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Roots of polycystic ovarian syndrome traced to mother’s wom

... Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology that pregnancy and childbirth can unleash several factors in fema... the incidence of high maternal bodyweight in late pregnancy that can lead to irregular periods in daughter. This may in turn lead to daughters being overweight ...

Women with borderline ovarian tumors can still preserve their fertility

...that younger patients of the condition can opt for pregnancy after removal of one of their ovaries with signifi...being there in them being able to have a full term pregnancy and a successful delivery of the baby. Researchers said in their research presentation, at the 21st...

Twin pregnancy may be risky for the fetus

...oup and are often carried to full term without any pregnancy complications. Researchers, who had looked into 151 uncomplicated cases of monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies, report that in 7 of the cases intrauterine deaths happened unexpectedly. The deaths happened at an average gestational time of 34 w...

Condoms May not be safe Enough

Condoms have been used for prevention of pregnancy for decades and more recently for prevention of // AIDS. However a recent study indicates that wearing a condom during intercourse may not give good enough protection against other sexually transmitted diseases, such as herpes and syphilis. There ha...

Smoking during pregnancy increases risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis.

...of Epidemiology has implicated maternal smoking in pregnancy as a // determinant of rheumatoid arthritis and ot...everal studies have shown that maternal smoking in pregnancy can cause a whole series of adverse reactions on the baby. The present study included nearly 59000...

Listeria Food Poisoning Can Be Dangerous In Pregnant Women And Elderly

...her six people were hospitalized. Listeriosis in pregnancy may result in miscarriage, stillbirth or premature birth of an infant with life threatening infection. Listeriosis in elderly people or those with impaired immune function include high fever, shivering, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea. The...

Treatment of postpartum depression needs to be personalized

In order to provide quick relief from post pregnancy depressions, health care// workers have tried to identify women who may be more vulnerable to this type of depression and taken preventive measures to avoid the condition. However a recent study by the researcher of University of Toronto, Canada who ...

Smoking during pregnancy causes reduced birthweight

A new study has shown that smoking during pregnancy is associated with reduced birthweight// and stopping smoking can reverse this. Smoking during pregnancy is associated with several problems in the newborn. The present study had evaluated the relation b...

Consuming Fish During Pregnancy Boosts Child’s I

...ty has revealed that children whose mothers during pregnancy consumed// low-mercury fish couple of times a week were more intelligent than children of those mothers who did not. Conversely it also stated that consumption of fish with high mercury content lowered the intelligence score. The study tested 135...

Contemplating the effects of the “Morning After“ Pill

..., they were able to inhibit or postpone ovulation; pregnancy rates among those taking these pills were lower th...g researchers say they found was no difference in pregnancy rates between the two groups and it was observed that the rate at which ovulation was impaired in th...

Fresh warnings to doctors regarding abortion pill

...ne. Mifeprex is an approved drug for terminating a pregnancy of 49 days or less. The drug was introduced in the... 12 weeks of pregnancy. The chance of a successful pregnancy after a spontaneous miscarriage is very good. For more information read: http://www.medindia.net...

The Dangers Of Vitamin A To Pregnant Women To Be Included On Label

Most women planning a pregnancy take a general multivitamin supplement in the beli...compulsory legislation. For more information on pregnancy read: http://www.medindia.net/patients/ patientinfo/pregnancy.asp...

Premature Babies More Likely If Women Have Higher Protein Albumin In Urine

...risk of stroke, heart attack and heart failure. In pregnancy also proteinuria may disrupt fetal growth and trigger a premature delivery. Proteinuria or albuminuria can be detected by a simple dip-stick test even at home or to get a better picture a a 24-hour period urine can be collected and analysed. In th...

Exposure to tobacco smoke causes genetic damage in fetus

...y. Earlier studies have shown that smoking during pregnancy causes genetic damage in the developing fetus that can be detected at birth. Stephen G. Grant, Ph.D., associate professor of environmental and occupational health in the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health re-examined data from...

Women Less Likely To Conceive Post-Caesarean

.... And they were more likely to suffer an ectopic pregnancy next time around, with 9.5 occurring 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 un...

Vitamin Supplements During Pregnancy to Boost Fetal Development

...ife. On the other hand, low folate status in early pregnancy has been linked with low infant birth weight. It i...is being laid on folic acid supplementation during pregnancy that government itself has taken steps to include folic acid in foods meant for pregnant women. Sinc...

Study Links Folic Acid With Increased Birth Weight

... of folic acid to pregnant women after their first pregnancy check up, and researchers for the study feel that ... form of vitamin B. this vitamin if taken before a pregnancy is said to increase the chances of having a twin baby or to avoid neural tube defect. For more inf...

Vitamin C reverses pre eclampsia

... in which, a woman has convulsive seizures in late pregnancy or during the first week after delivery. The root cause of all problems is the inability of maternal blood vessels to widen. This impaired blood vessel response is the single most important cause of eclampsia and pre eclampsia. Scien...

Womb may have impact upon Blood Pressure

...and proposes that programming may start earlier in pregnancy than previously believed. According to the study i...ultrasounds done at 18, 24, 28, 34 and 38 weeks of pregnancy on 650 women with normal pregnancies. During each scan, doctors measured the circumference of the he...

Ultrasound may mean end to classic stethoscope

.... The ultrasound procedure is commonly used during pregnancy to check on the health of the baby or in tests to measure blood flow through the heart. Ultrasound has generally been reserved for specialists, but as technology has improved, smaller handheld devices that produce good quality images are being deve...

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