Air travel may increase the risk of blood clots, especially long flights
...se of oral contraceptives, recent surgery, cancer, pregnancy and prolonged immobilization. Studies have suggested that air travel may be a risk factor in VTE. Ida Martinelli, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Milano, Italy, and colleagues investigated whether individuals with certain genetic predispositions...Universit de Montral receives US$11.7 million grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
...ir first birthday, and one in sixteen women die in pregnancy or labor over the course of their lives. About 30 million people in the region are infected with HIV/AIDS (about 70% of all cases in the world), causing life expectancy to fall to below 40 years of age in some countries. Infectious diseases like mal...ACPM to host web-based conference on emergency contraception and adolescents
...fessionals are the key source of information about pregnancy prevention and control approaches for sexually active adolescents," according to Dr. David L. Katz, Chairperson of ACPM's Adolescent Health Committee. "Emergency contraception can be an important option, but it's one that even many health care provi...Urgent action required to prevent 500k deaths/yr worldwide from pregnancy-related causes
...nments to promote the human rights of women during pregnancy and childbirth. The complex and controversial issue of abortion is discussed by Duff Gillespie (7). 46 million abortions done every year, 20 million in countries where abortion is illegal; an estimated 67,000 women die every year as a result of ab...Study suggests possible clue to miscarriage
Low concentrations in early pregnancy of a protein involved in the immune system could b...estigated whether MIC1 plays a part in maintaining pregnancy viability by comparison of concentrations between failed and successful pregnancies. The investigat...New report presents options for oversight of genetic testing of human embryos
...netic characteristics. By testing embryos before a pregnancy has begun, PGD can reduce the need to terminate a pregnancy in which a fetus is found to have a genetic mutation. PGD has been used to test for dozens of inheri...Cancer markers news backgrounder: Future of cancer diagnosis, treatment lies in tumor 'barcode'
...cant." Scientists want something as effective as a pregnancy test to diagnose cancer, "but that is not happening yet, and it won't be anything we will have in the next two to five years," he says. Still, the field is buoyed by success stories, such as the drug Gleevec, which is designed to shut down the cruci...Emergency contraception issues featured during web-based conference
...fessionals are the key source of information about pregnancy prevention approaches for sexually active adolescents," according to ACPM President Robert Harmon, MD. "Emergency contraception can be an important option, but it's one that even many health care providers know relatively little about. The conferen...Stroke news tips for Friday, Feb. 6, 2004
...e age 70 and younger. 4 p.m. Abstract P271 A pregnancy complication that increases the risk of mini-strokes. An inherited condition called cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with sutbortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) can cause headaches, recurrent ischemic attacks, cognitive decli...Postpartum weight loss classes work
...women tend to retain the weight they gained during pregnancy and start in a downward spiral." Women who attended 12 weekly diet and activity education sessions lost an average of 16 pounds at the end of the year's study. By contrast, women who received a single hour long educational session on diet and ex...Specialists: Laparoscopy can help infertile women avoid months of unnecessary treatments
...injections), followed by in vitro fertilization if pregnancy still has not been achieved. The X-ray procedure, ... often one of the first treatment options used. If pregnancy has not been achieved after four ovulatory cycles, most specialists in reproductive endocrinology ha...Number of children linked to obesity for mom and dad
...chanism through which men could gain weight during pregnancy or after childbirth. Further studies are needed to isolate cause and effect so we can more accurately suggest target groups for obesity prevention and research." The researchers examined data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a national sur...Contraception study supports convenience, simplicity
...ills per cycle, can increase the risk of unplanned pregnancy and lead to abnormal bleeding, which is the leading cause of unscheduled physician visits. In the study, previously published Phase III data were analyzed to further explore compliance differences between ORTHO EVRA and an oral contraceptive. These ...Psychiatric study for cancer patients to measure psychoactive medication
...orm physicals, neurological exam, EKG, and a urine pregnancy test (if you are a woman with child-bearing potential)....Study reports improved method to identify fetal DNA in maternal blood samples
...A). "Prenatal diagnosis is useful in managing a pregnancy with an identified fetal abnormality and may allow...or these tests decline them because of the risk of pregnancy loss." The authors continue, "... the use of free fetal DNA for detecting chromosomal abnormalities...Cedars-Sinai March medical tipsheet
...nal therapy, followed by in vitro fertilization if pregnancy still is not achieved. But new research indicates that many women with infertility due to ovulation problems who do not become pregnant after using the fertility pill clomiphene citrate should undergo a laparoscopy prior to further treatment. Laparos...Abortion may not, after all, affect birth weight of future babies
...rates of Low Birth Weights in the first subsequent pregnancy of women with a history of 1 medically-induced abo... question regarding the effect of elective medical pregnancy termination on health in a subsequent pregnancy. The authors state that this is an important public ...Ovarian tissue storage and later transplant shows promise for women infertile from cancer therapy
...lity by freezing their ovarian tissue, and second, pregnancy may be possible even after the tissue remains frozen for a long time." (quote by e-mail, does not appear in published paper) In an accompanying Commentary, Johan Smitz from the Centre For Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital of the Vrije Un...Light to moderate drinking during pregnancy may lead to learning and memory deficits in adolescents
Heavy drinking during pregnancy can cause major impairments in the developing chil...nd that even light to moderate drinking during pregnancy may interfere with learning and memory during adolescence. "We have known for a long time that drink...First national sleep conference March 29-30 explores sleep's role in public health
...d shiftwork schedules. Alterations in sleep during pregnancy and postpartum will also be discussed. In addition, sleep disturbances during the menopausal transition, and the effects of hot flashes, night sweats, use of hormone therapy, and ethnic differences will be covered. Following presentations by leaders...