The Link Between Pregnancy and Restless Legs Syndrome
...red more than the unaffected group. Symptoms after delivery rapidly improved, leading researchers to believe hormones, rather than iron deficiency, play a role in this form of RLS. Of the 606 women in the study, about 26 percent reported having RLS. Of these women, 101 reported experiencing the condition for...The Link Between Pregnancy and Restless Legs Syndrome
...red more than the unaffected group. Symptoms after delivery rapidly improved, leading researchers to believe hormones, rather than iron deficiency, play a role in this form of RLS. Of the 606 women in the study, about 26 percent reported having RLS. Of these women, 101 reported experiencing the condition for...Cooling Can Reduce The Risk Of Brain Damage In Oxygen Deprived Newborns
...an inadequate supply of oxygen to the brain during delivery showed signs of being at a high risk for brain injury. However researchers say brain damage does not happen immediately when babies are oxygen-deprived instead, researchers say a chemical cascade is triggered leading to brain damage hours or days aft...Epidural given in early labor may not lead to caesarian birth
...of painkiller. Even the average time taken for the delivery was also less than the other. The one-minute Apgar scores for the newborns also were significantly higher than babies born otherwise. The study concluded that there was no significant effect of epidural analgesic on the rate of caesarian birth.Acco...Caesarian sections may not help in reducing post-pregnancy blues
It’s considered till now that after delivery depressions, that had plagued new mothers all over...no significant relationship exists between type of delivery and setting of after birth depression in 14000 cases they had studied. The study also found out thos...Low hemoglobin may make mothers bond less with their babies
... deficient women were given iron supplements after delivery of babies. All the women were videotaped again after 9 months to know the long term effect on iron deficiency on the behavior of mothers to their children. The results of the observations showed that for women who had suffered iron deficiency, not o...Post delivery antidepressants do not affect weight loss
...een the two groups. The study had shown that post delivery weight loss is not compromised by antidepressant medication. On the other hand it is possible to retain postpartum weight in a group of non-depressive women with previous histories of depression without medical intervention. The study is published i...Pregnant mothers dental health can lead to pre-term babies
... bacteria affect the pregnancy by causing pre-term delivery or babies born with low birth weight. Researchers have evaluated specific oral bacteria like Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sobrinus, Streptococcus sanguinus, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei, Actinomyces naeslundii genospecies (gs...Research reports that c-section deliveries are rising
...e// had been an increase in the number of cesarean delivery in US by about 44% of the total births being recor...es are restricted, as the woman who has a cesarean delivery the first time, is likely to have them for all successive deliveries....Drug for cancer may help restrict premature labor
...ading to premature labor. Women who have premature delivery of their babies often suffer from this fall in the levels of the hCG hormone. The research results said that the drug TSA could increase the number of CG/LH receptors in the smooth muscles of the uterus. However the researchers feel that there is a ...Spray on contraceptive clears Phase I trial
An Australian drug delivery company called Acrux specializes in administering ...traceptive spray Nestorone MDTS provided sustained delivery of the contraceptive agent. Nestorone is a fourth-generation progestin is well tolerated, with no ...Women with borderline ovarian tumors can still preserve their fertility
...ble to have a full term pregnancy and a successful delivery of the baby. Researchers said in their research presentation, at the 21st annual conference of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology, that although the borderline ovarian tumors do have a tendency of recurrence within 70 months ...Twin pregnancy may be risky for the fetus
...expectant mothers should opt for elective pre-term delivery after 32 weeks. This may lower the mortality risk associated with the fetuses before delivery. However researchers feel that more study is essential to find out more about the factors that increase the death rate of the fetus in cases of monochorioni...Women may not seek help for pelvic floor disorders
...nal deliveries, and if forceps were used to assist delivery or not. The symptoms of the disease may begin after the first time a woman gives birth and with age the condition may worsen, depending on the presence of other factors as well. Exercising regularly may help in dealing with the condition. Reference:...Is low birth weight related to psychological distress in adulthood?
...e born early, before 38 weeks. Similarly, pre-term delivery was not associated with an increased risk of psychological distress in adulthood. As found in previous studies, low birth weight was associated with an increased risk of cognitive deficit (having an IQ of less than 100) at the age of seven, and wit...Treatment of postpartum depression needs to be personalized
...he treatment meted out to the pregnant women after delivery is the most effective of all the treatments of suc...as found that preventive strategies applied before delivery had resulted in reduced after delivery depressions by about 19%. However the most successful treatme...Smoking during pregnancy causes reduced birthweight
...ermined both during the first trimester and during delivery for both the pregnant women and their spouses. Th...head circumference, Apgar score, and heart rate at delivery and cord blood fetal carboxyhemoglobin (FCOHb) were measured. The results of the study showed that ...Its Possible To Grow Bone To Replace The Damaged Bone
...commercially available and approved by the FDA for delivery of cells within the human body. They chose the material because it contained calcium, a known trigger for bone growth. Their major concern was that the bioreactor would fill with scar tissue instead of bone, but that didn?t happen. Instead, it filled...An Anti-cancer Smart Bomb delivered using a Nanocell
...he potential of being a revolutionary form of drug delivery mechanism in cancers. The drugs that can kill canc...emic toxicity much better than other treatment and delivery variations. But it is patient survival and quality of life that really inspire this research, Sasi......lue Membranes GmbH, Germany, for carbon-based drug delivery platform. The use of porous carbon-carbon nano particle coating will eliminate the use of polymer based platform, thus completely reducing tissue inflammation and reaction (in cardiac arteries). "Blue-Membranes will enforce the collaboration with ...