Parental smoking around time of conception linked to reduction in male births
... 3 months before the last menstruation to when the pregnancy was confirmed). The male to female sex ratio was calculated for three groups: men and women who did not smoke, those who smoked up to 20 cigarettes a day, and those who smoked more than 20 cigarettes a day. The male to female sex ratio declined with ...Number of teens --primarily boys -- having sex declined in '90s
... to 48.4 percent 1997. Other data showed the teen pregnancy rate fell 14 percent to its lowest point since l975, and the abortion rate for teen-agers decreased 31 percent between 1986 and 1996. Reasons for the drop in teen-age sex and related behaviors defy easy explanations, but "we are not getting lower ra...Contraceptive needs of new mothers are unique and unmet
...ant mothers surveyed report that their most recent pregnancy was unplanned. Fifty-three percent of those unpla... be easy to use, provide long-term protection from pregnancy and would not require a monthly trip to the pharmacy. The survey also uncovered specific details a...Pregnancy, birth rates fall among young women exposed to elementary school intervention program
...to school also has the long-term effect of cutting pregnancy and birth rates among young women before age 21, a...cs & Adolescent Medicine, found that by age 21 the pregnancy rate among young women in the multi-ethnic sample who received the intervention was 38 percent, comp...Outpatient treatment is as effective as inpatient treatment for PID
...y, chronic pelvic pain, PID recurrence and ectopic pregnancy than women who have not had the disease. "Until no...ng the outcomes of the two groups after 35 months, pregnancy rates were nearly equal (42 percent outpatient; 41.7 percent inpatient), with no significant differe...'I think I can' helps shed pounds after giving birth
...cise during pregnancy. "A woman's intention during pregnancy to exercise after delivery, as well as her confide...n the study who restricted their food intake after pregnancy were almost four pounds lighter one year after birth than women who did not. And women who were stil...Study finds half of rape survivors do not receive recommended medical treatment
...ceive the recommended medical treatment to prevent pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases, according to a s...rvivors receive emergency contraception to prevent pregnancy and 58 percent are screened for sexually transmitted diseases or given prophylactic medication. The ...Inner city adolescents identify jobs, education as keys to their future
...concerns of urban teenagers would be avoiding teen pregnancy and violence. We designed a survey to directly ask teenagers what they thought." Approximately 1,750 8th, 9th and 12th graders participated in the survey, led by researchers from The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia and the Urban Initiative of the ...Despite resources, at-risk infants in US fare no better, researchers find
...the spectrum of care, from a teenager not desiring pregnancy all the way to a pregnant mother and the birth of a child, and, if needed, highly specialized care once a child is born." The way other countries systematically approach reproductive health care affects their babies outcomes, Thompson continues. "Th...New natural method of family planning over 95% effective in preventing pregnancy, study finds
...e bead each day. The brown beads are the days when pregnancy is very unlikely, and the glow-in-the dark white beads (beads 8-19) represent her fertile days. The 478 women who participated in the clinical trial relied on CycleBeads to track their cycles. The method works best for women whose cycles are usually ...Pregnancy prevention programmes are ineffective
...f adolescents (aged 11 to 18 years) that evaluated pregnancy prevention programmes including sex education clas...ontrol among adolescents. They also did not reduce pregnancy rates in young women. A separate analysis of five trials - four abstinence programmes and one school...Cardiac differences in infants born to HIV-positive mothers may persist
...fects of zidovudine (AZT) use by the mother during pregnancy or by the newborn. They found no association betwe... one-third of the P2C2 mothers received AZT during pregnancy to prevent transmission of HIV from mother to fetus. "We believe that the intrauterine environment m...Generation x-tra large: Americans getting fatter younger, study finds
...s also linked to hypertension, osteoarthritis, and pregnancy complications. Losing weight is an important part of treatment for many chronic health conditions, especially diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. "The compelling thing about these lists is that obesity puts people at risk for both common causes...Few women regret sterilization procedures
...e possibility of regret associated with unintended pregnancy for women who do not choose a highly effective method of contraception," the investigators wrote....Women with rare twin-pregnancy complication have 40% chance of delivering one baby
...n women with the disorder who choose to have their pregnancy terminated. Hydatidiform moles are a pregnancy complication where the fetus fails to develop; instead a tumour forms which may become malignant. Hy...Women with rare twin-pregnancy complication
...n women with the disorder who choose to have their pregnancy terminated. Hydatidiform moles are a pregnancy complication where the fetus fails to develop; instead a tumour forms which may become malignant. Hy...Reproductive tourism: Italy faces 'womb drain' as ART becomes better in other European countries
...mbryos at one time, yet we have one of the highest pregnancy rates per transfer in Europe at 36%. "In the light...ugal (56.7%). Yet some of these countries had low pregnancy success rates. By contrast, Sweden and Finland have the lowest proportion of triple embryo transfer...World's first study on surrogacy reveals high quality parenting and no problems
...ng the child herself, whereas with an egg donation pregnancy there is no outward sign that it is not a natural conception." She concluded: "The findings of this study are generally reassuring with respect to relationships with surrogate mothers, quality of parenting and the temperament of the child. There is ...Italy now faces worldwide storm of protest over fertility proposals
...assing of a law that is likely to promote multiple pregnancy or encourage Italian women to seek assisted reproduction abroad. "This will result in a high rate of multiple pregnancies and also a high rate of prematurity in the babies, with increased frequency of death and handicap. Embryo freezing, which is al...Women cured of childhood leukaemia should be advised to have children while they are young
...e span." Dr Larsen and her team took menstrual and pregnancy histories from 26 women* who had received standard chemotherapy for ALL contracted between the ages of six months and fourteen and a half years, and compared them with a control group of 20 women with no history of childhood cancer. Eight of the wom...