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Lower Fetal Weight Linked to High Distress in Mothers

...es. After analyzing the effects of demographics, maternal distress and hormonal levels, “prenatal cortisol was the only significant predictor of fetal weight,” the researchers found. Diego said that the mother-fetal interaction is very well protected in most instances. It is only extreme levels of depress...

Compulsory Rural Stint for Doctors: Ramadoss

...structural flexibility with the target of reducing maternal and child mortality, improving nutrition and reducing the burden of diseases in rural areas. The health ministry also plans to train medical students in carrying out safe deliveries and in neo natal care. Through providing doctors with multi skill...

Improvement Seen in Fetal Survival Following Preeclampsia

...tal death without causing an increase in infant or maternal death,” the authors conclude. Source-Newswise SM...

Child death reduction needs five times more funds

...l resources needed to reach the MDGs for child and maternal health", they write. "If commitments are to be honoured, global aid flows will need to increase sharply during the next five years." According to the authors, an increase of $50bn is predicted in the overseas development aid by 22010. However, the ...

Low Vitamin E During Pregnancy Increases Baby's Asthma Risk

... of Aberdeen in the UK say in a new study that low maternal levels of Vitamin E are linked to increased risk of asthma in kids//. The study is a continuation of a previous one where the same team showed that low vitamin E in mothers was linked to increased wheezing risk in children aged 2 years. In this stud...

The Bald Truth: Men Better to Cut Short Thinning Hair

...by looking at the heads of their forefathers. "The maternal grandfather is the key," says the doctor. Hoffmann advises people away from their first impulse - covering up the thinning areas with their remaining hair. Hairstylists agree. "Making a deep part and then combing the remaining hair over - it just d...

Protein Molecules in blood predict preeclampsia development

...he disorder." Preeclampsia is a leading cause of maternal death and often occurs without warning. The condition results in high blood pressure and protein in the urine. Preeclampsia may begin with mild symptoms, then progress to severe preeclampsia and to eclampsia--dangerously high blood pressure and convu...

Mother’s Drinking May Increase Child's Alcoholism Ris

..."This paper makes a convincing case that increased maternal alcohol consumption, especially early in pregnancy...." Williams said that it is known that increased maternal alcohol use is associated with altered brain development in the fetus, as well as fetal alcohol synd...

Carbon Monoxide May Prevent Pre-Eclampsia

... poses serious risks for both mother and child. If maternal blood vessels at the placental barrier fail to rem...ng nutrient/oxygen needs of the growing fetus, the maternal blood pressure rises in an effort to improve nutrient delivery. This leads to oxidative stress and d...

Researchers Indicate Three-fold Risk of Death after Cesarean Delivery

... labor or during the course of labor. Postpartum maternal mortality was studied using data from 65 maternal deaths that occurred prior to delivery or after illness. "Although cesarean delivery is increasingly...

Intake of vitamin E during pregnancy influences asthma risk in kids

...s in Scotland between 1997 and 1999. Evaluation of maternal dietary intake from conception and medical histori...n between an increased wheezing or asthma risk and maternal intake of vitamin C, beta-carotene, magnesium, copper, and iron during pregnancy. However, an incr...

Prenatal Test and Miscarriage

...the researchers controlled for gestational age and maternal age, they found that there were no differences bet...a for determining a high risk pregnancy used to be maternal age, we are now able to perform blood tests or ultrasound in the first trimester, enabling us to det...

Study Revels That Women Of Italy Are High-Risk Drinkers

...ure to alcohol and other risk factors for FASD via maternal interviews. A group of children without FASD (n=67...at are not completely accurate.” But the data on maternal drinking that were obtained by May and his colleagues, noted Sokol, were consistent with the levels ...

NSAIDs In First trimester Linked To Congenital Anomalies In Babies

...tched up to ten controls by date of conception and maternal age, region of residence, and diabetes status. They performed statistical analyses to uncover any associations between the congenital abnormalities and the mother's use of NSAIDs during the first trimester. Among the 1056 women who filled a prescri...

Britain's Support for India's Health Programme

...biggest response to arrest India's high infant and maternal mortality rates. The funds will be spent over five years in support of the second phase of the Indian government's nationwide Reproductive and Child Health Programme, Hilary Benn, Britain's Secretary of State for International Development, announce...

Maternal deaths due to poor working practices

...ty of maternity units. "The national average for maternal deaths as reported by Cemach (Confidential Enquiry...ternities," the Healthcare Commission said. "The maternal death rate for Northwick Park maternity unit (in the period April 2002 to March 2004) was 74.2 death...

Indian Scientist to Help Reduce Infant Mortality in Africa: UNICEF

...home," said Luwei Pearson, UNICEF's coordinator on maternal and neonatal health for eastern and southern Africa. In such an environment, without any care and support, the newborns are at risk of dying from pneumonia, asphyxia, hypothermia and complications arising from prematurity. The mothers have to b...

TV Cartoons More Effective in Alleviating Pain In Children

... that watching television may be more helpful than maternal attempts at trying to distract a child during medical procedures; however, the authors have said that this does not mean that the mothers should not accompany the children during such procedures as the children would later recall that they were not l...

St. John's Wort in Pregnancy and Lactation

...s wort consumption during lactation did not affect maternal milk production nor affect infant weight, but may cause colic, drowsiness or lethargy. § St. John’s wort showed strong scientific evidence of being an effective aid in combating mild to moderate depression and low-level evidence for other condition...

New Studies On Zebrafish Could Aid in Treating Birth Defects

... the zebrafish to finally understand the role that maternal nutrition plays in causing structural birth defect...trients that the embryo receives largely free from maternal influence. In the paper, the researchers describe the discovery of a mutation in the zebrafish tha...

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