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Death Of Singaporean Woman After Mysterious Illness

...ction to drugs, The Straits Times said. Wong, the mother of a three-year-old daughter and six-month-old son, visited a doctor on July 7 for a fever and was given medication, the paper said. "After a few days, she complained of aches and was given painkillers," her 60-year-old father was quoted as saying....

Consumers Becoming More Health Conscious Than Calorie Conscious

...often not recognised as such by parents. Even if a mother is concerned about a child's weight, growth and development is still a greater concern. Medindia on Diet: The Zone Diet: Think Hormones, Please!The zone diet works on the principle that we are essentially meat eaters, as our ancestors, and so ...

Sleeping Boy Does A Rip Van Winkle

...or feeding and answering nature's call. The boy's mother says Arup used to complain of drowsiness initially and then sank into a long slumber in September last year. Alok Manna, the boy's father who is a mechanical engineer posted at Jamshedpur, has taken him for treatment to Kolkata, Vellore in Tamil Na...

Breastfeeding Revisited thanks to WHO and UNICEF

...reast-feeding has been the responsibility of every mother since the time of eve, hence why this sudden reawakening to an age-old practice. As the world undertook industrialization in the last 150 years; women in society started taking up different roles and breast-feeding went on a steady decline first in d...

Sperm washing helps couples

...date, there have been no seroconversions in either mother or child. Washed sperm have also been used in other assisted conception treatments, such as in vitro fertilization. In the United States, the CDC has recommended against insemination of women with semen from men infected with HIV. Current dat...

Testicular cancer identified

...'s mother, who in turn inherits it from either her mother or father.// Researchers found that men who carry the gene are more susceptible to testicular germ cell tumours (TGCT) which make up 95 per cent of all testicular cancer cases. The team, which also includes researchers from Norway, Germany, Ireland...

First Human Clone born

...duced that was not the product of a genetic mix of mother and father, but the identical reproduction of one of its parents. In this case, Ms. Boisselier had told AFP on November 27 that the baby would be an identical twin of its mother. She had said that an American couple was expecting the first birth by ...

Naturally Occurring Hormone Can Lead To Miscarriage

... which both parents were unaffected, or either the mother or the father had high levels of the hormone but w... replacement can be dangerous to the well being of mother and child....

Pregnancy Complications Could Be Prevented With A Urine Test

...a, where a sharp rise in blood pressure causes the mother to suffer a series of potentially fatal complications and forces premature delivery of the infant. Preeclampsia develops in approximately 5 percent of all pregnancies. The only way doctors have been able to identify preeclampsia is by weekly monitor...

Birth Defects Caused By Drugs Used For Epilepsy

...with epilepsy and tests were performed on both the mother and child to produce a neuropsychological profile for each child. It was seen that 41 children exposed to valproic acid during pregnancy had an average verbal IQ score of 84, while other groups in the study had higher scores. The study also shows ch...

"An Armour against pleasure, and a cobweb against infection" – Has the condom withstood the test of time

...le sex partners. Gonorrhea can also be spread from mother to child during birth. Brief History of Condoms: 1000 BC - Ancient Egyptians used a linen sheath for protection against disease (1) 100 - 200 AD – Cave Painting in France have found that condoms were used in some parts of Europe (2) 1500's – F...

Obesity, diabetes in pregnant women affects babies

New York, Aug 28 : Researchers report that mother to be who are obese and have associated diabetes can have impact on the growth of their unborn babies. Researchers examined the possible link between obesity, diabetes and three adverse pregnancy outcomes // - primary caesarean delivery, pre-term bi...

Incidence of breast cancer increasing in urban India

...s stressed that women coming from families where a mother or sister below the age of 50 has breast cancer are also at high risk. Changing attitudes to breast-feeding, stress and late menopause are other contributory factors. The data presented at the summit revealed that there are new options and improved t...

Toxic chemicals found in domestic products poisoning newborn babies

...und that these chemicals reach the baby from// the mother through the umbilical cord. The study was conducte...than 14 chemicals and two of the positively tested mother had 17 chemicals in their blood. Helen Perivier, Toxics Campaigner for Greenpeace International s...

Encephalitis Survivors Face The Risk Of Becoming Disabled

... is always somebody to look after the child as his mother has two other children to attend to. "We take him periodically to the medical college, but there has been very little improvement. We are also trying to follow physiotherapy as advised by the doctors in the hope that one day he will be able to stand...

Risk of colon cancer to be assessed by simple blood test

... the father should be turned on, and that from the mother should be off. In about five percent to 10 percent of people, however, both copies of the gene are turned on -- a problem called loss of imprinting, leading to cancer formation. The attempt is based on the fact that five percent to 10 percent of peo...

When A Prince Chose To Help Indian Couple

...f miles away has offered to help us,' Khatoon, the mother of twins Farah and Sarah, cannot stop saying even ...k together. The 38-year-old Khatoon was a worried mother till she heard one day that doctors could indeed manage to separate them. But the couple could only...

Patient Choice Cesarean Section on The Rise

...n certain cases when there is a health risk to the mother or the baby. However, it is becoming more and more popular among pregnant mothers who opt for C-sections when there is no medical necessity. It is true that the health care delivery has to be based on the patient’s needs. But is it a healthy trend ...

Proper Validation of Generic Drugs Could Save Millions of AIDS Patients

... // Nevirapine which is used for the prevention of mother to child transmission is very much questioned of its effect. Though Generic drugs is used by the large population of people during epidemics, due to its low cost formulations, which is useful for the treatment of millions of people as a life saving...

Risk Of Pre-eclampsia May Be In The Genes Of The Parents.

...s in 3-5% of pregnancies and is dangerous for both mother and child. Researchers in Norway used birth regis...uggests that maternal susceptibility can pass from mother to daughter but not from mother to son, write the authors. These results support the theory that bo...

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