Novel diagnosis of preeclampsia with proteomic analysis
... and classify preeclampsia (PE), a complication of pregnancy causing high blood pressure after 20 weeks of gestation. The work will be presented at the 26th Annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) meeting on February 3 by Irina A. Buhimschi, M.D., assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics, ...Obese women suffer more pregnancy complications
...ight women, overweight and obese women suffer more pregnancy complications and their babies have more medical p... "The Public Affairs Committee views obesity as a pregnancy risk factor and supports the public health initiatives identified by the FDA and the research initia...Gene behind rare but important pregnancy disorder found
...se underlying "molar pregnancy", an abnormal human pregnancy that affects one in a thousand women in Canada and the US in which there is no embryo. The findings of MUHC geneticist Dr. Rima Slim, published in the March 2006 issue of Nature Genetics, may open new avenues of therapies and treatments for molar pr...... snakes is from the mother to the offspring during pregnancy and birth. One source of human Salmonella infection is associated with pet reptiles and these cases are often serious sometimes causing septicaemia, meningitis or even death, especially among children and those at risk due to a compromised immune s...Liggins Institute Director wins a 'World Class New Zealand' award
...chnology strategies for optimising the outcomes of pregnancy and infant health. The Awards were presented at the Auckland Town Hall in front of an international audience of approximately 400 leaders from across private and public sectors. The event included an address by Prime Minister Helen Clark and a discus...Maori infertility and assisted reproduction study
...nfertility. "Negative attention given to high teen pregnancy rates and higher rates of STIs (sexually transmitted infections) create an impression that infertility is not an issue for us. In fact, the size of Maori families is steadily declining and while there is a variety of contributing socio-economic fac...Typical pregnancy is now only 39 weeks
The most common length of pregnancy in the United States is now 39 weeks, a week shorter than the traditional definition of a full-term pregnancy. This shift occurred between 1992 and 2002, according to a new analysis by the March of Dimes published this month in a special supplement ...Women's health findings presented at national conference
...gh School of Medicine. "But the impact goes beyond pregnancy because the risks for preeclampsia are the same as...ker remains elevated even 30 years after eclamptic pregnancy C-reactive protein (CRP), an inflammatory marker associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular di...Hopes raised for effectiveness of multiple sclerosis drug
...nown to proliferate in special conditions, such as pregnancy or bone marrow transplantation. "Not only did the number of regulatory natural killer cells increase in patients treated with daclizumab," says Dr. Bielekova, "but that expansion correlated with the treatment outcome--the more these cells expanded, ...Antioxidant tempol prevents pre-eclampsia, decreases fetal mortality in mice
...nce. They started the antioxidant treatment before pregnancy and continued through pregnancy. The tempol resto...nding exactly how reducing oxidative stress during pregnancy leads to improved outcomes will be a key component of future research....Intrahepatic cholestasis during pregnancy associated with later liver disease
... found that those with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), an itchy skin condition when bile gets backed up in the liver, are significantly more likely to suffer other liver diseases later in life. The study is published in the April 2006 issue of Hepatology, the official journal of the American Assoc...Vitamin D and flavonoids examined for impact on breast and ovarian cancers
...exposures during adolescence or before a full-term pregnancy may have a greater effect, as that is when breast tissue is going through the most rapid development." Knight emphasizes that these findings are preliminary estimates of the risk reduction of breast cancer brought about by Vitamin D. The researchers...Prenatal nicotine exposure reduces breathing response of newborns...
...tory wants to better understand how smoking during pregnancy disturbs breathing in infants because of increased rates of asthma, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), obstructive sleep apnea and impaired arousal responses during sleep. "Our laboratory is particularly interested in the strong association betwe...First link of oral bacteria and preterm birth found in human
... prior to 30 weeks than those that happen later in pregnancy and can result in babies born with many health challenges and who struggle to thrive at their low-birth weights. According to 2003 statistics from the March of Dimes ( http://www.marchofdimes.com/prematurity/15341_10734.asp ), hospital charges for ne...Other highlights in the April 19 JNCI
...etween mutation-carrying women who had a full-term pregnancy and those who did not. Among women who had given birth, the risk of breast cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers decreased by 14% with each additional birth for women ages 40 and older. This decrease is similar to that found in the general po...Popular pill for inducing labor found effective, but concerns remain
...uce labor, a procedure recommended when carrying a pregnancy is riskier than giving birth. The updated review included 41 randomized trials 28 of them new since the previous study and involved 8,606 women. The studies compared misoprostol administered orally versus vaginally and compared oral misoprostol wit...Ultrasounds show mothers' drinking shrinks fetal brain
...tise in maternal-fetal health. Alcohol use during pregnancy is a leading preventable cause of birth defects an...ene with women at high-risk for an alcohol-exposed pregnancy is prior to pregnancy," says Louise Floyd of the Fetal Alcohol Prevention Team. "What we are hoping ......gher levels of androgen during the final stages of pregnancy than lower-ranking group members. What this means...lved and why it works. Mating that culminates in pregnancy and successful rearing of young is contingent on a females ability to secure food resources. More ag...Hyena mothers give their cubs a helpful dose of hormones
...t alpha females had higher androgen levels late in pregnancy when compared to the subordinate, pregnant females in the pack. Consequently, the cubs of the alpha females were more aggressive and exhibited more sexual play, characteristics that elevate the chances for life-success in both sexes. In hyena packs, ...Periodontitis may increase C-reactive protein levels in pregnancy
... mouth. CRP has also been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, including preeclampsia and preterm deliv...inflammatory response and ultimately cause adverse pregnancy outcomes. Alternatively, periodontal disease and CRP may share a common risk factor for predisposin...