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Panel: Women need chance to avoid repeat C-section (AP)
10 Mar 2010 at 4:14pm
AP - Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of "once a C-section, always a C-section."

Chinese medicine 'no help to get pregnant' (AFP)
10 Mar 2010 at 5:05am
AFP - Couples who use acupuncture and Chinese medicine to try and increase their chances of having a baby were warned there was no evidence it worked by British fertility experts Wednesday.

Home abortion drug use effective, safe for most (Reuters)
9 Mar 2010 at 12:15pm
Reuters - Medication-induced home abortions are safe for women who are 50 to 63 days pregnant, a new study from Sweden shows.

Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening (AP)
9 Mar 2010 at 2:04am
AP - Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.

1 in 5 At-Risk U.S. Babies Doesn't Get Hepatitis B Vaccine (HealthDay)
8 Mar 2010 at 10:48pm
HealthDay - MONDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- About one in five babies born to mothers with hepatitis B aren't getting treatments that have been shown to prevent the infection in newborns, a new study finds.

HIV among newborns could be 'eradicated by 2015' (AFP)
8 Mar 2010 at 10:41am
AFP - Within five years, the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.

World could soon shield "most newborns" from HIV (AFP)
8 Mar 2010 at 10:11am
AFP - Within five years the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.

World could soon shield "most newborns from HIV" (AFP)
8 Mar 2010 at 7:41am
AFP - Within five years the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.

World could soon shield "all newborns from HIV" (AFP)
8 Mar 2010 at 5:44am
AFP - Within five years the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.

VBAC Consensus - Mother's Stories
9 Mar 2010 at 10:27am

Yesterday I attended the National Institutes for Health Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Consensus Conference.



"Need some positive thoughts..."
4 Mar 2010 at 12:44pm

Meet other parents of November 2010 kids and share parenting stories as your children grow.



Home Births Increase
3 Mar 2010 at 12:21pm

Today the Centers for Health Statistics at the CDC released data on the trends in home births and birth centers from 1990-2006. Considering some of the recent releases about increasing trends in prematurity and cesarean rates, it was nice to see that home and other out of hospital births are on the rise for low risk women.



Pattinson Keen to Be a Dad?
2 Mar 2010 at 9:32pm

The idea of having a baby brother to look after thrilled the Twilight s tar - but the pregnancy announcement turned out to be nothing but an Apri l Fool's Day prank.



Ivf Pregnancy India,Ivf Icsi Pregnancy India,Surrogacy Pregnancy India
2 Mar 2010 at 10:08am

In most cases, the fetus grows in the uterus. Human pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks or just more than 9 months, from the start of the last menstrual period to childbirth What is pregnancy? Pregnancy is the term used to describe when a woman has a growing fetus inside of her.



Family Size
2 Mar 2010 at 5:51am

Everyone discusses family size since the birth of the Suleman octuplets and I've been getting a lot of dirty looks when I take my kids out.



Understanding Morning Sickness Tyldesley
28 Feb 2010 at 5:49am

Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy or morning sickness is very commom among pregnant women.



Keeping Up with the Kardashians: Delivering Baby Mason
27 Feb 2010 at 6:36pm

So Kourtney Kardashian had baby Mason. It was totally not the melodrama typically portrayed on television.



"First OB Appointment"
25 Feb 2010 at 6:23pm

This is a group for First-Timers of Sept 2010 babies. Feel Free to join us! This is a group for First-Timers of Sept 2010 babies.



An Underestimated Pregnancy Symptom: Insomnia During Pregnancy
24 Feb 2010 at 11:30pm

My first pregnancy was a beautiful and exciting time in my life and few words can describe the incredible emotions I went through those awesome nine months.



Vaginal Birth Okay After Multiple Cesareans
24 Feb 2010 at 7:27am

Women who have had three or more prior cesareans have the similar chances of a successful vaginal birth, about 75%, as a mother who has had a single cesarean says a new study .



Babies Born with IVF Mostly Healthy
22 Feb 2010 at 7:08am

About 4% of all babies born are conceived using techniques like in vitro fertilization .



"Our son is in heaven now..."
20 Feb 2010 at 7:03am

Meet other parents of July 2010 kids and share parenting stories as your children grow.



"Pregnant and tired and tired of being pregnant"
19 Feb 2010 at 6:53am

I can't wait to meet my daughter, she is my first child. I have been blessed with this pregnancy as there are so many woman out there that would kill to be in my position.



Infection and Preterm Birth Can Increase Asthma Rates
17 Feb 2010 at 8:16pm

Asthma is a very serious condition and researchers are constantly looking at causes and prevention.



Women need chance to avoid 2nd C-section
10 Mar 2010 at 3:30pm

March 10: A panel of experts gathered by the National Institutes of Health is recommending that women be given the chance to deliver naturally after a prior c-section, something that many hospitals do not allow. Msnbc.com's Keva Andersen reports.  (msnbc.com)A government panel says too many women who want to avoid a second Cesarean-section for child birth are being denied the chance.



Childbirth - Caesarean section - Health - Reproductive Health - Pregnancy and Birth

Newsweek: D.C. aims to boost use of female condoms
10 Mar 2010 at 6:11pm
The underutilized female condom is making a big comeback in Washington, D.C., thanks to a major grant. But is it enough to stop the spread of HIV?


Condom - HIV - Washington DC - Health - Female condom

7 ways to lose weight like a guy
5 Mar 2010 at 7:24pm

He drops pounds overnight, but you gain weight just by glancing at a doughnut. Here are seven of his habits you should steal.





Health - Weight Loss - Shopping - Support Groups - Programs

Wine may be good for women’s waistlines
8 Mar 2010 at 3:44pm

March 8: A new study finds women who drink moderate amounts of alcohol are less likely to gain a lot of excess weight throughout adulthood than non-drinkers. NBC's Erika Edwards reports.  (NBC News Channel)Light to moderate alcohol consumption, especially red wine, is not only good for a woman's heart, it's also good for her waistline, according to a study reported Monday.



Alcoholic beverage - Wine - Health - Specific Substances - Benefits

Newsweek: The long road to destigmatizing abortion
3 Mar 2010 at 4:56pm
A Florida woman Tweeting her chemical abortion is trying to take the shame out of the procedure. It's a high-tech twist on an evolving mission, one that's had limited success.
Abortion - Florida - Health - Pro-Life - Essays

Mid, late 20s may be best age to have a baby
2 Mar 2010 at 1:31pm
When is the ideal age to have or adopt a first baby? For most women it is between the ages of 25 to 34 years old.
Adoption - Family - Home - United States - Wish to Adopt

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2 Mar 2010 at 1:31pm


High-fat diet hikes women's stroke risk, study says
24 Feb 2010 at 3:49pm

Feb. 24: A new study shows the average age of stroke patients declining, as more young adults are suffering from diseases that may increase stroke risk. Erika Edwards reports. (NBC News Channel)A moment on the lips, forever on the hips? A bad figure is hardly the worst of it. Eating a lot of fat, especially the kind that's in cookies and pastries, can significantly raise the risk of stroke for women over 50, a large new study finds.



Stroke - Health - Diseases & Conditions - Neurological Disorders - Organizations

IVF stillbirth risk four times higher, study finds
23 Feb 2010 at 7:05pm
Women who get pregnant through in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection have a higher risk of stillbirth, scientists have found, although the overall risk is still low.
In vitro fertilisation - Infertility - Pregnancy - Intracytoplasmic sperm injection - Health

Treating fibroids with heat in hunt for options
22 Feb 2010 at 6:47pm
There's new hope for women suffering from fibroids, growths in the uterus that cause bleeding and pain in nearly a third of women.


Uterus - Uterine fibroids - Health - Women's Health - Conditions and Diseases

1 in 4 states cut back on routine mammograms
22 Feb 2010 at 2:10pm
Some U.S. states have begun using controversial new breast cancer screening guidelines to stop offering routine mammograms for uninsured women in their 40s, a survey by the Avon Foundation for Women released on Monday found.
Breast cancer - Mammography - Cancer - Health - Breast

Vaginal birth can be OK after several C-sections
18 Feb 2010 at 1:09pm
Women who attempt vaginal childbirth after having several babies by cesarean section may not have a greater risk of complications than women who've had only one prior C-section, a new study suggests.
Childbirth - Caesarean section - Health - Reproductive Health - Pregnancy and Birth

528-pound mom gives birth to 6.4 pound baby
18 Feb 2010 at 11:04am

Victoria Lacatus is lifted by firefighters out of an ambulance in Bucharest, Romania, Wed., Feb.17, 2010.A 25-year-old woman weighing 528 pounds (240 kilograms) gave birth to her first baby on Thursday at a hospital equipped to treat obese people.



Obesity - Hospital - Shopping - Children - Home

Acupuncture may ease menstrual cramps
17 Feb 2010 at 8:45am
Acupuncture may be helpful in alleviating menstrual cramps, which affects up to half of all young women, an extensive review of past studies has found.
Health - United States - Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine - Alternative - Practitioners

Aspirin cuts death risk after breast cancer
16 Feb 2010 at 6:11pm

Feb. 16: A new study showing a possible connection between taking aspirin and better breast cancer outcomes raises more questions than it answers. NBC's Nancy Snyderman reports.  (Nightly News)Breast cancer survivors who take aspirin regularly may be less likely to die or have their cancer return, new research shows. Those in a large study who took aspirin had a 50 percent lower risk of dying from breast cancer and a 50 percent lower risk of cancer's spread.



Breast cancer - Cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Breast

Los Angeles Times Profiles Antiabortion Pastor Who Travels Southern Calif. In...
10 Mar 2010 at 7:00am
The Los Angeles Times on Monday profiled Dave Wilkinson, an evangelical pastor who runs three Ventura County, Calif., pregnancy clinics that try to urge women not to have abortions...

Research Identifies New Mechanism Regulating Embryonic Development
10 Mar 2010 at 7:00am
A Princeton University-led research team has discovered that protein competition over an important enzyme provides a mechanism to integrate different signals that direct early embryonic development. The work suggests that these signals are combined long before they interact with the organism's DNA, as was previously believed, and also may inform new therapeutic strategies to fight cancer...

Low-Income Women Living In Small Cities Have Higher Chance Of Obesity
10 Mar 2010 at 7:00am
A recent Kansas State University study found that the availability of supermarkets -- rather than the lack of them -- increased the risk of obesity for low-income women living in small cities. This suggests that policies to increase healthful eating behaviors might need to be tailored based on geographic location...

Scientists' Understanding Of Limb Growth Altered By Roving 'Sonic Hedgehog' Gene
10 Mar 2010 at 6:00am
Sonic hedgehog, a gene that plays a crucial rule in the positioning and growth of limbs, fingers and toes, has been confirmed in an unexpected place in the embryos of developing mice - the layer of cells that creates the skin. Named for a video game character, Sonic hedgehog describes both a gene and the protein it produces in the body...

Utah Gov. Signs Revised Bill Allowing Criminal Charges Against Women For Ille...
10 Mar 2010 at 5:00am
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) on Monday signed a bill (HB 462) that would allow prosecutors to bring criminal homicide charges against women who arrange illegal abortions, the Salt Lake Tribune reports (Gehrke, Salt Lake Tribune, 3/8). An earlier version of the bill (HB 12), sponsored by state Rep...

New York Times Examines Factors Affecting VBAC Rates As NIH Conference Begins
10 Mar 2010 at 5:00am
The New York Times on Tuesday examined efforts to increase rates of vaginal births after caesarean sections at the Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation, a small hospital run by the Navajo Nation and financed partially by the Indian Health Services...

Malaria In Pregnant Women : A First Step Towards A New Vaccine
10 Mar 2010 at 3:00am
By managing to express the protein that enables red blood cells infected with the malaria agent Plasmodium falciparum to bind to the placenta and by deciphering its molecular mechanisms, a team of researchers from CNRS and the Institut Pasteur has taken an important first step in the development of a vaccine against pregnancy-associated malaria. Their work was published in the journal PNAS...

Elevated Levels Of Cobalt And Chromium Found In Offspring Of Moms With Metal-...
10 Mar 2010 at 3:00am
Women with metal-on-metal hip implants, where both the ball of the joint and the surface of the socket are made of metal, pass metal ions to their offspring during pregnancy, according to a study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center. The ions are the result of wear and corrosion as the metal parts rub against one another...

Study Finds Elevated Levels Of Cobalt And Chromium In Offspring Of Patients W...
10 Mar 2010 at 2:00am
Hip replacement patients with metal-on-metal (MoM) implants (both the socket and hip ball are metal) pass metal ions to their infants during pregnancy, according to a new study presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)...

Researchers Find Exposure To BPA May Cause Permanent Fertility Defects
9 Mar 2010 at 7:00am
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have discovered that exposure during pregnancy to Bisphenol A (BPA), a common component of plastics, causes permanent abnormalities in the uterus of offspring, including alteration in their DNA. The findings were reported in the March issue of Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB J.). Led by Hugh S. Taylor, M.D...

Is Prenatal Screening For Rare Diseases Like Spinal Muscular Atrophy Too Costly?
9 Mar 2010 at 4:00am
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is one of many serious disorders for which prenatal testing is available. SMA affects approximately 1 in 10,000 live births and is the leading genetic cause of infant mortality and the second most common autosomal recessive disorder, after cystic fibrosis...

Women's Group Support Can Improve Birth Outcomes
9 Mar 2010 at 2:00am
Community support groups can reduce neonatal mortality, and lower rates of maternal depression-provided that the population coverage is wide enough and the programmes are appropriately designed. These are the conclusions of two Articles, published Online First in The Lancet. Participatory women's groups have shown promise in trials in Nepal, reducing neonatal mortality by about one-third...

Pregnant Women Falling Short On Nutrition
8 Mar 2010 at 7:00am
Pregnant women are skimping on fruit and vegetables and gaining too much weight, according to a new Australian study. The research, in the journal Nutrition & Dietetics published by Wiley-Blackwell, found that expectant mothers are eating less than half the recommended servings of fruit and vegetables. And at least one in three put on more than the recommended weight gain for pregnancy...

Women's Support Groups Make Dramatic Improvements On Neonatal Survival Rates
8 Mar 2010 at 6:00am
Women's community groups have had a dramatic effect on reducing neonatal mortality rates in some of the poorest areas on India, according to a study published in the journal the Lancet. The groups provide a cost-effective intervention with added benefits such as reducing significantly maternal depression and improving decision-making amongst the women...

Successful Treatment Of Periodontal Disease Lowered Preterm Birth Incidences
8 Mar 2010 at 3:00am
Previous studies have explored the effect of periodontal treatment, irrespective of efficacy of treatment, in reducing infant prematurity. In a study titled "Risk of Preterm Birth Is Reduced with Successful Periodontal Treatment," lead researcher M. Jeffcott, and colleagues S. Parry and M. Sammel (all from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) and G. Macones (Washington University, St...

Study finds elevated levels of cobalt and chromium in offspring of patients w...
11 Mar 2010 at 10:00am
Hip replacement patients with metal-on-metal implants (both the socket and hip ball are metal) pass metal ions to their infants during pregnancy, according to a new study.

Panel questions 'VBAC bans,' advocates expanded delivery options for women
9 Mar 2010 at 11:00pm
An independent panel convened this week by the National Institutes of Health confronted a troubling fact that pregnant women currently have limited access to clinicians and facilities able and willing to offer a trial of labor after previous cesarean delivery because of so-called VBAC bans. The panel affirmed that a trial of labor is a reasonable option for many women with a prior cesarean delivery. But many women are not offered this option.

Malaria in pregnant women: Step towards a new vaccine
8 Mar 2010 at 11:00pm
By managing to express the protein that enables red blood cells infected with the malaria agent Plasmodium falciparum to bind to the placenta and by deciphering its molecular mechanisms, a team of researchers has taken an important first step in the development of a vaccine against pregnancy-associated malaria.

Is prenatal screening for rare diseases like spinal muscular atrophy too costly?
7 Mar 2010 at 11:00pm
Spinal Muscular Atrophy affects approximately 1 in 10,000 live births and is the leading genetic cause of infant mortality and the second most common autosomal recessive disorder, after cystic fibrosis. Although the American College of Medical Genetics recommends carrier testing for all couples, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has issued a recommendation to the contrary.

Women's support groups make dramatic improvements on neonatal survival rates
6 Mar 2010 at 11:00pm
Women's community groups have had a dramatic effect on reducing neonatal mortality rates in some of the poorest areas on India, according to a new study. The groups provide a cost-effective intervention with added benefits such as reducing significantly maternal depression and improving decision-making amongst the women.

Measuring impact nanoparticles on health and environment by looking at blood ...
4 Mar 2010 at 7:00pm
Researchers are a step closer to helping solve a complex problem in nanotechnology: the impact nanoparticles have on human health and the environment. They have developed a methodology to measure various aspects of nanoparticles in the blood stream of chicken embryos.

African-American women at increased risk for weakened heart muscle at childbirth
4 Mar 2010 at 1:00am
African-American women are at significantly increased risk for developing a potentially deadly weakening of the heart muscle around the time of childbirth, researchers report.

Pregnancy weight gain may increase a woman's risk of gestational diabetes
3 Mar 2010 at 7:00am
Women who gain excessive weight during pregnancy, especially in the first trimester, may increase their risk of developing diabetes later in their pregnancy, according to a new study.

Prenatal cocaine exposure not severely damaging to growth, learning, study su...
2 Mar 2010 at 7:00am
Children exposed to cocaine in the womb face serious consequences from the drug, but surprisingly not in certain critical physical and cognitive areas such as growth, IQ, academic achievement and learning ability, according to a new comprehensive review of research. The review found that cocaine-exposed, school-aged children suffered deficits in more subtle areas such as sustained attention and self-regulated behavior.

Most maternal deaths in sub-Saharan Africa could be avoided
2 Mar 2010 at 1:00am
More than 500,000 women die each year worldwide due to complications arising from pregnancy and childbirth. Half of these women live in sub-Saharan Africa. Researchers say these women are not dying as a result of any illness, but rather from a lack of basic healthcare measures.

Childhood obesity prevention should begin early in life, possibly before birth
1 Mar 2010 at 10:00pm
Risk factors for childhood obesity may be evident before birth and are more likely to occur in African-American and Hispanic children than in Caucasian children. Researchers studied 1,826 mother-child pairs from pregnancy through the child's first five years of life.

Assisted reproduction has no effect on birthing process or the baby's outcome
28 Feb 2010 at 11:00pm
Whether a women gets pregnant the "traditional" way or by assisted reproduction has no effect on the birthing process itself or the baby, researchers in Norway have found.

HIV drug that protects a fetus should be avoided for one year after childbirt...
28 Feb 2010 at 4:00am
A new study found that while nevirapine works well to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission, a single dose of nevirapine in infected pregnant women can trigger resistance to some forms of the AIDS-drug cocktail (antiretrovirals). This nevirapine-induced resistance fades after about 12 months and no longer hinders the cocktail, UAB researchers say.

Gestational diabetes: Blood sugar levels once considered normal are not safe ...
27 Feb 2010 at 4:00am
Two to three times more pregnant women may soon be diagnosed and treated for gestational diabetes, based on new measurements for determining risky blood sugar levels for the mother and her unborn baby, according to a new study. Blood sugar levels that were once considered in the normal range are now seen as causing a sharp increase in the occurrence of overweight babies, early deliveries, cesarean section deliveries and potentially life-threatening preeclampsia.

Why BPA leached from 'safe' plastics may damage health of female offspring
25 Feb 2010 at 4:00pm
Here's more evidence that "safe" plastics are not as safe as once presumed: New research suggests that exposure to bisphenol A during pregnancy leads to epigenetic changes that may cause permanent reproduction problems for female offspring. BPA, a common component of plastics used to contain food, is a type of estrogen that is ubiquitous in the environment.

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