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Anti-epilepsy drug risk on cognitive function for unborn children

LIVERPOOL, UK 21 July 2009: Interim results of a study being conducted by scientists at the University of Liverpool suggest that children aged three years and younger, who are born to women taking the anti-epileptic drug sodium valproate whilst pregnant, are likely to have an IQ of six to nine po...

Sebelius Places Interests of Late-Term Abortionists Ahead of Unborn Children

WASHINGTON, April 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council President Tony Perkins released the following statement after Gov. Kathleen Sebelius vetoed a pro-life bill that increases reporting requirements for doctors who perform late-term abortions and allows lawsuits against them i...

President Obama Gives the Unborn at Least a 24 Hour Reprieve, Postpones $441 Million Bailout of International Abortions, Says Family Research Council

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the day that millions of Americans solemnly marked the 36th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that has led to the loss of an estimated 50 million lives, President Barack Obama was widely expected to issue an executive...

Consuming small amounts of caffeine when pregnant may affect the growth of an unborn child

Consuming caffeine at any time during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of fetal growth restriction (low birth weight), according to research published on bmj.com today. Although some previous studies have also shown this, this BMJ study additionally shows that any amount and ty...

Fine Particulate Matter from Traffic may Reduce Unborn Babies Birth Weight

A recent research has found that pregnant womens contact with fine particulate matter from traffic may decrease their childrens birth weight. The National Research Centre for Environment and Health in Neuherberg near Munich conducted the study, together with colleagues from the French Inst...

Stressed Pregnant Working Mothers Put Their Unborn Child’s Life in Dange

Stress is a major factor causing health concerns among both the pregnant woman and her child. According to a study it was found that pregnant working// mothers who undergo a lot of stress put their unborn child in peril. It was found that these children were five ounces lighter than the average bir...

Mother’s Diet Could Prevent Cancer In Their Unborn Children

A new study shows women who consume more fruits, vegetables and proteins before becoming pregnant are less likely to have a child who develops leukemia. Researchers believe that glutathione // is the nutrient in protein that lowers the cancer risk. Researchers studied more than 130 women who had...

Antidepressants Late In Pregnancy Harmful to Unborn Baby

Researchers looked at what effect antidepressants taken late in pregnancy have on the birth of the baby. The study included 997 infants.// All of the babies’ moms took antidepressants during their third trimester.Researchers found that maternal use of antidepressants late in pregnancy causes an inc...

Drugs Taken During Pregnancy Found To Affect Unborn Babies

The lifetime risk for depression in women ranges from 10 percent to 25 percent, with the peak prevalence occurring during // the childbearing years. Some reports suggest as many as 14 percent of pregnant women suffer from depression and up to 35 percent of women use antidepressants during pregnancy...

FRC Action Launches TV Ad Campaign On Government Health Care Takeover

...s rationing would mean that you and I could be denied basic care while our tax dollars are used to underwrite a mother choosing to end the life of her unborn child. "On the other key life-and-death decisions there is an active commitment on the part of Senate Democratic Leadership to allow the ration...

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Unborn in Medical Technology

FDA Approves Tekturna HCT(R) as Initial Treatment in Patients Unlikely to Achieve Their Blood Pressure Goals With a Single Agent

...our goal blood pressure with a single medicine. Important considerations IMPORTANT WARNING: TEKTURNA or TEKTURNA HCT may harm an unborn baby, causing injury and even death. If you get pregnant, stop taking TEKTURNA or TEKTURNA HCT and call your doctor right away. If you plan to become ...

Study Showed Lilly's GEMZAR(R) (gemcitabine HCl for injection) Improved Progression-Free Survival in Cervical Cancer Patients

...ometimes fatal. If you think you are pregnant, are planning to become pregnant, or are nursing, please tell your healthcare team. GEMZAR may harm your unborn or nursing baby. If you have had prior kidney or liver problems or impairment, please tell your healthcare professional. GEMZAR may not be right ...

Schering-Plough Highlights Hepatitis C Clinical Data Presentations at the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) Annual Meeting

... not all cases, these disorders resolve after stopping PEGINTRON therapy. Use with Ribavirin: Ribavirin may cause birth defects and death of the unborn child. Extreme care must be taken to avoid pregnancy in female patients and in female partners of male patients. Ribavirin causes hemolytic anemia. ...

Final Results of Boceprevir Phase II HCV SPRINT-1 Study Showed Significantly Higher SVR Rates Compared to Standard of Care in Treatment-Naive Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Patients

... not all cases, these disorders resolve after stopping PEGINTRON therapy. Use with Ribavirin: Ribavirin may cause birth defects and death of the unborn child. Extreme care must be taken to avoid pregnancy in female patients and in female partners of male patients. Ribavirin causes hemolytic anemia. ...

FDA Approves an Expanded Indication for Peginterferon-Based Combination Therapy for Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C

... not all cases, these disorders resolve after stopping PEGINTRON therapy. Use with Ribavirin: Ribavirin may cause birth defects and death of the unborn child. Extreme care must be taken to avoid pregnancy in female patients and in female partners of male patients. Ribavirin causes hemolytic anemia. ...

Orthopaedic Injury: High Risk to Pregnant Women

... New study finds even minor orthopaedic trauma can lead to medical problems for pregnant women and their unborn children LAS VEGAS, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pregnant women who experience orthopaedic trauma may minimize the risk of preterm birth a...

Lenetix Launches Screening Study of New Down Syndrome Test

... cause. "We take deep pride in the technology we have developed because it has the potential to impact the lives of millions of women and their unborn children," said Lenetix president and CEO Leonard H. Kellner. "Patients and doctors are constantly required to weigh the importance of an invasive and...

Schering-Plough Provides Update on Boceprevir Clinical Development and Introduces Potent Next-Generation Oral HCV Protease Inhibitor for Treating Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C

...isorders resolve after stopping PEGINTRON and/or INTRON A therapy. Use with Ribavirin: Ribavirin may cause birth defects and/or death of the unborn child. Extreme care must be taken to avoid pregnancy in female patients and in female partners of male patients. Ribavirin causes hemolytic anemia. ...

Boceprevir Phase II Study Showed High Rate of Sustained Response With 28- and 48-Week Regimens in Genotype 1 Treatment-Naive Hepatitis C Patients

... these disorders resolve after stopping PEGINTRON and/or INTRON A therapy. Use with Ribavirin: Ribavirin may cause birth defects and/or death of the unborn child. Extreme care must be taken to avoid pregnancy in female patients and in female partners of male patients. Ribavirin causes hemolytic anemia. Th...

Abbott's Kaletra(R) Tablet Dosed Once-Daily or Twice-Daily Demonstrated Similar Clinical Results Across Race and Gender Lines

...such as KALETRA. Some patients with hemophilia have increased bleeding with protease inhibitors. The effects of KALETRA on pregnant women or their unborn babies are not known. Mothers taking KALETRA should not breast-feed. All strengths of KALETRA tablets should be swallowed whole and not chewed, brok...

Unborn in Medical Definition

Newborn transport

...erever possible (and safe), in utero transfer is generally preferable to newborn transport. Transfer of the mother while still pregnant and her infant unborn leads to inproved survival and quality of survival for the baby. ...

Unborn in Medical Dictionary

Rubella

...bella is dangerous because of its ability to harm unborn babies. ... Rubella , sometimes called "Germa... is dangerous because of its ability to damage an unborn baby. ... Learn about measles, mumps and ru...man contracts the disease and passes it onto her unborn fetus. ...

Polyhydramnios

...ence of excessive amniotic fluid surrounding the unborn infant. ... More about Polyhydramnios and Ol...ence of excessive amniotic fluid surrounding the unborn infant. ... Polyhydramnios can occur if the fet...ence of excessive amniotic fluid surrounding the unborn infant. ... Polyhydramnios can occur if the fet...

Placental insufficiency

...insufficiency during the last trimester of pregnancy. ... Placental insufficiency is the failure of the placenta to supply nutrients to the unborn child and remove toxic wastes. ... with placental insufficiency . ... ...

Germ

...re the cells that develop in the embryo (fetus, or unborn baby) and ... A germ cell tumor arises f...re the cells that develop in the embryo (fetus, or unborn ... These germ cells follow a midline path throu...re the cells that develop in the embryo (fetus, or unborn baby) and ... ...

Fetus

...hesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. Online Medical Dictionary and glossary with medical definitions ... Definition of Fetus . Fetus : The unborn offspring from the end of the 8th week after ... ...

Erythroblastosis Fetalis

... a ... Erythroblastosis fetalis develops in an unborn infant when the mom and the baby ... More ab... a ... Erythroblastosis fetalis develops in an unborn infant when the mom and the baby ... Erythr...ly ... Erythroblastosis fetalis develops in an unborn infant when the mom and the baby ... What is...

Down syndrome

... syndrome need glasses) ... Research Reveals How Down Syndrome Shields against Cancer(05/20/2009, HealthDay) ... Down Syndrome and Your unborn Baby(American Academy of Family Physicians) ... This site provides a comprehensive overview of life with Down syndrome or trisomy 21. It cov...

Anencephaly

...eural tube defects. ... Anencephaly occurs early in the development of an unborn baby. ... Important It is possible that the main title of the report A...eural tube defects. ... Anencephaly occurs early in the development of an unborn baby. ... Online Medical Dictionary and glossary with medical definitio...

Amniotic fluid

...tic sac that provides a barrier to infections, not the fluid . ... Amniotic fluid is a clear, slightly yellowish liquid that surrounds the unborn ... An excessive amount of amniotic fluid is called polyhydramnios. ... What is amniotic fluid and what is it's purpose? ... Amniotic f...

Abortion

...ical Abortion Procedure ... The CBR abortion image archive (30+ abortion pictures) displays photographic evidence of what abortion does to unborn human beings. Facts and statistics, Abortion pill, including frequency and demographics ... "Evidence Doesn't Matter" in APA Abortion Advocacy...

Unborn in Biological News

A revolution in the monitoring of unborn babies

New technology, the size of a mobile phone, which could save the life of an unborn child, has been developed by scientists from The University of Nottingham. The device monitors the baby’s heart for signs of potential danger. It is small and easy to use so that mother’s-to-be can keep a regular che...

OHSU research shows vitamin C counteracts some negative impacts of smoking on unborn babies

Research conducted in monkeys at the Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, suggests high doses of vitamin C may have potential to counteract some negative impacts of smoking in unborn babies. The research may benefit thousands of babies born to mothers who...

Pregnant women with asthma can be more confident about some medicines

...want to know what they can do to reduce the risks of their asthma for their unborn baby. "Regulations ensure that drug product information lists unanswered sa... good time to try out treatments where little is known about the effects on unborn babies. Most asthma medications have not been studied in trials that includ...

Methylmercury warning

... the International Journal of Environment and Health, suggests that we should take a precautionary approach to this and similar compounds to protect unborn children from irreversible brain damage. Philippe Grandjean of the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard School of Public Health, in Boston...

'Fingerprinting' method tracks mercury emissions from coal

...d may even cause death. Effects on humans include damage to the central nervous system, heart and immune system. The developing brains of young and unborn children are especially vulnerable. "There has been a lot of controversy about how much mercury is coming from different types of industrial activi...

Monitoring outcomes of suicide attempts in pregnancy can better assess drug dangers

... reports in a special issue of Toxicology and Industrial Health, published this week by SAGE. Information about the harm particular drugs can do to unborn children a measure known as tetrogenic potential is generally extrapolated from experimental animal investigations before the drug is approved for s...

New and revised limits ensure safety in the workplace

...tists also examined whether a workplace substance causes cancer, modifies germ cells and therefore jeopardises reproduction, whether it can damage the unborn baby during pregnancy, is absorbed via the skin or sensitises the skin or respiratory tract. For example the fungicide thiabendazol changes germ cells...

Pregnant mice block out unwelcome admirers to protect their pups

... Mouse mothers-to-be have a remarkable way to protect their unborn pups. Because the smell of a strange male's urine can cause miscarriage and reactivate the ovulatory cycle, pregnant mice prevent the action of such o...

Clues to ancestral origin of placenta emerge in Stanford study

...nt origins of a mother's intricate lifeline to her unborn baby, the placenta, which delivers oxygen and nutr...in preventing or allowing molecules to pass to the unborn baby that influence the baby's disease risk well i...how the placenta protects the growing brain of the unborn baby, a protection that seems to extend into adult...

Prenatal Stress Keeps Infants, Toddlers up at Night, Study Says

...ehavioral disturbances so often crop up together. In the meantime, pregnant women concerned about how their own mood-disturbance may harm their unborn babys sleeping habits, development and emotional health may want to consider psychological treatment, OConnor said. Several evidence-based therapies e...

Unborn in Biological Technology

Lilly Set to Unveil More Than 50 Studies at ASCO 2009

...ant, or are nursing, please tell your healthcare team. ALIMTA may harm your unborn or nursing baby. Your physician may advise you to use effective contracepti...ant, or are nursing, please tell your healthcare team. GEMZAR may harm your unborn or nursing baby. If you have had prior kidney or liver problems or imp...

Lilly to Acquire ImClone Systems in $6.5 Billion Transaction

...ant, or are nursing, please tell your healthcare team. ALIMTA may harm your unborn or nursing baby. Your physician may advise you to use effective contracepti...ant, or are nursing, please tell your healthcare team. GEMZAR may harm your unborn or nursing baby. If you have had prior kidney or liver problems or impair...

JAMA Commentary Opposes Criminal Punishment for HIV Exposure/Transmission

... was exposed to the virus were virtually zero. Some laws expressly include pregnant women, putting them at risk of being prosecuted for exposing their unborn infants to HIV. Anxiety about the negative effects of criminalization is growing, and opposition to it will be a prominent feature of the Internatio...

Unborn in Biological Dictionary

Fetus

... plural is fetuses. In humans, the fetal stage of prenatal development starts at the beginning of the 11th week in... fetus n. , pl. -tuses . The unborn young of a viviparous vertebrate having a basic structural resemblance to the adult animal Fetus in fetu Fetus in fetu (or fœtus in fœtu ) is a...