Pregnancy in the News
The articles featured below include news about or mention of pregnancy. This is page 5 of 7.
UNICEF - Japan contributes to the health of Sri Lanka's children
A step forward for the health of Sri Lanka’s children, thanks to US$2.3 million from the Japan Committee for UNICEF. The Japan Committee for UNICEF has contributed US$2.3 million to help boost chil...
Why are birth interventions are increasing? Conference in Australia
C-sections, amniocentesis, spinal blocks, CVS testing - having a baby might be one of the most natural things in the world, but a University of Western Sydney conference will explore why growing nu...
Repeat steroids reduce breathing problems in premature babies
A single course of corticosteroids, specifically betamethasone, was already believed to reduce the risk of respiratory diseases and other problems in pre-term babies before the recent study began. ...
No fetal pain according to recent research
Womens weight may affect effectiveness of birth control pills
Do birth control pills work differently depending on how much a woman weighs ? Oral contraceptives do not come in differing strengths according to a patient's weight, such as other medications. Sev...
MRI can help rule out acute appendicitis in pregnancy if ultrasound inconclusive
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can help rule out acute appendicitis in pregnancy when ultrasound findings are inconclusive. Until now, in cases where appendicitis is strongly suspected and ultras...
Premature Babies: New Research to help identify who is at risk
Medical researchers a have received funding to develop commercial applications for a unique method of identifying pregnant women at risk of having premature babies. This involves study of the level...
Challenging the taboo of talking about termination for fetal abnormality
DIPEx, a website about people’s experiences of health and illness, has launched a new collection on the emotive subject of ending a pregnancy for reasons of fetal abnormality. DIPEx (www.dipex.org)...
Ground-breaking ovarian reserve test to help women plan for the future
Developed by Professor Bill Ledger, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the University of Sheffield, Plan Ahead measures three hormone levels in the blood. The first two are the ovarian hormon...
Benefits of a seafood diet outweigh the risks
Scientists now believe that expectant mothers who consume a low fish diet have been unknowingly depriving their children of omega-3 fatty acids, a vital component in brain development. As a result ...
Rise in sudden infant death syndrome involving parent and infant sleeping on sofa
Cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) when a parent sleeps with their infant on a sofa has increased recently, according to a paper in The Lancet. The authors strongly recommend that parents...
US National Birth Defects Prevention Month: Folic Acid Awareness Week
Research indicates that folic acid might reduce the risk of birth defects, such as cleft lip, cleft palate and heart defects. Yale Ob/Gyn clinicians stress that folic acid supplementation before an...
Weaker bones in children linked to mothers vitamin D levels in pregnancy
A team at the Medical Research Council's Epidemiology Resource Centre at the University of Southampton has found that maternal vitamin D deficiency is associated with poor skeletal growth of childr...
Researchers suggest a reason for recurrent sudden infant death syndrome
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