Maternal Exposure To Crack Cocaine Produces Stressed Newborns
PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Crack-smoking pregnant women give birth to babies whotwitch, tremble and arch their backs more than non-exposed newborns, accordingto a new study by researchers in the Brown University School of Medicine. "Crack babies" also display patterns of both excitability and leth...ACTG Protocol 185 Enrollment Halted
... to HIV) reduced transmission of HIV from infected pregnant women to their infants when added to the standard ...tric ACTG Protocol 185 trial enrolled HIV-infected pregnant women with CD4+ T cell count less than or equal to 500/mm3 who were receiving AZT during pregnancy f...Women Say Overwhelming Yes To Ultrasound In New Study
ANN ARBOR, Mich.--A great majority of pregnant women want ultrasounds---so much so, that many are...edical Center. The research team surveyed 318 pregnant women between the ages of 15 and 44 who were at U-M for their first obstetrical visit. Among the ot...Study Finds Aspirin Does Not Prevent High-Risk Cases Of Preeclampsia
...re pregnancy, those with high bloodpressure, those pregnant with more than one child, and those who had experiencedpreeclampsia in an earlier pregnancy. For all four categories, the differenceof preeclampsia in both the aspirin and placebo groups was not statisticallysignificant. Similarly, the study also s...First Trimester Screening For Down Syndrome Possible, NICHD-Funded Study Finds
...rkerscollected blood samples from a total of 4,412 pregnant women at 16 prenataldiagnostic centers in the Unit...ften found in abnormal levels in the blood ofwomen pregnant with a fetus with Down syndrome. Among the substances for whichthe researchers tested were: human ch...Cost-Effective Treatment Possible In Africa For HIV-Positive Pregnant Women If Drug Prices Lowered
... HIV infection in areas of 15 percentprevalence in pregnant women would range from $1,445 to $817 depending on...sible toreduce the costs of counseling and testing pregnant women for HIV withoutcompromising the quality of these services. In previous studies in the U.S.,...Health Risk To "Cigarette Babies" Is Neglected, Duke Scientist Charges
...rological problems in "cigarettebabies" of smoking pregnant women. This neglect comes despite the fact... chronicingestion of nicotine by one-fourth of all pregnant women probably produces farmore damage than the more limited and episodic use of cocaine. Pr......ent with this drugreduced transmission of HIV from pregnant women to their unborn children by 50percent. The ...of no drug treatment toshort-course AZT therapy in pregnant women from three different settings. The settings were rural Tanzania with an HIV prevalence rate a......W YORK (July 15, 1998)--Over 2,000 American women, pregnant for 63 days orless, who underwent medical abortion with mifepristone (formerly called RU 486)and misoprostol, found the method highly acceptable. Nearly all (96 percent)would recommend it to others; 91 percent would choose it again; and 88 percentfo...'DES Daughters' Had Increased Rates of Cancer; An Animal Study Shows 'DES Granddaughters' May Too
...nning in the 1940s, DES was commonlyprescribed to pregnant women to prevent miscarriages, but the practice wasabandoned after 1971 when investigators found an extremely rare reproductivetract tumor, vaginal adenocarcinoma, in the young daughters of the treatedwomen. Although the incidence of cancer was ulti...... by measuring two proteins present in the blood of pregnant women. Oneof the proteins, human chorionic gonadot...esence of cardiac defects in fetuses. All pregnant women who are at 10- to 14-weeks' gestation, who do not havetwins, and have not had any bleeding dur...Ovarian Hormone Could Play Key Role In Easier, Safer Childbirth
... relaxin was shown to promote cervicalsoftening in pregnant rats by reducing theorganization of collagen fiber...sa cervical softening agent in labor induction. In pregnant women, relaxin isfound in lower amounts in the blood than inrats and pigs. "In the human, it may be...Reassuring Findings About Infants Exposed To Zidovudine
...the current recommendation is totreat HIV-infected pregnant women with regimens that include AZT to preventperinatal HIV transmission," says NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. "Although these findings are reassuring," he adds, "we need to continue tomonitor these children for long-term adverse effects of t......cy more easily because most women are notobviously pregnant in the first trimester," said Dr. Williams. "Only ...e levels of two particularproteins in the blood of pregnant women have been found to be an indicator ofrisk for Down syndrome. If free beta human chorionic gona...Poor Health In Pregnancy And After Childbirth Tied To History Of Abuse
...abuse suffered earlier. The new study involved 68 pregnant patients at a university obstetricsclinic. Leserma...bused women reported feeling less happyabout being pregnant and were less positive toward their pregnancy. "And thatmay be partially because of the traumas they...Decline In Vaccination Could Lead To Resurgence Of Rubella
... devastating effects of rubella infection and warn pregnant women that an immune' result after a routine antenatal test, does not necessarily preclude any recent or current infection. They say that any symptoms or suspected exposure in the first four months of pregnancy should be investigated. Contact: Ms Pa...You Don't Need To Make Sperm Or Even Be Alive To Be A Father
...'s eggs. After oneunsuccessful attempt, she become pregnant last year (This Week, 18 July 1998, p5). British law requires written consent from a man for his sperm to be usedafter his death. But there is no such requirement in the US, leading to concernsthat sperm could be "stolen" from a man who had n...IOM Report Offers New Look At U.S. Vaccine Priorities
...up B streptococcus vaccine forhigh-risk adults and pregnant women; and a Streptococcus pneumoniae for infantsa... potential disincentive to developing vaccines for pregnant women toprevent infections such as Group B streptococcus in newborns and young infants. In addition...UF Researcher Explores Complex Relationship Between Smoking And Fertility
... besmokers. The figures also differ by race: Among pregnant white women in 1996, 16.9percent reported smoking; for pregnant black women, the rate was 10.3percent; and among Hispanics, just 4.3 percent said they smoked. ...... one of theleading causes of illness and death for pregnant women and their babies. Dr. Colin Sullivan of the University of Sydney in Australia says thestudy suggests that partial upper airway obstruction may be responsible for alarge portion of the nighttime increase in blood pressure in pre-eclampsi...