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Studying The Causes Of Autism

...ion, epidural anesthesia use, induced labor, and a labor lasting less than one hour. Autistic children were more likely to have experienced fetal distress, have low scores on a standard test to measure functioning in newborns, and have been delivered via cesarean section. Researchers conclude saying that ...

Drug to stop HIV spread to babies may Indirectly harm The Mother

...ecommended giving a single dose of nevirapine when labor starts and then giving a second pill to the baby two days after birth.About 8 percent of babies catch the virus after nevirapine, compared with about 20 percent of those who get no treatment. From their study researchers found that women who had got...

Drugs said to Reduce HIV Transmission to Baby

...rtant in parts of Africa where women arrive to the labor room without knowledge of their HIV status, making it too late for other treatment options....

Reducing HIV Transmission

... when administered to infected mothers once during labor and to infants one time within 72 hours of birth. ...ed to a treatment regimen with zidovudine given at labor onset and every three hours until delivery to the mother and twice daily to their infants for seven ...

Teen dies after complications from abortion pill

...alled misoprostol, taken three days later, induces labor so the embryo can be expelled. In 5 to 8 percent of cases, surgery is required to stop the patient's bleeding. Anti-abortion groups insist that the pills "offer a whole new set of significant risks," and makes abortion seem too simple. A report on t...

Changes in cabin pressure pose risks for moms-to-be

...tric complications, or those at risk for premature labor or placental abnormalities, are advised not to travel by air. Despite the concerns about air travel, barometric pressure changes on land are usually more subtle than those experienced when flying. Experts say spikes in birth rates that may sometimes...

SARS impact could be devastating

...ngapore, foreign workers make up 24 percent of the labor force. Seven percent of workers in Hong Kong are foreign. China doesn't take in many foreign workers, but quite large numbers of Chinese go abroad, essentially illegally, to Japan and Taiwan. With the smuggling of Chinese workers into these countries...

Caesarean may aid twins

... higher risk of death, due to complications during labor and delivery, than first twins. However, planned c...ound significantly increased risks of death during labor and neonatal death among second twins born at term. No deaths were recorded among 420 second twins d...

No connection between epidurals and backache

...us studies, an association between epidural during labor and lower back pain. However, a new study shows no...ural and 140 randomized to receive another form of labor pain relief. They conducted a follow-up study 24 months after delivery. The incidence of self-report...

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

...dict whether a pregnant woman is at risk for early labor and delivery. Those at high risk for pre-term birt...for finding whether a woman will go into premature labor is the use of a clinical scoring system, risk classification, and patient presentation; The marker ...

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