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Oral contraceptives safe for women with Lupus erythematosus

...elective abortion rate – approaching 23 percent of pregnancies – which may reflect a failure of the birth control method used or the absence of an adequate birth control program." In the words of NIAMS Director Stephen I. Katz, M.D., Ph.D, "Estrogen, as used in this study, appears to be safe in the majority of...

a New Pill Can eliminate menstruation

...alled 'Anya', may help women to avoid unplanned// pregnancies and the inconvenience of periods. Critics have warned that oral contraceptives raise the risk of blood clots and breast cancer. They said continuous exposure to hormones might increase these risks and make it harder to spot potential health problems...

Urinary Stress Incontinence Not Related To Childbirth

...iddle-aged women with positive history of repeated pregnancies and vaginal deliveries. It has been long regarded that vaginal delivery increases the chance of developing urinary incontinence later in life. In fact, there has been an increased tendency for pregnant women to resort to elective caesarean sections...

Complication More in Women Having IVF Treatment

...it was found that almost eight per cent of natural pregnancies result in complications that can require hospital treatment. But this risks related to IVF are far higher and this is important and the patients who wish to have the treatment should be made aware of this risk. IVF was first developed by Patrick C....

Addition Of Folic Acid In Flour Proposed To Arrest Birth Defects In The UK

...n were to be taken. It is estimated that about 600 pregnancies end up in carrying infants with birth defects. This toll could be reduced by 41 percent if there is a measure to add adequate folic acid to the diet of a mother. This practice is already in vogue in America, Canada and Chile. The decision to adopt ...

Caesareans In U.S. At All-Time High

...rths, even those that involved healthy, first-time pregnancies with a full-term, single child. The government announced in 2000 a national public health goal of reducing the C-section rate for such births to 15 percent by 2010, but the actual rate now is 24 percent, and is on the increase. The increase is attri...

Female Twins Have More To Share Than Just The Similarity: Risk Of Early Menopause

... general curiosity. Twins occur in over 1 % of all pregnancies and also cause pregnancy related complications for their mothers //and are subject to ill health problems as newborns and infants. But this is not all, it has now been revealed that female twins are four times more likely to reach menopause early wh...

A call to epileptic mothers to help reduce birth defects

...s compounded by the fact that nearly 50 percent of pregnancies in the United States are unplanned, leaving women unaware and unprepared for the potential risks. The Epilepsy Foundation, through an unrestricted education grant from GlaxoSmithKline, has formulated the action plan to empower women to reduce the r...

Late Pregnancy Women Face The Risk Of Heartbreak, Fertility Problems

...d by Susan Bewley, who treats women with high-risk pregnancies at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital here, // warned t...nd dramatically after 40. Over the last 20 years, pregnancies in women over 35 have risen markedly and the average age of mothers has gone up, reports the online ...

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

...the second half of pregnancy. It occurs in 3-5% of pregnancies and is dangerous for both mother and child. Resea...her men and women who are born after pre-eclamptic pregnancies pass on this risk to the next generation, compared with those who had no family history of pre-eclam...

Exercises Should Be Recommended During Pregnancy

...t regular, moderate exercise in women with healthy pregnancies results in no adverse maternal or fetal effects, obstetricians should make exercise recommendations a top priority, says the study. The hesitance of obstetricians to recommend exercise to pregnant women is rooted in old-fashioned notions of pregnancy...

New Infertility test to be offered by Reliance

... MFM is evolving specialties even in the west were pregnancies are monitored from the initial stages, to detect, and in some cases, correct any abnormalities in the baby. Dr. Patki said, “We have also started offering workshops in advanced infertility treatment and fetal medicine to educate gynecologists in Ind...

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

Condoms originally invented for preventing pregnancies have recently also been under intense scrutiny to look at their role in protection against sexually transmitted diseases (e.g. Gonorrhea and 25 other related conditions) and HIV. // Condoms undoubtedly provide protection even the most famous lover ...

SNUPPY – Woo Suk Hwang reveals World’s first dog cloe

...ferred them into 123 surrogate mothers. Just three pregnancies resulted: one miscarried// , and two others went to term. One of the clones died from pneumonia at 22 days old. “Professor Hwang and his colleagues are to be congratulated on another great success,” says Ian Wilmut, creator of Dolly the sheep, at t...

Condom Vending Machines Increasing Sexual Assaults On Women

...em of increasing AIDS victims and unwanted teenage pregnancies in the country. The government’s strong move maybe the only positive step forward in creating the vital awareness in the society on the use of condoms and proper protection during sexual intercourse. The instillation of strong moral values is a s...

Women Less Likely To Conceive Post-Caesarean

...g per 1,000 pregnancies, compared to 5.7 per 1,000 pregnancies for women with spontaneous delivery. Future studies may help explain whether this fall in conception rate following a caesarean is due to women who undergo the experience being less likely to try to conceive again, or whether they have more difficu...

Twin pregnancy may be risky for the fetus

...rch points out to the fact that uncomplicated twin pregnancies may be more risky to the fetus than // thought bef...n report that normal monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies have an increased risk from intrauterine deaths. In monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy, the twi...

The Importance Of “ Good ”Control Of Diabetes During Pregnanc

...rs say this occurred even though 84 percent of the pregnancies were planned and women had good medical care from the outset, including good blood sugar control and adequate intake of folic acid.Despite a high frequency of planned pregnancies, resulting in overall good glycemic control maternal and perinatal comp...

The Link Between Breast Cancer and Aborted Pregnancy Questioned

...tive risk of breast cancer was .98 for women whose pregnancies ended in miscarriage and .93 for women who had a p... induced abortions. However previous studies show pregnancies that result in a birth reduce a woman’s long-term risk of developing breast cancer....

Low Protein Levels A Possible Indicator For A Miscarriage

...iage.// Approximately 10 percent to 15 percent of pregnancies end in a miscarriage. Currently there are no treatments to prevent a miscarriage and no markers to identify women at high risk for one. Macrophage inhibitory cytokine 1 (MIC1) plays an important part in the immune system and is found in high concent...

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