Womb in Medical News

Exposure to Common Pollutant in Womb Might Lower IQ

Study found those kids performed worse on intelligence tests at age 5 MONDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- Fetal exposure to high levels of a common airborne pollutant compound seems to threaten the intellectual development of children, a new study suggests. The finding is based on t...

Major rise in Caesarean sections linked to impaired womb function with age

Delaying childbirth has substantially contributed to recent rises in caesarean section rates, according to a paper published this week by scientists at Cambridge University. The findings come from an analysis of a large body of Scottish data performed by a team under Professor Gordon Smith, at ...

Memory Forms at 30 Weeks in the Womb

Study finds fetuses showed short-term memory of 10 minutes at this stage in development WEDNESDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) -- Fetuses that are only 30 weeks old may already possess short-term memory, Dutch researchers report. "This is the next step into a better insight in the deve...

Clues to Muscular Dystrophy Seen in Womb

Finding could lead to earlier, more effective treatment: researchers WEDNESDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News)-- English scientists may have found a way to detect muscular dystrophy in the womb or shortly after birth, giving doctors more time to treat the disease before symptoms develop. ...

Childhood Asthma, Allergies Traced to Womb

New research suggests birth order, method of delivery all play a part WEDNESDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- At least some of the biological risk for childhood asthma and allergies traces back to the womb, new research suggests. Both the order of birth and even the way a baby is deli...

Stem cell treatment for brittle bones in the womb

The extraordinary results of an in utero stem cell treatment could lead to a new treatment for babies with brittle bones, as well as a range of other disabling conditions, according to a maternal-fetal medicine researcher, now based at The University of Queensland (UQ). Action Medical Research h...

Infants with birthmarks received less oxygen in womb

Madrid, Spain January 7, 2008 A hemangioma is a benign tumor of cells that line blood vessels, appearing during the first few weeks of life as a large birthmark or lesion. A study published in Pediatric Dermatology reveals that a disturbance of oxygen depletion was found in placentas of babies w...

Surgeons Gear Up To Carry Out First Womb Transplant

Doctors are getting ready to commence the first ever womb transplant, which they hope will be a successful one. //Giuseppe Del Priore, from Downtown Hospital in New York, has been allowed to go ahead with the transplant which has apparently received ample prospective donors. Recently in Octob...

Babies in Womb Exposed to Harmful Chemicals

Babies are exposed to certain harmful chemicals before they are even born, finds a news study that lays stress on the need for pregnant women to be careful about their diet.// Scientists led by Maria Jose Lopez Espinosa at the University of Granada, Spain, tested blood samples taken from the ...

Scientists Claim Human Womb Transplants Possible

Scientists from Sweden have successfully transferred a uterus into a sheep, and are now hopeful for a human womb transplants too. // They explained that the operation proves that a womb can safely be removed and stored before being transplanted back into an animal. Tests that were conducted o...

Pesticide exposure penetrates the womb and affects blood and brain

Harvard school of Public Health released alarming data that children in Ecuador whose mothers were exposed to pesticides while pregnant had increased blood pressure and diminished ability // to copy geometric figures as compared to a control group. This is the result of an epidemiological study in ...

Exposure to cigarette smoke when in the womb can lead to asthma

Children, who are exposed to passive smoking when in the womb of the mother, may have asthma at a later age.// Researchers of the study had conducted an 11-year observation of incidence of asthma and other respiratory diseases in Norway said that maternal smoking is significantly related to i...

Baby Underwent A Heart Surgery Inside The Womb

At the children’s hospital Boston, a surgery was conducted on a baby inside the womb. The baby, Grace, underwent the world's first heart stent procedure in the womb. // She was discharged on Friday after the successful completion of the surgery. The baby was diagnosed with a heart defect called...

Pollution can cause damage to fetus in womb

In a pilot study in New York, air pollution due to combustion has been proved to cause damage to the DNA of the fetus in the womb.// The research was done by Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health, part of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, US. The research...

Endangered species may be successfully cloned in another animal's womb

Scientists for the first time have found a way for the survival of endangered animal species of the world. In a major breakthrough a Massachusetts scientists who engineered the feat has managed to clone cells from an endangered animal (Asian Gaur) and successfully impregnated an Iowa cow with t...

If Baby Is Breech, Technology Might Help

... their doctor decide what to do -- whether to try to rotate the baby in the womb or prepare for a Cesarean delivery. "The trend is not to deliver breech...on can be done. This involves external manipulation to turn the baby in the womb to a head-first position. It's typically done at week 35 or 36. (A full-...

Low Birth Weight Might Raise Adult Kidney Disease Risk

...ngs appear in the August issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases . "Experimental studies suggest that restricted growth of a fetus in the womb can interfere with normal kidney development and result in fewer and smaller filtering units, or nephrons, at birth," lead author Sarah L. White, of t...

Oscar Award Winner, Dr. A.R. Rahman inaugurates Apollo Children's Hospital - the First Standalone Quaternary Care Paediatric Hospital in the Apollo Hospitals Group

...Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group said, "Children shape the future of a nation. In this era, advances in pediatric care means that even children in the womb can be diagnosed and a plan for their healing can be put into place. There is so much more we can offer today to heal a sick child. We intend to use A...

Test May Predict Moms Who Will Deliver Prematurely

...medications that we use, but none are very effective." Still, identifying women at higher risk would enable doctors to give babies steroids in the womb to help mature their lungs faster, Greenfield said. These are considered most effective when given two to seven days before delivery. "We could ti...

Anti-epilepsy drug risk on cognitive function for unborn children

...r research looked at how exposure to sodium valproate and other AEDs in the womb affected children's everyday life in particular their IQ, memory and langu...already shown that children exposed to AEDs such as sodium valproate in the womb are more likely to suffer birth defects characterised by heart malformation...

Buyer Beware! Know What You're Getting When You Buy Online Genetic Tests

...aracteristics are more complex than previously thought, resulting from the interaction of numerous genes, behaviors, and the environment - both in the womb and after birth. Direct-to-consumer test results can have many unintended consequences, say Dr. Dolan and Ms. Andrews, such as: ...

Grant received for eye disorder research

...ndrome. Duane syndrome is a congenital eye movement disorder that causes eye muscles to contract and relax when they should not. It develops in the womb where it affects nerve growth in the eye. Sufferers of the syndrome have limited eye movement sideways towards the ear or nose. When the eye moves tow...

Polycystic ovarian syndrome: New light on its causes and its effect on brothers

...ease in either a mother or father can create unfavourable conditions in the womb that are associated with the development of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PC...these brothers. We need to explore the possible effect of conditions in the womb and also the role of the environment. However, we think our data strongly s...

Exposure to phthalates may be a risk factor for low birth weight in infants

...compounds used as plasticizers in a wide variety of personal care products, children's toys, and medical devices. Phthalate exposure can begin in the womb and has been associated with negative changes in endocrine function. A new study soon to be published in the Journal of Pediatrics examines the pos...

Pregnancy and the flu: A link to schizophrenia

...uenza-exposed children who developed a psychotic disorder in adulthood. "The good news is that most fetuses exposed to influenza virus while in the womb will not go on to develop schizophrenia. The bad news is that the prior association between influenza infection and later development of psychotic di...

Model for new generation of blood vessels challenged

...ew generation of blood vessels takes place in normal physiological processes, such as when a wound heals, children grow, or the mucous membrane of the womb is built up to be able to receive a fertilized egg. It is also a crucial mechanism in tumor diseases, rheumatism, and certain eye disorders, for examp...

Kids More Apt to Smoke If Mom Did While Pregnant

... Research suggests biological changes take place in the womb TUESDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking while pregnant "biologically primes" the unborn child to become a regular smoker as a teen and...

Epilepsy Drug Impairs Baby's Intelligence

...e 3, children who were exposed to valproate in the womb had IQ scores up to nine points lower than childre...ns. The average IQ for children exposed in the womb to lamotrigine was 101, for phenytoin it was 99, a...ne it was 98. Children exposed to valproate in the womb scored an average of 92 on the IQ test, according ...

Women's Testosterone Patch May Not Work

...tin . The drug Intrinsa was recently approved in the United Kingdom for treatment of women who've gone through menopause as the result of ovary and womb removal and who are receiving estrogen replacement therapy. There is some evidence that low levels of circulating testosterone may be linked to a decl...

Discovery provides hope for sufferers of disfiguring bone disease

... Craniosynostosis develops in the womb and affects one in every 2500 live births. Bones in the skulls and face of sufferers fuse together prematurely causing a range of distressing developm...

A.L.L.'s Judie Brown Hopes to See Pelosi in Confession Line

... open her heart to the great evil she is helping inflict on the United States: 'How can it be that the most wondrous and sacred human space - the womb - has become a place of unutterable violence?'" American Life League was co-founded in 1979 by Judie Brown. It is the largest grassroots Catholic...

Prenatal Exposure to Traffic Pollution May Lead to Asthma

...nvironment can boost mutations in genes, study says MONDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Traffic pollution may cause genetic changes in the womb that increase a child's risk of developing asthma, say U.S. researchers who studied umbilical cord blood from New York City children. They found e...

NEWSWEEK Cover: Stress Could Save Your Life (Or at Least it's Better for You Than You Think)

...School of Medicine. Some adults who seek out stress and believe they flourish under it may have been abused as children or permanently affected in the womb after exposure to high levels of adrenaline and cortisol, he tells Newsweek. Even if they weren't, he added, they're "trying to satisfy" some psycholo...

Vitamin D Deficit May Trigger MS Risk Gene

...t may affect a person's risk of multiple sclerosis, according to British and Canadian researchers who also said that vitamin D deficiency while in the womb and early in life may increase the risk of MS later in life. Both genetic and environmental factors play a role in MS, a neurological condition tha...

Additional Steroid Dose May Help Preemies

...plications, without ill effects, study finds THURSDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Giving a second dose of steroids to babies still in the womb can reduce their post-birth respiratory problems and does not seem to affect their growth the way multiple courses can, new research shows. In bab...

Researchers detail how aging undermines bone healing

...mone with many functions in the animal body depending on the type of cell they interact with, from blood vessel dilation to embryo implantation in the womb to bone healing. PGE2 is known to have it effect on cells by reacting with one of four receptor proteins (EP1EP4) on the surface of cells, including t...

In High-Stakes Stock Trading, Finger Length Matters

... Study finds testosterone exposure in womb creates long ring finger, financial success,,,, MONDAY, Jan. 12...among those exposed to relatively high amounts of testosterone while in the womb because the brains of such individuals go on to develop a greater-than-aver...

Elective Early Deliveries Pose Risks for Babies

...al director of labor and delivery at Massachusetts General Hospital, who spoke at the conference. It's in the best interest of the baby to stay in the womb for a full-term delivery, she said. "It is very important for lay people to understand that every week counts, and that they shouldn't be cavalier ...

CU Statement on FDA Position on Mercury From Fish Consumption

...o neurotoxins like mercury, especially during critical periods of the neurological system's development and vulnerability to damage that occurs in the womb and into childhood," said Dr. Urvashi Rangan, Senior Scientist and Policy Analyst at Consumers Union. With so many types of fish lower in mer...

Beware of Toxic Toys This Holiday Season

...re this holiday season," she said. Phthalates, which can be found in many soft plastic toys, can cause serious problems when exposure occurs in the womb or during crucial stages of development. Problems include premature delivery, reproductive defects, early onset of puberty, and lower sperm counts, ac...