Risk of common vaginal infection linked to preterm birth appears higher for blacks
...hat this is at least as important a risk factor as maternal race, continued Dr. Simhan. Studies on the contribution of BV to adverse pregnancy outcomes should consider paternal race as an important factor. A recent study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that preterm birth contr...Disabling a sensory organ prompts female mice to act like male mice
...ingly, female traits such as nursing behaviors and maternal aggression were diminished. The findings provide strong evidence that male sexual behavior is hard wired into the female mouse brain and suggests, more broadly, that male and female courtship behaviors exist in the brains of both sexes and are swit...A sensory organ, not the brain, differentiates male and female behavior in some mammals
...lac and her colleagues observed a striking lack of maternal behavior. After giving birth, wild-type female mice spend about 80 percent of their time in their nest nursing their newborns, but the mutant females would readily wander away after about two days of motherhood, eventually abandoning the nest altoget...Rare example of Darwinism seen in action
...er nutrients. The placenta is a complex organ of maternal and fetal tissues that nourishes the developing fetus in the uterus. Most mammals, excluding marsupials like the kangaroo and the koala, have a placenta. Because of the placenta, a developing embryo remains longer inside the mother (in marsupials,...Negative effects of plastic's additive blocked by nutrient supplements
...cult at this point to determine what the levels of maternal BPA in humans would equal those that caused epigen...genetic effects of a toxin, in this case BPA, with maternal supplements has the potential to protect present and future generations. Genistein, which is readi...Common environmental chemicals in diet affect fetal ovarian development
...ol pastures before conception will tell us whether maternal exposure either before or during pregnancy does most damage to the offspring, said Dr. Fowler. The sheep model is quite novel, with relatively little research in the area currently being performed in this way. One of the collaborators in the projec...Pre-implantation genetic screening reduces both ongoing pregnancy and live birth rates in over 35s
... not be carried out routinely in women of advanced maternal age. In a randomised double-blind trial, the tea...es in IVF is very plausible, and women of advanced maternal age are willing to undergo any technique that may provide them with a baby, said Mr. Mastenbroek. ...Key to tackling malaria may lie in bed nets for adults and older children
...00 children annually and is responsible for 36% of maternal mortality which at 578 per 100,000 live births is one the highest in the world. Economically, malaria contributes to individual, community and country poverty through lost labour days and in expenses incurred for treatment and prevention. "This pap...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...sia Catalani This week, Casolini et al. show that maternal behavior during a pups neonatal life makes a long-...to mimic mild stress. The dams displayed increased maternal care behaviors with their nursing pups during the first 3 weeks of life. Remarkably, the male pups w...Fine particulate matter from traffic may influence birth weight
...rs known to influence birth weight. In particular, maternal smoking, the height and weight of the mother before pregnancy, the educational level of the mothers as well as the duration of the pregnancy and the childs gender could be controlled for. The proportion of newborns with a birth weight below 3,000 g...Noninvasive screening in early pregnancy reduces Down's births by 50 percent
... with ultrasound early in pregnancy, combined with maternal blood analysis, has reduced the number of children...e is a certain combination of serum markers in the maternal blood test, taken at the same time, there is the possibility of an increased risk of a chromosomal a...Study shows lizard moms dress their children for success
...oductive strategies. According to Lancaster, the maternal effect on back pattern is important because surviv...for these traits, and it's really hard to tell the maternal effects apart from the effects of the genes," he said. Lancaster began by treating side-blotched l...Physicist cracks women's random but always lucky choice of X chromosome
...age. The mechanism means equal numbers of both the maternal and paternal X chromosome are preserved in the gene pool and the resultant population thus has more chance of surviving any biological threat targeted at a single version of the X chromosome....JCI table of contents -- June 1, 2007
...cord blood B and T cell immune responses following maternal vaccination against influenza with Fluzone during ...ell responses to antigens occur in utero following maternal vaccination against influenza, supporting the theory that the human neonatal immune system is not de...Pregnant mom's exposure to flu vaccine kick-starts fetal immune system
...cord blood B and T cell immune responses following maternal vaccination against influenza with Fluzone during ...ell responses to antigens occur in utero following maternal vaccination against influenza, supporting the theory that the human neonatal immune system is not de...Alcohol use during pregnancy leads to greater risk of extreme preterm delivery
...s and death worldwide. A new study has found that maternal alcohol use during pregnancy can contribute to a substantial increase in risk for extreme preterm delivery. Results are published in the June issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research . "Preterm birth has increased in part because ...Endogenous cannabinoids linked to fetal brain damage imposed by maternal cannabis use
...at they have defined a key mechanism through which maternal cannabis use might impair fetal brain development ...n the brains of individuals prenatally affected by maternal cannabis abuse", says Dr. Tibor Harkany who has led the studies. "This is of social impact given the...Mother birds 'engineer' their offspring
Current research emphasizes the role of maternal effects in fostering the adaptation of organisms t...ults. These data provide evidence that facultative maternal effects at the individual level are linked to evolutionary transitions between species, suggesting a...HIV in breast milk killed by flash-heating, new study finds
... Abrams, UC Berkeley professor of epidemiology and maternal and child health, and senior author on the study. "We wanted to be sure that there was scientific evidence that flash-heated milk was truly free of HIV, nutritious and immunologically beneficial. This study was done in response to the concerns of the...Prehistoric remains reveal a drastic shift in northern fur seal ecology
...mperate latitudes apparently used this "long-term" maternal strategy. Although modern northern fur seals have recently established new rookeries in temperate latitudes, these seals still retain the reproductive behavior of Pribilof Island fur seals. Groundwork for this study began in the 1990s, when co-auth...