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New birth control to limit women's periods

...irth control. "For women who desire prevention of pregnancy and are comfortable taking a hormonal contraceptive, then this gives them an option," say researchers. "We see it as a [choice] for those wanting the convenience." First introduced in the 1960s, the most common birth control pills combine the hormon...

New ! Male Contraception

...ays these rods could be as effective at preventing pregnancy as the pill is for women. It's important to emphasize that the rods do not protect against STDs, and condoms should be used for protection against diseases....

Decreasing Multiple Births By Single Embryo Transfers

...hes of in vitro fertilization. They also evaluated pregnancy rates resulting in at least one live birth and rates of multiple pregnancies. Results showed about 42 percent of the women receiving a double embryo transfer became pregnant resulting in at least one live birth compared to about 38 percent who receiv...

Pregnancy Complications Could Be Prevented With A Urine Test

...clampsia typically develops after the 20th week of pregnancy and is characterized by high blood pressure, // edema, and protein in the urine. In severe cases it can lead to eclampsia, where a sharp rise in blood pressure causes the mother to suffer a series of potentially fatal complications and forces premat...

Birth Defects Caused By Drugs Used For Epilepsy

...n 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 children exposed to sodium valproate while in the womb are more likely to have IQ scores lower than 69 and more likely to suffer from memory...

Vitamins Found To Influence Birth Weight

...t is not handed out until women go for their first pregnancy check-up which is too late. Latest research show...he first to link Folate levels in mothers in early pregnancy with birth weight. Researchers from UK, examined nearly 1,000 women and their newborn babies and f...

New Information On Virus Goes Against The Age-Old Theory

...nclude the development of a fetus during a woman’s pregnancy and the production of milk by lactating women. The researcher and others had made an attempt to profile the host-virus system using the electrical engineering concepts of signal and image processing. Ultimately, the interdisciplinary team hopes t...

New Infertility test to be offered by Reliance

...ages. “We tell such patients that heir chance s of pregnancy are very low and miscarriages very high. It is up to them then to go ahead with the IVF treatment, “said patki. The test is a very simple test called FISH (Fluorescent in situ hybridization) technique and involves sophisticated equipment that scree...

Medical Management Now Available For Miscarriage

... A new drug misoprostol may now be an option after pregnancy loss. Miscarriage occurs in at least 10 percent /...al management versus surgical management for early pregnancy failure found the drug to be effective in expelling fetal tissue in 84 percent of the women. The acc...

Drugs As Alternative To Surgery After Miscarriage

...ions of the uterus. The study authors wrote that pregnancy failure, or miscarriage, occurs in 15 percent of p...researchers had enrolled 652 women who experienced pregnancy failure. Of these, 491 were assigned at random to receive misoprostol. The rest of the women underwe...

Researchers Present Data Regarding The Efficiency Of Herbs

...es. This is the first time that herbs used during pregnancy have been independently ranked according to the available evidence surrounding the safety and efficacy of these products. The researchers hope additional research will be conducted to enhance the clinician’s and patient’s understanding of the effects...

Obesity, diabetes in pregnant women affects babies

...e link between obesity, diabetes and three adverse pregnancy outcomes // - primary caesarean delivery, pre-term...iabetes were independently associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, highlighting the need for women to undergo lifestyle changes to help them control their we...

Will anxiety regarding fertility treatment affect the chances of conception?

...ly variable that was significantly associated with pregnancy was the number of good quality embryos transferred. However, the fact that it was impossible to establish a link in a prospective study between stress and the chances of conceiving via IVF was encouraging. During IVF treatment patients frequently...

Amnioinfusion does not reduce risk of meconium aspiration syndrome

...erial that fills the fetal intestinal tract during pregnancy and is formed from ingested amniotic fluid and dead intestinal cells.// Although it is sterile, inhaled meconium is highly irritating to the lung when the infant takes its first breaths. It can cause a partial or complete blockage of the baby's airwa...

Indian Health Ministry approves sale of Emergency contraceptives as over the counter drug

... "The step has been taken to enable women to avoid pregnancy in such situations as unprotected sexual exposure,...istress women who are in the burden of unnecessary pregnancy due to unwilling sex or rape as lot of women in India lose their life during unsafe abortions. The...

Prevent Multiple Sclerosis From Oral Contraceptives

...t oral contraceptives, which contain estrogen, and pregnancy and the postpartum period afterward, both states a...first symptoms of MS in the six months following a pregnancy and a non-significant lower risk during pregnancy, compared with those with no pregnancy. This is co...

Exercises Should Be Recommended During Pregnancy

...egnant women is rooted in old-fashioned notions of pregnancy as a time of confinement. The researcher points out that pregnancy is a perfect time for women to begin exercising because they stick with the habits they adopt during...

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

...at daughters of women who had pre-eclampsia during pregnancy had more than twice the risk of pre-eclampsia them...selves compared with other women. Men born after a pregnancy complicated by pre-eclampsia also had a moderately increased risk of fathering a pre-eclamptic pregn...

Late Pregnancy Women Face The Risk Of Heartbreak, Fertility Problems

...n-based fertility specialists say the best age for pregnancy remains 20 to 35 and women who defy nature risk heartbreak. The specialists are "saddened" by the number of women they see who have problems. They write: "Paradoxically, the availability of IVF (In vitro fertilization) may lull women into inferti...

New Study Will The Look Into The Effects Of Synthetic Steroids

...e the mother synthetic steroids and to prolong the pregnancy for as long as possible. Sheep will be studied to learn how synthetic steroids given during pregnancy may act in the brain to alter regulation of blood pressure, affect the development of the kidneys an...

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