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Women may not be tested often after stroke

...n echocardiogram of their heart, a test similar to pregnancy ultrasound that creates a movie of the heart and can looks for clot-producing conditions and other problems. Women were also 43 percent less likely to have exams of their carotid arteries, which can become narrowed by cholesterol plaque that blocks b...

Cardiac Disease May Be Hazardous In Pregnancy

...sease and the physiological circulatory changes of pregnancy further add to this burden//. The presence of card... rate up to 17%. Worsening cardiac status during pregnancy may need urgent surgical intervention during pregnancy. A study was carried out in the AIIMS, New De...

A call to epileptic mothers to help reduce birth defects

...m anticonvulsant drug use occurs very early in the pregnancy and is compounded by the fact that nearly 50 perce...oth short and long term. 3. If you are planning a pregnancy or you are pregnant, talk with your healthcare provider as soon as possible. 4. Do NOT stop or redu...

Hazards of Electromagnetic Fields for children

...a heat load on the whole body. Hyperthermia during pregnancy can cause embryonic death, abortion, growth retardation, and developmental defects; animal studies indicate that the development of the CNS is especially susceptible. Regarding the long-term health effects of mobile-phone use, it is suggested that l...

Women might be at increased risk of HIV during pregnancy

Women might be at increased risk of HIV during pregnancy because of their own or their partner's sexual beh...of HIV acquisition are significantly higher during pregnancy than in the postpartum period, have important implications for HIV prevention, both to protect mothe...

Infants must be put to sleep in separate beds to prevent SIDS

...rters or quilts should be avoided. Smoking during pregnancy increases a baby's risk of SIDS, and giving pacifiers at naptime and bedtime are associated with a reduced risk of SIDS. The result of the present study has highlighted the steps to be taken to reduce the risk of SIDS in their infants. However, a c...

Birth Defects Caused By Acne Medication Can Be Minimized By Voluntary Pregnancy Prevention

...n and the drug manufacturers developed a voluntary pregnancy prevention program (PPP) in 1988 to try and preven...lated Teratogenicity) that placed more emphasis on pregnancy testing and contraception. The FDA launched a new plan called the iPLEDGE with stricter requirements...

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

...ccur 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 when compared to other wome...

India’s smallest premature baby brings immense joy to Indian parent

...the third case of saving such babies. A full term pregnancy means the foetus completes nine months and a week....m baby in this western Indian city after a 26-week pregnancy on June 19, 2005. The expected date was however October 5th. Dr. Ashish Mehta has successfully handl...

Abortion Does Not Increase Risk Of Depression In Women

...d at US women who aborted or delivered an unwanted pregnancy reveal that pre-existing mental health might be a better predictor of depression risk. Surprisingly, women who opted for a termination reported less depression than those who chose to carry on with the unwanted pregnancy. However, the observed effe...

Sharp Increase In Morning-After Pill Sales Among British Women

...ncture that Britain has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Europe. The study also stresses the need for imparting health education regarding safe sexual practices among youngsters to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Medindia on pregnancy: Pregnancy is the state of union between a sperm and an ovu...

Autism nothing more than an extreme form of male brain development

...s to male sex hormones such as testosterone during pregnancy can significantly affect these brain development patterns. Male fetuses produce these hormones from their testes, and female fetuses from their adrenal glands. The possibility of female children being affected with the disease can still not be rul...

Leptin and inflammatory cytokines in women with pre-eclampsia

...n women with pre-eclampsia. In women with a normal pregnancy leptin levels not only correlate with TNF-á, but also with IL-6 and body mass inde....

The Relation Between Pregnancy And Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

...e of ESR rose from 18–48 mm/h in the first half of pregnancy to 30–70 mm/h in the second half of pregnancy. For...throcyte sedimentation rate values obtained during pregnancy gestational age and haemoglobin concentration must be taken into account. These results support th...

Embryonic Genetic Testing Is Boosting IVF Pregnancies

...Prof Bankier said. "They can go and have a test in pregnancy but that leaves them the difficult choice of what to do if they find the fetus has a condition. "Or they can go down the path of IVF and use PGD to test the embryo before they are implanted and select an embryo that is free of the genetic condition."...

Sexually Abused Girls Develop Eating Disorders

...h about weight gain and change in body shape after pregnancy almost 7,900 women in the study recalled happily they were less likely to worry about their shape or weight but the study showed that sexually abused girls were psychologically very disturbed and expressed negative fears about weight gain and change ...

Coffee In Pregnancy May Be Risky: Study

...he past have linked coffee drinking to undesirable pregnancy outcomes, and caffeine harming a fetus, the risks of coffee drinking in pregnancy were questioned. The researchers surveyed 88,482 women enrolled in the Danish National Birth Cohort...

Vitamin Abuse Syndrome In the UK

...ause nerve damage 3.Over does of Vitamin A during pregnancy can harm the unborn child. Medindia on Vitamins: Vitamins are substances that are found in the foods we eat. They are necessary for the body to function effectively. There are two kinds of vitamins in the body. Fat Soluble and water-soluble. Us...

Obesity Common Thread In Pregnancy Complications And Cardiovascular Woes

...who develop complications with the placenta during pregnancy appear to also have an elevated risk for later car... This study suggests that obesity may help trigger pregnancy complications and later cardiovascular woes....

Doctors Do Not Excise Sufficient Caution While Prescribing High-Risk Drugs

...er medications and possible drug interactions, and pregnancy status were taken into consideration during the ev...a lab test that was mandatory. Recommendations for pregnancy tests were most frequently not observed. There was no sustained lab monitoring while taking the medi...

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