane

...ears ago, when Accutane was conclusively linked to birth defects and even faetal death.// But in recent years, case reports have demonstrated that some women on the drug continued to get pregnant despite these well-document side effects. The FDA said that the new restrictions will include requiring women...

Mothers with periodontitis may deliver premature babies

...o seven times more likely to deliver a preterm low birth weight baby. The women in the study had no other...o seven times more likely to deliver a preterm low birth weight baby. Women who are already pregnant should not shy away from dental care. "I advise periodo...

Smoking during pregnancy increases risk of cleft palate

...a baby with a cleft lip or palate. The risk of the birth defect rises with the number of cigarettes that a ...regnancy.// Cleft lip and palate are fairly grave birth defects. They are the fourth most common congenital abnormalities, affecting about one in 670 newbor...

Diabetics prone to periodontitis

...iodontal disease to increased risk of preterm, low birth weight babies among other complications. "Our hope is that periodontal evaluations will be routinely included in the prenatal care of pregnant diabetic women, just as ophthalmologic exams are," Dr. Guthmiller said. ,br>...

Contraceptive pill to reduce PMS

...on said side effects should be the same as for any birth control pill. He said: "Low and ultra-low doses are used, so the side effects should be minimal. "The main advantages are fewer periods per year - four versus 13 - less blood loss, fewer pads, and less risk of the side effects of menstruation such ...

Pregnant women more prone to depression

...ample, a rise in stress hormones could lead to low birth weight. The study looked at over 9,000 women in the Avon area, whose babies were due between April 1 1991 and December 31 1999. Clinically approved scales for measuring depression were used to asses women at 18 weeks and 32 weeks into pregnancy, and...

Surgery-Rigged pulley helps patients

According to Dr. John Poll, curing a laborious birth defect that left Alyssa Parente a sunken nose and hugely bulging eyes, sliced apart all the bones of her face but didn't re-join them before sewing her up.// Instead, 10-year-old Alyssa got a promising alternative to grueling bone grafts: Poll attach...

Pig cloning for organs

...blems, such as respiratory distress, immaturity at birth and heart problems," Prather said....

Epilepsy Drugs Can Enhance Risk of Birth Defects

...th various antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and who gave birth between 1977 and 2001. Dean says that previous research had also shown a relatively high risk of problems seen in children exposed to AEDs while in the womb. He adds, however, that the drugs taken by the mothers in this study belong to the older g...

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