Liverpool placenta study could save lives
...e addressing an unmet need in the treatment of new mothers who have this condition. It is very exciting to be part of such a worthwhile study." The study will be conducted in sites across the UK and Uganda over three years and is being funded by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Wellbeing of Women - th...60 per cent of first-time mums say prolonged labour will affect them for life
Six out of ten first-time mothers who had a prolonged labour say that the experience...of the women with prolonged labour said that their mothers had given birth to them as a result of assisted vaginal or caesarean deliveries. Only three per cent...Over-feeding in infancy might set the stage for childhood obesity
...5 month old babies, over a period of 24 hours. The mothers were left to interact with their babies and feed t... to. Their results show that 3 out of the 4 obese mothers fed their babies an average of 19.7 kcal per body weight more than normal weight mothers. The childr...Children of incarcerated mothers exhibit poor attachment to caregivers, mothers
Children of imprisoned mothers generally have insecure relationships with their mothers and caregivers, according to a new study published in the May/June issue of the journal Child Develo...Genes may influence nutritional composition of breast milk
...t disease and Alzheimer's disease. They found that mothers who carried either one or two copies of the E4 variant had 40 to 75 percent less total fat in their breast milk compared to women who did not have the variant. "This unexpected finding suggests that the E4 variant could affect the total amount of cal...A 'mind-reading' mum - rich or poor - is key to baby's progress
...age and play skills, says a study of more than 200 mothers and their babies, led by Dr Elizabeth Meins, of th...n to parents and vulnerable infants. In the study, mothers who are good at 'reading' their off-springs' emotions and state of mind are described as being more ...Teenage depression can be enduring, but is more often short-lived
...five." Twenty percent of the children of depressed mothers developed depression by age 15, a rate of depressi... studied children of depressed mothers. Depressed mothers often themselves had mothers who were depressed. Her research is funded by the National Institute o...Drug to block mother-to-child HIV transmission induces resistance more often than previously thought
...Hopkins University, analyzed HIV samples from nine mothers and five infants in Uganda who had received single...ne. Although no major safety issues have arisen in mothers or infants taking this therapy, the emergence of drug resistance has created an increasing challenge...New study has surprise findings on childhood depression
...examined many factors associated with reports from mothers of symptoms of depression in five-year-olds. These included marital partner changes, mother's health problems in pregnancy, child health during the first six months of life, maternal anxiety and marital satisfaction early in the child's development ...Men, women disagree on number of guns at home, new study finds
...m storage practices and creating safer homes since mothers are the ones usually taking their children to the doctor." Coyne-Beasley, associate professor of pediatrics and internal medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, and colleagues conducted the investigation to learn whether men and women differed in the...Research links heavy drinking and increased mental health risk
...is Australia's largest longitudinal study tracking mothers and their children from pre-birth to early adulthood. Dr Alati said light drinking up to 5 drinks per week was associated with the lowest rates of anxiety and depression when women were in their early 30s. But at all three assessments, conducted ...Despite WHO/UNICEF push for 'rooming-in,' mothers and babies being separated at birth
... and conducted in Stockholm, Sweden, suggests that mothers who left their babies in the hospital nursery at n...lieved that was where the babies belonged. Of the mothers who did not room-in, 73% were in favor of the option but were influenced by negative staff attitudes...Johns Hopkins AIDS expert says global strategy needed to combat 'feminization' of HIV/AIDS
...cted, and the social consequences of so many young mothers dying and leaving behind children who may also be infected as well as orphaned. He also points out that medical research suggests hormonal and developmental factors place young women at greater risk than men for contracting the virus when exposed to...Planned home births in the United States are safe, say researchers
...ternal satisfaction were reported, and over 87% of mothers and babies did not require transfer to hospital. "Our study of certified professional midwives suggests that they achieve good outcomes among low risk women without routine use of expensive hospital interventions," say the authors. "This evidence su...Ill-health and unhappiness among the risks for older mothers
...een 2000 and 2002, about 1 100 children lost their mothers because of pregnancy", he said. "If these women ...thy and wealthy", he said. During pregnancy, older mothers seemed to be particularly prone to what Professor de Swiet calls the "misery factor". "I am impre...Revealed: The true cost to the nation of multiple pregnancies
...at, together with the known medical risks for both mothers and babies of multiple pregnancies, the economic c...ryos in one cycle and with far fewer risks to the mothers and babies. With older women, or those with more problems, this is not necessarily the case. Howev...Rise in ICSI cycles suggests infertility could be affecting more men than women
...ountries actually improved. "This is good news for mothers and babies, because multiple births are dangerous for both and can cause congenital problems in the offspring." Dr Nyboe Andersen added: "New data from Finland and Sweden have demonstrated that single embryo transfer can be introduced on a national l...Study sheds light on the developmental origins of polycystic ovarian syndrome
...to maternity hospital records and first traced the mothers so that they could then contact and interview the ...irth weight, placental weight, and weight of their mothers at their last clinical examination before giving birth. Dr Davies said: "Symptoms of PCOS were rela...Postnatal depression in fathers may affect children's behavioural development
...pment. Depression is common and frequently affects mothers and fathers of young children. Postnatal depression in mothers affects the quality of maternal care, and can lead to disturbances in their children's social, behav...As mothers get older and assisted conception becomes more common, the incidence of multiple births--primarily of nonidentical siblings, but also of identical ones--has dramatically increased. Multiple pregnancies are high-risk pregnancies, with preterm delivery...