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. A new report from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which is published by Elsevier in the September-October 2009 issue of General Hospital Psychiatry, explores the management of pregnancy and depression. http://www.physorg.com/news172739734.html Medicine & Health Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:30:04 EST news172739734 (AP) -- Seniors who for years have made flu shots a fall ritual are being sent to the end of the line for the swine flu vaccine. And the reason - their age group seems to have a bit of immunity - appears to have warded off most potential grumbling. http://www.physorg.com/news172424621.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:20:02 EST news172424621 (AP) -- Plan on getting your swine flu shot at work? Don't count on it. The new vaccine will be rationed initially to groups most at risk of contracting the virus or developing complications - children and young adults, pregnant women, health care workers and the chronically ill. People caring for infants will also receive priority. http://www.physorg.com/news172338111.html Medicine & Health Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:00:01 EST news172338111 (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration approved the new swine flu vaccine Tuesday, a long-anticipated step as the government works to get vaccinations under way next month. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the vaccine's approval to Congress - and said she hopes to get the first limited supplies distributed early in October. http://www.physorg.com/news172246294.html Medicine & Health Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:11:58 EST news172246294 (AP) -- Flu season's in full swing two months early this year - and nearly all the cases are the new swine flu strain that so far is targeting mostly children and younger adults. http://www.physorg.com/news172162995.html Medicine & Health Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:40:09 EST news172162995 The first trial testing a candidate 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine in pregnant women is launching this week, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced today. http://www.physorg.com/news171736960.html Medicine & Health Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:00:03 EST news171736960 UK researchers have developed a new computer model - Expecting - that can be used as a design tool for automotive designers to help ensure that vehicle designs can accommodate the safety needs of pregnant occupants. They report details in the latest issue of the International Journal of Vehicle Design. http://www.physorg.com/news171565238.html Technology Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:01:22 EST news171565238 Giving insecticide-treated bed nets to nearly 18,000 mothers at prenatal clinics in the Democratic Republic of Congo prevented an estimated 414 infant deaths from malaria, a study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers concludes. http://www.physorg.com/news171174906.html Medicine & Health Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:35:49 EST news171174906 The number of confirmed swine flu cases in Europe stands at over 46,000 and the European Union will no longer publish weekly figures on the numbers infected, a health chief said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news171047637.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:40:01 EST news171047637 (AP) -- Since it first emerged in April, the global swine flu epidemic has sickened more than 1 million Americans and killed about 500. It's also spread around the world, infecting tens of thousands and killing nearly 2,000. http://www.physorg.com/news171002228.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:30:01 EST news171002228 A chemical compound found in unpasteurised food has been detected in unusually high levels in the red blood cells of pregnant women with the condition pre-eclampsia. http://www.physorg.com/news170420742.html Medicine & Health Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:50:03 EST news170420742 (AP) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday that a massive school closing wouldn't stop the spread of the swine flu virus, saying vaccinations must be the defense against a menace that one report said could infect up to half of the population. http://www.physorg.com/news170405403.html Medicine & Health Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:50:31 EST news170405403 (AP) -- The World Health Organization said Friday that Tamiflu should only be given to particularly vulnerable people - a warning to countries like Britain where the swine flu drug is being handed out freely. http://www.physorg.com/news170136711.html Medicine & Health Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:22:29 EST news170136711 Immunology researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that bacteria present in the human gut help initiate the body's defense mechanisms against Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite responsible for toxoplasmosis. http://www.physorg.com/news169909790.html Biology Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:00:10 EST news169909790 (AP) -- The U.S. won't have nearly as much swine flu vaccine ready by mid-October as long predicted - 45 million doses instead of the anticipated 120 million, a federal official said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news169791704.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:40:01 EST news169791704 Women with epilepsy who have seizures during pregnancy appear more likely to give birth to pre-term, small or low-birth-weight babies than women without epilepsy, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news169141537.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:10:04 EST news169141537 (PhysOrg.com) -- If your mother smoked during her pregnancy, you are more likely to be addicted to nicotine as a young adult. http://www.physorg.com/news168703041.html Medicine & Health Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:30:03 EST news168703041 (AP) -- Pregnant women, health care workers and children six months and older should be placed at the front of the line for swine flu vaccinations this fall, a government panel recommended Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news168181411.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:04:28 EST news168181411 (AP) -- Pregnant women who get swine flu are at least four times as likely to be hospitalized as other people with the virus, a new study says. http://www.physorg.com/news168067697.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:28:56 EST news168067697 (AP) -- Swine flu has been hitting pregnant women unusually hard, so they are likely to be among the first group advised to get a new swine flu shot this fall. http://www.physorg.com/news167996892.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:00:02 EST news167996892 Expectant mothers who are obese are much more likely to suffer from minor complications such as heart burn and chest infections during pregnancy, a study suggests. http://www.physorg.com/news166972682.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:10:01 EST news166972682 An ambitious new national study that aims to follow children from conception through adulthood will miss a golden opportunity to gather data on the most underrepresented population in clinical research - pregnant women, say leading ethicists at Duke University Medical Center, Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities. http://www.physorg.com/news166377338.html Medicine & Health Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:56:00 EST news166377338 Boston University School of Medicine researchers (BUSM) have observed in a study of pregnant women that consumption of at least seven servings per day of fruits and vegetables moderately reduced the risk of developing an upper respiratory tract infection (URTI). The BUSM study appears online in the journal Public Health Nutrition. http://www.physorg.com/news166271978.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:40:16 EST news166271978 Women who enter pregnancy with a higher body weight face serious risks: higher rates of gestational diabetes, high blood pressure and the risk of a larger baby who could go on to have obesity, diabetes and heart disease in the future. http://www.physorg.com/news164556587.html Medicine & Health Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:10:18 EST news164556587 (AP) -- A massive effort to test pregnant women for a deadly germ they can spread to their babies has yielded a bad surprise - a high rate of wrong test results that led some infants to miss out on treatment. http://www.physorg.com/news164510142.html Medicine & Health Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:20:01 EST news164510142 For years, doctors and other health-care providers have managed pregnant patients according to guidelines issued by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). In 1986, ACOG stated, "Regardless of how much women weigh before they become pregnant, gaining between 26-35 pounds during pregnancy can improve the outcome of pregnancy and reduce their chances of having the pregnancy end in fetal death." Until its revised guidelines were released yesterday, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) had recommended that overweight women should gain about 15 pounds during pregnancy. http://www.physorg.com/news162817947.html Medicine & Health Fri, 29 May 2009 12:23:58 EST news162817947 Pregnant women with low levels of vitamin D may be more likely to suffer from bacterial vaginosis (BV) - a common vaginal infection that increases a woman's risk for preterm delivery, according to a University of Pittsburgh study. Available online and published in the June issue of the Journal of Nutrition, the study may explain why African-American women, who often lack adequate vitamin D, are three times more likely than white women to develop BV. http://www.physorg.com/news162216931.html Medicine & Health Fri, 22 May 2009 13:16:12 EST news162216931 Pregnant women appear to have worse clinical and economic outcomes after thyroid and parathyroid surgery compared with women who are not pregnant, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Surgery. http://www.physorg.com/news161883000.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 May 2009 16:30:38 EST news161883000 It is well established that seat belts save lives. However, many pregnant women do not wear seat belts, for fear that the belt itself could injure the baby in a car crash. But is this actually the case? Does the seat belt put the baby at risk? http://www.physorg.com/news161750292.html Medicine & Health Sun, 17 May 2009 03:45:06 EST news161750292 Pregnant women and newborns are at greatest risk in a flu epidemic, but more planning must be done to ensure that they receive priority treatment should an outbreak occur, according to a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and University of Pittsburgh study. The findings, published online in Emerging Health Threats Journal, raise concerns about the ability of hospitals to adequately treat this vulnerable population, particularly in light of the current H1N1 flu outbreak. http://www.physorg.com/news161429710.html Medicine & Health Wed, 13 May 2009 10:35:58 EST news161429710