Pregnancy News
1 Feb 2012 at 11:57pm
WEDNESDAY Feb. 1, 2012 -- The morning-after pill may help shrink painful fibroids and relieve excessive bleeding, new research indicates.
1 Feb 2012 at 6:47pm
Beyonce and JayZ are not the first parents to choose a baby name that is a color, but baby Blue Ivy might be one of the most recent ones to be well known.
28 Jan 2012 at 4:17pm
Despite a decrease in home births between 1990 and 2004, the number of home births actually increased between 2004 and 2009 by 29%, an upturn of 0.56% in 2004, to 0.72% in 2009.
26 Jan 2012 at 6:22pm
Historically speaking, home birth was were the vast majority of babies were born prior to the 1900s.
24 Jan 2012 at 2:20am
Shares of Columbia Laboratories once again took a beating yesterday, cut by more than half, after a negative 13-4 vote by the FDA Advisory Committee on Friday after-hours, recommending against approving its progesterone vaginal gel 8% Prochieve in reducing the risk of pre-term birth in women with a single gestation and a short uterine cervical ... (more)
23 Jan 2012 at 9:27am
We spend a lot of time talking about pregnancy symptoms . What they are, what they mean and how to deal with them.
22 Jan 2012 at 4:34am
'Silent Thalidomide': Thousands of mothers and their daughters at risk of cancer from anti-miscarriage drugs they took decades ago Thousands of women whose mothers were prescribed the common pregnancy drug DES are unaware they are at greater risk of a number of cancers, according to experts.
21 Jan 2012 at 10:19pm
Women whose mothers were prescribed the common pregnancy drug DES will be encouraged to seek compensation as it has been linked to certain cancers.
20 Jan 2012 at 2:19pm
You're probably looking very forward to the day that your baby is born. You've been imagining it for months.
17 Jan 2012 at 11:03am
Welcome to 2012 - a Leap Year! That means that at the end of February, we'll get a whole extra day, February 29th.
17 Jan 2012 at 1:54am
BACKGROUND: Second-trimester medical termination of pregnancy is associated with a higher risk of surgical evacuation than earlier medical TOP.
14 Jan 2012 at 7:59pm
A new Canadian study suggests smoking marijuana while pregnant is an effective way to combat morning sickness, though researchers note the findings are far from conclusive.
12 Jan 2012 at 10:19pm
JWoww, DJ Pauly D, Vinny and Ronnie visit the THR Cover Lounge to clear up the most outrageous gossip headlines they've read about themselves.
12 Jan 2012 at 4:20pm
The Kitchener mother had such a good experience with her midwife during her first pregnancy, she didn't hesitate to pick midwifery care again.
12 Jan 2012 at 12:10pm
Are you trying to get pregnant? Trying to figure out if you're pregnant or not can be a big deal.
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msnbc.com: Women's health
3 Feb 2012 at 10:42am
In an apparent reversal of Susan G. Komen For the Cure's funding cuts to Planned Parenthood, the founder and CEO of the nation's largest breast-cancer advocacy agency said Friday that the group would amend the criteria that sparked a firestorm.
2 Feb 2012 at 1:11pm
 Nancy G. Brinker rejected accusations that the organization caved to political pressure in cutting ties to Planned Parenthood. She spoke to NBC's Andrea Mitchell.
2 Feb 2012 at 1:11pm
2 Feb 2012 at 11:47am
 If you’ve been taking the birth control pills that were recalled Wednesday, there are some simple steps you can take to protect yourself against an unwanted pregnancy.
1 Feb 2012 at 6:16pm
Planned Parenthood said Wednesday that it received more than $400,000 from 6,000 donors in the 24 hours after news broke that its affiliates would be losing grants for breast screenings from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer foundation.
1 Feb 2012 at 5:42pm
 By Allison BeckerMyHealthNewsDailyWomen who dine together tend to eat at the same pace, according to a new study. The researchers say they now want to find out whether the same applies to men.
 
1 Feb 2012 at 3:00pm
Pfizer said on Tuesday it was recalling about a million packets of birth control pills in the United States because they may not contain enough contraceptive to prevent pregnancy.
31 Jan 2012 at 11:51am
The maker of a popular line of hair-straightening products has agreed to alert consumers that two of its formulations emit formaldehyde gas, a possible carcinogen, California's attorney general announced.
26 Jan 2012 at 5:30am
 The former head of a French company at the center of a breast implant scandal affecting tens of thousands of women worldwide has been arrested in southeast France.
20 Jan 2012 at 4:43pm
Many church-affiliated institutions will have to cover free birth control for employees, the Obama administration announced Friday in an election-year move that outraged religious groups, fueling a national debate about the reach of government.
30 Dec 2011 at 1:54pm
Long before the latest global breast implant scare, American health officials were toying with the idea of building a registry that would track patients with implants. The registry would give a better idea of the number of complications over time, such as rupture or infection.
29 Dec 2011 at 12:51pm
When asked to rate their own health, women, on average, consistently report being in worse health than men do, and a new study from researchers in Spain says this is because women have a higher rate of chronic diseases.
29 Dec 2011 at 2:40pm
Women who wake up at least three times during the night from bothersome hot flashes wake up less when they take estrogen, but the quality of their sleep remains the same, according to a new study.
27 Dec 2011 at 9:20am
 As early as 2000, U.S. health authorities raised concerns about the French breast implant maker at the heart of a scandal affecting hundreds of thousands of women worldwide. But it wasn't until years later that the company came under scrutiny.
23 Dec 2011 at 6:25pm
 France took a costly and unprecedented leap Friday in offering to pay for 30,000 women to have their breast implants removed because of mounting fears the products could rupture and leak cheap, industrial-grade silicone into the body.
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Pregnancy / Obstetrics News From Medical News Today
2 Feb 2012 at 3:00am
Can pregnant women improve their progeny's intelligence by eating fish? A study recently submitted to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and coordinated by the University of Granada professor Cristina Campoy Folgoso revealed that infants born to mothers who consumed more fish during pregnancy score higher in verbal intelligence and fine motor skill tests, and present an...
2 Feb 2012 at 2:00am
Although women over age 50 who become pregnant via egg donation are at an elevated risk for developing obstetrical complications, their complication rates are similar to those of younger recipients, according to a study by Columbia University Medical Center researchers to be published in the February 2012 issue of the American Journal of Perinatology...
1 Feb 2012 at 11:00am
Does eating fish during pregnancy improve a child's intelligence? According to a recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition the answer is yes. The study revealed that infants of mothers who consumed more fish during pregnancy achieved higher scores in verbal intelligence and fine motor skill testing, as well as having a higher pro-social behavior...
31 Jan 2012 at 2:00am
Women have long bemoaned the fact that as they have more children, their weight gain from pregnancy becomes more difficult to lose. A new study using a mouse model that mimics the human effects of multiparity (giving birth more than once) has found that mouse moms who gave birth four times accrued significantly more fat compared to primiparous females (those giving birth once) of similar age...
28 Jan 2012 at 2:00am
Women who consumed a diet high in animal fat and cholesterol before pregnancy were at higher risk for gestational diabetes than women whose diets were lower in animal fat and cholesterol, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Harvard University. Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes seen during pregnancy...
28 Jan 2012 at 2:00am
Despite a decrease in home births between 1990 and 2004, the number of home births actually increased between 2004 and 2009 by 29%, an upturn of 0.56% in 2004, to 0.72% in 2009. In 2009, a total of 29,650 home births were reported in the United States. This is the most home births reported since researchers began analyzing data on this topic in 1989...
27 Jan 2012 at 12:00pm
Approximately 1 in every 15,000 pregnant women will develop subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) - bleeding in the area between the brain and the thin membranes that cover the brain, according to a study published in the February issue of Anesthesiology...
27 Jan 2012 at 11:00am
HIV-positive mothers can protected their babies from becoming infected with the virus if they take antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy. However, even though these drugs prevent transmitting the disease to the child, they could potentially cause birth defects like cleft lip and palate...
27 Jan 2012 at 4:00am
After falling for 14 years, the percentage of home births in the US from 2004 to 2009 rose by 29% to the highest level since data collection on this began in 1989. However, although this looks like a big surge, the overall proportion of American women giving birth at home is still low: in 2004 only 0.56% of births were at home, rising to 0.72% in 2009...
27 Jan 2012 at 2:00am
New research by Australian scientists reveals that males who are exposed to high levels of testosterone before birth are twice as likely to experience delays in language development compared to females...
26 Jan 2012 at 2:00am
To fully understand the causes of the obesity epidemic in Aboriginal children requires an understanding of the unique social and historical factors that shape the Aboriginal community...
23 Jan 2012 at 2:00am
With a growing need for family-friendly workplace policies, a new study commissioned by the National Partnership for Women & Families, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, concludes that providing paid family leave to workers leads to positive economic outcomes for working families, businesses and the public...
20 Jan 2012 at 3:00am
A new study shows pregnant women exposed to armed conflict have a higher risk of giving birth to underweight babies, a result that could change the way aid is delivered to developing countries. "From a development side we need to ask, `Who is the population we should be focusing on?'" said Hani Mansour, Ph.D...
20 Jan 2012 at 3:00am
A large regional hospital in Ghana saw a reduction in maternal and infant deaths after continuous quality improvement (QI) initiatives were put into place through a collaborative partnership. New research from lead author Medge Owen, M.D...
18 Jan 2012 at 4:00am
The authors of a study published online on Tuesday that was designed to overcome the difficulties of obtaining accurate and reliable data in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome research, say their findings reinforce the warning that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy...
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ScienceDaily: Pregnancy and Childbirth News
2 Feb 2012 at 2:17pm
A recent study shows that a new DNA test that identifies Down syndrome in pregnancy can also detect trisomies 18 and 13.
30 Jan 2012 at 5:45pm
Mothers-to-be who are both overweight and smoke during their pregnancy risk damaging their baby's developing heart, according to new research.
25 Jan 2012 at 6:55pm
New research by Australian scientists reveals that males who are exposed to high levels of testosterone before birth are twice as likely to experience delays in language development compared to females. The research, published in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, focused on umbilical cord blood to explore the presence of testosterone when the language-related regions of a fetus' brain are undergoing a critical period of growth.
25 Jan 2012 at 3:34pm
Women who consumed a diet high in animal fat and cholesterol before pregnancy were at higher risk for gestational diabetes than women whose diets were lower in animal fat and cholesterol, according to researchers.
19 Jan 2012 at 11:30pm
Accelerated growth in the first three months of life, but not fetal growth, is associated with an increased risk of asthma symptoms in young children, according to a new study.
18 Jan 2012 at 12:23pm
A new study shows pregnant women exposed to armed conflict have a higher risk of giving birth to underweight babies.
12 Jan 2012 at 6:32pm
A large population-based study in Sweden indicates that there is no link between smoking during pregnancy and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in children.
10 Jan 2012 at 6:29pm
Eliminating new infant HIV infections in Zimbabwe will require not only improved access to antiretroviral medications but also support to help HIV-infected mothers continue taking their medication and safely reduce or eliminate breastfeeding, according to a new article.
10 Jan 2012 at 3:34pm
A number of different immunological mechanisms ensure the successful establishment and maintenance of pregnancy. Imbalance in these mechanisms is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Researchers have now examined the impact of maternal obesity on the inflammatory responses in tissues of both the mother and the child.
10 Jan 2012 at 10:44am
A new study supports previous findings that children delivered by Cesarean section have an increased risk of developing asthma.
9 Jan 2012 at 8:22pm
A certain omega-3 fatty acid is necessary to construct the arch that turns a round, immature sperm cell into a pointy-headed super swimmer with an extra long tail, according to new research. The study shows that docosahexaenoic acid is essential in fusing the building blocks of the acrosome together. The acrosome is critical in fertilization because it houses, organizes, and concentrates a variety of enzymes that sperm use to penetrate an egg.
9 Jan 2012 at 1:59pm
Environmental exposure to organochlorine chemicals, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and p,p'-DDE (the main metabolite of the insecticide DDT) can affect male reproduction, according to new research.
5 Jan 2012 at 9:14am
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services today announced the publication of an article in the December issue of Reproductive BioMedicine Online (www.rbmonline.com) about miscarriage rates following IVF treatment with frozen thawed embryos which may revolutionize clinical and laboratory practice.
4 Jan 2012 at 2:37pm
Is obesity in infants "programmed" in the womb? Previously, researchers assumed that consumption of "bad" fats during pregnancy contribute to excessive infant adipose tissue growth and that "good" omega-3 fatty acids prevent expansive adipose tissue development. A new study showed no evidence to support this "perinatal programming" theory.
3 Jan 2012 at 3:50pm
Children with a rare, life-threatening disease that is the most common cause of neonatal liver failure -- biliary atresia -- better tolerate liver transplants from their mothers than from their fathers, according to a new study.
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