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Taller Women More Likely to Have Twins

...trician known for his research into multiple-birth pregnancies //at the Long Island Jewish Medical Centre here, compared the heights of 129 women. According to his study, 105 of them had given birth to twins and 24 to triplets, reported newswise wire. Steinman found that the multiple-birth mothers averaged ...

Skilled Obstetricians to avoid unnecessary Caesareans

... the reason given for 35% of Caesareans for single pregnancies of which 1/4th will develop labor after complete d... less likely to have a vaginal birth in subsequent pregnancies because they tend to request repeat elective Caesarean delivery." The repeat operations present an...

Improvement Seen in Fetal Survival Following Preeclampsia

...of Norway between 1967 and 2003, including 770,613 pregnancies without preeclampsia and 33,835 pregnancies with preeclampsia. The researchers found that among preeclamptic pregnancies, inductions before 3...

Women delaying motherhood 'should freeze eggs'

...” Among women using frozen eggs, there have been 3 pregnancies resulting in 4 babies.But, IVF is not guaranteed to work using frozen eggs. Dr Lockwood said, “I don't want to encourage women who could have a family at the normal time to not do so because they think egg freezing will be an alternative, but not t...

Carbon Monoxide May Prevent Pre-Eclampsia

...pregnancy-associated hypertension, affects 5-7% of pregnancies and poses serious risks for both mother and child. If maternal blood vessels at the placental barrier fail to remodel and adapt to the changing nutrient/oxygen needs of the growing fetus, the maternal blood pressure rises in an effort to improve nutr...

Immense benefits with a daily dose of multivitamin for women, in reducing birth defects

...en, because statistics show that nearly 50% of the pregnancies happen without planning and the first trimester is crucial during which time all birth defects set in. He suggested the intake of a specific prenatal vitamin that would include additional folic acid, more iron and less vitamin A....

Prenatal multivitamins reduce birth defects

...king a prenatal vitamin daily. Because half of all pregnancies are unplanned and almost all birth defects develop in the first trimester.” However, a specific prenatal multivitamin should be taken by them, he said. Prenatal multivitamins differ from the standard multivitamins in 3 ways; more folic acid, more i...

NSAIDs In First trimester Linked To Congenital Anomalies In Babies

...al anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) early in their pregnancies may be more likely to give birth to babies with congenital defects. The findings of a new case controlled study has been published in the August issue of the journal Birth Defects Research Part B, which is published by John Wiley & Sons, states tha...

Rett Syndrome In Men?

...Prenatal diagnosis is also available in subsequent pregnancies for mothers of girls with Rett syndrome but beyond these families, doctors generally wouldn't test for the problem -- especially in baby boys," Dr Leonard said. "It is likely that some baby boys with early severe progressive encephalopathy could go ...

Vietnam Takes a Major Step to Prevent HIV/AIDS

...in these amenities so that they can avoid unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. In recent years, approximately 39,000 new HIV infection cases are reported annually in Vietnam. The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) reported this. At present, around 3,00,000 Vietnamese are affec...

Teens In UK Do Not Know How To Use A Condom

...he condoms were exposing themselves o the risks of pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STI). The s...Infections was encouraged by the glitch that while pregnancies in teenagers were reducing the rates of sexually transmitted disease are rising. Professor Roger Ing...

Epilepsy Drug Poses High Risk for Fetal Death and Birth Defects

...hest risk to the fetus with over 20 percent of the pregnancies exposed to valproate resulting in death or birth defects such as skull and limb deformities and brain, heart and lung problems. The rate was lower for the drugs phenytoin, carbamazepine and lamotrigine. The study's findings are consistent with seve...

Teens and Pregnancy

.... Researchers have published observations on teen pregnancies in the current issue of Pediatrics. "We need to help teen-agers identify ways to connect with others in life besides motherhood," says lead author Cynthia Rosengard, PhD, MPH, a researcher in internal medicine at Rhode Island Hospital and an assi...

Iodine Deficiency affects IQ of Children

... 54 women who were in the first trimester of their pregnancies and attending the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street. In addition the researchers also measured the iodine content of dairy milk on sale in Dublin at the time. It was found that the dietary intake of iodine by Irish women is much lesser t...

Doctors Warn on Pregnancy Counselling

... do better to aim to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies by expanding education and access to contraceptives," he said. "Interventions such as counselling must not attempt to coerce women into making any particular reproductive choice."...

Using Multivitamins Before And After Conception Averts Preeclampsia

...mia, preeclampsia affects about 7 percent of first pregnancies and is a leading cause of premature delivery and maternal and fetal death. Signs of preeclampsia include high blood pressure, protein in the urine and swelling of the hands and feet. Untreated, the condition may progress to the far more serious eclam...

Children Of Mothers Who Smoked Late In Pregnancies Tend To Be Smokers

...d that children of mothers who smoke in their late pregnancies were highly likely to end up as smokers in their teens.// Dr Fran O'Callaghan of Griffith University's Psychological Health Research Center, and colleagues from the Mater Hospital and the University of Queens land had conducted their research on ar...

Include folic acid in bread to reduce neural tube defects in new borns

...ents. Statistics has shown that nearly half of all pregnancies happen by accident and are hence unplanned. Women do not get to know of their pregnancy till after a few weeks, by which time, any deficiency in the mother could begin to cause irreparable damage to the fetus. Folic acid in bread could actually save ...

Over Five Million Illegal Abortions In India Every Year

...r Seva Sanstha, Tewari said that 25 percent of all pregnancies in India were "unwanted" and that of the "180 mill...e number of contraceptive methods to stop unwanted pregnancies and illegal abortions," she said. ARC is funded by the international Packard Foundation and has te...

Fertility Technique only as Effective as the Natural Way

... The research found 40 conceptions and 34 ongoing pregnancies among the couples trying to conceive naturally, compared to 42 conceptions and 29 ongoing pregnancies among the couples who received the fertility treatment. ...

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