Low-income pregnant Latinas drink despite universal alcohol-warning messages
...ol during the three months before recognition of a pregnancy as do other racial/ethnic groups. Although numero...s born to mothers who drink alcohol heavily during pregnancy have a pattern of birth defects known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), which includes some differenc...Swedish researchers warn university students face infertility
...aware of is that a couple's chances of achieving a pregnancy decreases when a woman reaches her mid-thirties and they should avoid delaying their attempts at pregnancy until that age." Given that the study was carried out among the most highly educated section of the ...Ozone levels may raise risk of underweight births
... born to women exposed to high ozone levels during pregnancy are at heightened risk for being significantly und... average daily ozone levels over a mother's entire pregnancy was associated with a drop of 47.2 grams (g)-about a tenth of a pound-in a baby's birth weight. And ...The food you eat could change your genes
...by its mother just prior to, or during, very early pregnancy (New Scientist, 9 August 2003, p 14). Then last year, Moshe Szyf, Michael Meaney and colleagues at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, showed that mothers could influence the way a rat's genes are expressed after it has been born. If a rat is not ...New study finds malaria could play key role in mother-to-child transmission of HIV in pregnancy
.... Malaria treatment could then be initiated during pregnancy as a way to reduce the risks of infecting the fetus with HIV. The study by Kfutwah and his colleagues is one of several presentations at the MIM conference that focus on the many challenges arising in a region where co-infections with both HIV, wh...Eat your way to a better brain for your baby
...e brain'. A simple dietary supplement taken during pregnancy could prevent the brain defect resulting from hydrocephalus, revolutionary research suggests. Now, parents of children suffering from the condition in the United States have stumped up the money to pay for the next stage of their investigations. The ...UF, Columbia scientists closer to new cancer detection method
...d like to see this assay become as convenient as a pregnancy test," said Chaoyong James Yang, a chemistry doctoral student in the Tan group and the first author of the paper. "Put the probe inside a few drops of body fluid or blood and a color change would be an indication of the existence of a cancer biomarke...If mums put on the pounds, so do kids
...l advice on howmuch weight they should gain during pregnancy may be priming their children to become obese. In ...hildren of women who put on a lot of weight during pregnancy wereparticularly prone to obesity. Obstetricians agree that it is important for women to gain some ...Study finds that nutritionally enhanced rice reduces iron deficiency
...ear causes more than 60,000 maternal deaths during pregnancy and childbirth. Recent statistics from the Micronutrients Initiative of Canada and the United Nations Children's Fund indicate that more than half of the developing world's children between 6 months and 2 years of age are iron-deficient during the c...Obesity before pregnancy linked to childhood weight problems
...nt relationship between a mother's weight prior to pregnancy and her child's weight. The risk that a child woul...sberry said. Children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy were more likely to be heavy at all three weight measurement points. "Obviously smoking during pregn...US woman gives birth to baby from world's first frozen donor egg bank
... to the waiting woman who wishes to experience the pregnancy and birth of her baby. "We're very happy this tech...frey Boldt, PhD, Scientific Director for CEI. The pregnancy rates with donor eggs are beginning to show success rates equivalent to pregnancy rates using eggs b...Absence of critical protein linked to infertility
...r protein C/EBPb must be present in the uterus for pregnancy to occur. The study appears online this week at th...od supply and forms the placenta. For a successful pregnancy to occur, stromal cells of the uterus must be transformed into decidual cells, which secrete nutrien...New 'molecular switch' protein protects the heart from major cardiovascular damage
...s of acidosis and low oxygen that can occur during pregnancy or delivery. This means that fetal hearts largely retain their ability to respond to calcium under adverse conditions. "Shortly before or after birth, the gene for fetal troponin I is turned off and the adult gene is turned on," says Margaret Westfal......o account for factors such as menstrual cycles and pregnancy status." Some of the symposium's key proceedings were: - Certain predictors appear to be shared by men and women: a history of externalizing symptoms (such as conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder) and looking older as an adolescent. ...Birth defects: 8 million annually worldwide
...ionals to maximize the chances of having a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. Improvement Is Possible, March of Dimes Says Although poorer nations may lack resources for these recommended programs and their health services are already severely stretched, the March of Dimes report says major improvements...Like their pregnant mates, primate dads-to-be pack on pounds
...ant care, they may be stocking up on pounds during pregnancy in preparation for the rigors of fatherhood, says ...tists have noted weight gain and other symptoms of pregnancy in human men too, but the phenomenon has never been systematically studied. Known as the "couvades" ...Researchers discover link between high levels of HtrA1 protein
...a. Notes Brian Brost, M.D., Mayo Clinic high-risk pregnancy specialist and senior study investigator, "It is c... because the cause of this serious complication of pregnancy has not been well understood." Funminiyi Ajayi, M.D., Mayo researcher and co-author of the paper, c...Post-pregnancy events promote breast tumor metastasis
... tissue environment of the breast that occur after pregnancy promote the metastasis of breast tumor cells. The ...e epidemiological link between breast cancer after pregnancy and poor prognosis. Under the leadership of Dr. Pepper Schedin, researchers at the AMC Cancer Resear...Profiling amniotic fluid yields faster test for infection and preterm birth risk, researchers find
...eening. Its potential for improving management of pregnancy complications also appears to be very promising....Preterm birth risk quickly and accurately detected with proteomic profiling
...l cultures. If no biomarkers are present, then the pregnancy is uncomplicated. Buhimschi and his team studied 1...e of three or four is highly predictive of adverse pregnancy outcome. "We can now detect infections at a much more incipient stage with this proteomic profile,"...