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Risk of preeclampsia in pregnant mothers may be inherited

...test will be able to predict the gene that gives a woman with the STOX1 genotype a fift percent chance of having preeclampsia. The study is published in the April issue of Nature Genetics....

Lupin flour may cause peanut allergy like reactions

... Lancet, was based on the experience of a 25yr old woman who had the similar symptoms of anaphylaxis and was allergic to peanuts. However when her food that had caused the allergic reaction was checked for peanuts had not revealed any peanut ingredient. The researchers of the study had found the ingredient...

Research reports that c-section deliveries are rising

...rimary c-section deliveries are restricted, as the woman who has a cesarean delivery the first time, is likely to have them for all successive deliveries....

Test for prenatal chromosomal abnormalities using cervical swab

... the fetus from the cervical mucus of the pregnant woman with the help of a cervical swab. This may be done between 7 and 10 weeks into the pregnancy. Researchers have used an enzyme to free up the cell and fluorescent antibodies to mark the fetal cells. These cells are then checked for chromosomal abnorm...

Canada helps in giving birth to world first baby from frozen egg

...y boy. Freezing of eggs taken from the ovaries of woman is a difficult procedure that results in ice crystal formation and decreases the longevity of the eggs. Hence it is very difficult to use this procedure to treat infertility problems. The Canadian university had developed the new method of rapid free...

Dental appointment fear: is it gender specific?

...but did you know that //whether you are a man or a woman can affect the way you feel scared about dental appointments? A new study done by researchers of University of Toronto emphasize that although women are 2.5 times as likely to be afraid of dentists than men, men too are as likely to eel afraid, only...

Women may not seek help for pelvic floor disorders

...ms of the disease may begin after the first time a woman gives birth and with age the condition may worsen, depending on the presence of other factors as well. Exercising regularly may help in dealing with the condition. Reference: Temple University, Press release, June 2005...

Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives May Increase Risk For Heart Attack Or Stroke

...e risk for a cardiovascular event in an individual woman taking the pill is low … Women using the pill are not going to automatically have a heart attack," said Nestler. "However, our findings do raise the issue of whether oral contraceptives are optimal therapy for certain groups of women who are at basel...

Cooking with unflued stove can cause cataract

...k of developing cataract but the best option for a woman would be in using cleaner-burning fuels....

Woman prisoner in Bihar found HIV positive

Patna, July 18 (IANS) A woman prisoner in a Bihar jail was detected as HIV posit... It is the first such case in a Bihar prison. The woman from a village in Patna district, lodged in the prison three months ago on a murder charge, has "alm...

Guide for physicians launched to help them identify alcohol disorders

... 5 or more drinks for man and 4 or more drinks for woman is the criteria that marks the day for drinking heavily. The guide shows how to assess the symptoms of alcohol disorder and the related problems, to find out if the patient is a heavy drinker or is only at an increased risk from moderate drinking. Th...

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

...rch suggests that albuminuria may be a sign that a woman has problems in the lining of her blood vessels," says Dr. David Warnock, President, National Kidney Foundation and Director of Nephrology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. "If so, some cases of prematurity may be caused by a dysfunction in...

Revolutionary Simple Pregnancy Blood Test Can Save Both Mother And Child

...d: "This allows us to be more vigilant and see the woman more often and pick up the problem early enough th...e. "This allows us to be more vigilant and see the woman more often and pick up the problem early enough that it doesn't become a more serious problem for mo...

Fragile X-Associated Tremor /Ataxia Syndrome Need Guidelines For Diagnostic Tests

... A second study in Ireland examined a 70-year-old woman with mild ataxia and tremor that became severe after receiving chemotherapy to treat breast cancer. She had two sons with Fragile X syndrome. The researchers concluded she had FXTAS after a genetic test using DNA from a blood sample showed that she c...

Soya Found To Affect Women's Ability To Conceive: Professor

...oya products entirely. "But it might be best for a woman to avoid them for a few days around the time she is ovulating." --DPA...

Death Of Singaporean Woman After Mysterious Illness

Police are investigating the mysterious death of a woman whose entire body turned black//, skin peeled off and blood oozed from her ears in an ordeal that started with a simple fever, news reports said Thursday. Reeling from shock and disbelief, the family of June Wong, 26, is demanding answers. Official...

Girls Who Undergo Genital Mutilation Can Become Infertile

...ty. The researchers examined the genitalia of each woman to record the extent of FGM. They also tested the women for sexually transmitted infections that may cause infertility. They found that infertile women had a significantly higher risk of having undergone the most extensive form of FGM, involving the...

Beef, Pork Ban Hit Bhutan Restaurateurs

...pting for alternatives," said Prema Dorji, a local woman hotelier. Indo-Asian News Service...

Magsaysay Award for Dr.Shanta from Chennai Cancer Institute

...ancer Institute. Muthulakshmi Reddy, India's first woman medical graduate and a social reformer who lost her sister to the disease, established the Adyar Cancer Institute in 1954. The institute - started with two doctors including Shanta - was a single building with minimal diagnostic and therapeutic fac...

Woman In Coma Gives Birth To Daughter

An American woman who had gone into coma when she was four months pregnant, had been proclaimed //as brain dead, and was on life support. Susan Torres, 26, had given birth to a two-month premature daughter, while being on life support. The medical practitioners of th...

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