Posted on February 12th, 2012 by Health News
In a study presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, in Dallas, Texas, researchers reported findings that show that in women with acute postpartum anemia, due to excessive blood loss during delivery, red blood cell transfusion led to a statistically significant decrease in physical fatigue…
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Posted on February 12th, 2012 by Health News
In a study to be presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, in Dallas, Texas, researchers reported findings that indicate that the risk of obstetric intervention is lower for women who deliver or intend to deliver outside of hospitals, but there are some higher risks for newborns intended for home [...]
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Posted on February 10th, 2012 by Health News
In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting -, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report findings that indicate that prescription medications may affect the body’s ability to metabolize 17-alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17-OHPC), the only FDA approved medication for the prevention of recurrent preterm birth.
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Posted on February 9th, 2012 by Health News
Women who did not plan to get pregnant are much more likely to stop breastfeeding within three months of giving birth, according to a study published in the journal Current Anthropology. The research suggests that women whose pregnancies were unplanned often experience more emotional and physical discomfort with breastfeeding compared to women who planned to [...]
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Posted on February 3rd, 2012 by Health News
Pfizer has recalled 1 million packs of Lo/Ovral-28 and generic norgestrel/ethinyl estradiol birth control pills. These pills that need to be taken in the correct sequence have been mixed up in packaging and women using them could be at risk of pregnancy.
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Posted on February 1st, 2012 by Health News
Imagine a contraceptive that could, with one or two painless 15-minute non-surgical treatments, provide months of protection from pregnancy. And imagine that the equipment needed were already in physical therapists’ offices around the world. Sound too good to be true? For years, scientists thought so too. But new research headed by Dr…
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Posted on January 31st, 2012 by Health News
Women have long bemoaned the fact that as they have more children, their weight gain from pregnancy becomes more difficult to lose. A new study using a mouse model that mimics the human effects of multiparity (giving birth more than once) has found that mouse moms who gave birth four times accrued significantly more fat [...]
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Posted on January 20th, 2012 by Health News
New research reinforces the fact that there is no ’safe’ level of drinking while pregnant. Medscape Medical News
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Posted on January 18th, 2012 by Health News
The authors of a study published online on Tuesday that was designed to overcome the difficulties of obtaining accurate and reliable data in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome research, say their findings reinforce the warning that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy…
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Posted on January 18th, 2012 by Health News
Canada should prohibit disclosure of the sex of a fetus until after 30 weeks of pregnancy to combat female feticide which is practised by some ethnic groups in Canada and the United States, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)….
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