http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Women who are desperately trying to get pregnant might want to avoid complementary and alternative medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news169815113.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:40:01 EST news169815113 Highly skilled women who have lost their job tend not to realise their plans to start a family. This is the clear finding of a major study conducted by the University of Linz with support from the Austrian Science Fund FWF. According to the findings, career development issues can come to dominate the long-term life plans of women who have lost their job. The study also points toward additional socio-economic factors that can impact on birth rates over the long term. http://www.physorg.com/news169738100.html Other Sciences Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:40:02 EST news169738100 (AP) -- Conservationists raised the alarm Thursday for Zimbabwe's rare rhinos after a sharp increase in poaching because of a breakdown of law enforcement in this troubled southern African country. http://www.physorg.com/news159118915.html Biology Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:43:10 EST news159118915 (AP) -- More babies were born in the United States in 2007 than any year in the nation's history, topping the peak during the baby boom 50 years earlier, federal researchers reported Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news156597406.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:19:59 EST news156597406 The nation's preterm birth rate declined slightly in 2007 - a finding that the March of Dimes hopes will prove to be the start of a new trend in improved maternal and infant health. http://www.physorg.com/news156603387.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:57:02 EST news156603387 Thirty years ago last summer, the world's first "test-tube" baby was born, and since then more than 1 million infants have been successfully conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF), the technique in which a woman's eggs and man's sperm are fertilized in a laboratory and then implanted in the mother's womb. http://www.physorg.com/news151176421.html Medicine & Health Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:27:01 EST news151176421 New government statistics confirm that the decades-long rise in the United States preterm birth rate continues, putting more infants than ever at increased risk of death and disability. http://www.physorg.com/news150559656.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:07:36 EST news150559656 Long established medical interventions to help couples with infertility problems do not seem to improve fertility, according to a study published on bmj.com today. These findings challenge current practice in the UK and national guidelines should be reviewed in the light of this evidence, say the authors. http://www.physorg.com/news137391415.html Medicine & Health Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:16:55 EST news137391415