UNC forms Conte Center for multidisciplinary schizophrenia research
...ren will be monitored from the second trimester of pregnancy through two weeks after birth. The brain development of these children will be assessed from birth until age two with standardized tests of motor and language development and memory and attention. Findings from this study may allow early identificat...Combination of HIV/malaria increases complications during pregnancy
...on more frequently experience complications during pregnancy than healthy women. This is revealed in research f...have a greater chance of developing anaemia during pregnancy and after childbirth. Their children also developed anaemia more often. If the child has HIV, the ch...Multivitamins improve weight gain patterns during pregnancy in HIV-infected women from Tanzania
...nt regimes of multivitamin supplement had on their pregnancy outcomes. They found that, during the third trimester, women who took multivitamins gained significantly more weight than women who did not. Nine hundred and fifty-seven pregnant HIV-positive women who were between 12 and 27 weeks of gestation were ...Education is strongest predictor of smoking for pregnant women
... study to date of smoking before, during and after pregnancy shows that women with less education are more like... smoke before delivery, less likely to quit during pregnancy and more likely to relapse after delivery. The Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center study, ...Jefferson researchers find uterine artery embolization may negatively affect future pregnancies
... 40 percent. An analysis of 50 published cases of pregnancy after uterine artery embolization by physicians in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia found that pregnant women were at a significantly higher risk for premature del...Simple, easy acts in pregnancy and childbirth might protect against incontinence
...he effectiveness of simple, free activities during pregnancy and childbirth to prevent midlife urinary incontin...heir first pregnancy, working with them throughout pregnancy and following them for at least one year after birth. Research has shown that giving birth vaginally...Study suggests that tomboys may be born, not made
Levels of testosterone during pregnancy appear to influence the gender-role behavior of pr..., environmental and social factors associated with pregnancy outcomes and child health. A total of 13,998 pregnant women -- who represented 90 percent of all pre...Maternal fever in early pregnancy not associated with fetal death
...gnant women--maternal fever in the early stages of pregnancy is probably not a risk factor for miscarriage or s...lead to the suspicion that maternal fever early in pregnancy (when embryonic development is at a critical stage) could have a similar effect in the human populat...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for January (second issue)
Pregnant women with an abnormal condition of pregnancy called pre-eclampsia, which raises blood pressure, showed significantly smaller upper airways than did either nonpregnant women or those with normal pregnancies. According to the authors of the British study, these results could explain why such pat...New study estimates 85 newborn killed or left to die per year by parents, usually their mother
...eceive prenatal care and participate in adolescent pregnancy prevention programs." Support for the research came from the N.C. Child Advocacy Institute in Raleigh and a federal grant awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the U.S. Department of Justice through the N.C. Department of Crime Control and P...High estrogen/progestin levels may reduce asthma severity, say Pittsburgh researchers
...rovements in asthma symptoms from preconception to pregnancy parallel these changes in hormonal levels, with the lowest rate of symptoms occurring during the last four weeks," Dr. Haggerty said. According to the authors, certain subgroups of women may be more susceptible to hormone cycles. Testosterone, estrog...School condom availability does not increase sexual activity
...al of Public Health. Blake and colleagues found no pregnancy rate differences between adolescents in schools wi...re is a continuing need for effective HIV, STD and pregnancy prevention programs that discourage early onset of sexual activity and encourage protection among ad...First quarter prescription drug spending: Generic drugs slow upward trend
...warning, drug-drug interaction, high-dose warning, pregnancy warning, ingredient duplication, gender contraindication, and drug-disease interaction. "The average Express Scripts member receives care from more than two physicians and more than one retail pharmacy. Because we often have patients' most complete...Could a mandated food additive aimed at better fetal development be a risk for seniors?
...til recently, women who had one neural tube defect pregnancy were at higher risk of recurrence in subsequent pr...likely to reach women within the first 25 days of pregnancy to urge them to take supplemental folic acid, the US government in l998 mandated folic acid be added...Computer tool yields higher self-reports of key HIV risk behaviors by Zimbabwean women
...s reported in face-to-face interviews. Reports of pregnancy were also higher with ACASI, indicating that women were not using condoms or hormonal methods of contraception. "ACASI helps skirt the cultural issues that you get in a personal interview. It also helps with social desirability bias. In a number of...Scientists develop greater accuracy in recording babys heart rates in the womb
...gnant women so far between fifteen and forty weeks pregnancy including those with twin and triplet pregnancies. Dr Helena Gardiner, from Imperial College London and the Hammersmith and Royal Brompton Hospitals, adds: "This new technique will be particularly useful in gathering more information about heart fun...Taking painkillers during pregnancy increases risk of miscarriage
...anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or aspirin during pregnancy increase their risk of miscarriage by 80 per cent,...iewed 1,055 pregnant women immediately after their pregnancy was confirmed. They asked the women about their drug use since they became pregnant, their reproduct...Penn State to host national symposium on fertility decline in developed countries
...earing (often until the chances of having a viable pregnancy are greatly reduced), and to have children outside of marriage. Overall, adults appear to be less interested in investing in children now than in the past. Family scholars from across the nation will converge on Penn State on October 9-10 for the ...Dental procedure may reduce risk of premature birth
...tibiotic used to treat infections) did not improve pregnancy outcome. In fact, women who were given the antibiotic after scaling and root planing had more preterm births than patients receiving scaling and root planing and a placebo. "What this tells us is that scaling and root planing may significantly reduce...Taking Ecstasy during pregnancy may cause brain damage, behavior problems in babies
... take the drug Ecstasy in their first trimester of pregnancy may be putting their unborn child at risk for brain damage, according to a study published in the September issue of the journal Neurotoxicity and Teratology. Jack W. Lipton, PhD, a neuroscientist at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chi...