News tagged with birth mechanism

Study shows additional benefits of progesterone in reducing preterm birth risk

(Medical Xpress) -- An analysis of five previous studies has uncovered additional evidence of the effectiveness of progesterone, a naturally occurring hormone, in reducing the rate of preterm birth among a high-risk category ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vaginal progesterone reduces preterm birth, neonatal morbidity and mortality in women at risk

Women with a short cervix should be treated with vaginal progesterone to prevent preterm birth, according to a landmark study by leading obstetricians around the world. Vaginal progesterone decreased the rate of preterm birth ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Virtual childbirth simulator improves safety of high-risk deliveries

Newly developed computer software combined with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a fetus may help physicians better assess a woman's potential for a difficult childbirth. Results of a study using the new software were ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds clue to birth defects in babies of mothers with diabetes

In a paper published today in Diabetologia, a team at Joslin Diabetes Center, headed by Mary R. Loeken, PhD, has identified the enzyme AMP kinase (AMPK) as key to the molecular mechanism that significantly increases the ri ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kids dependent on long-term ventilation require longer, more expensive hospital care

Despite significant technological improvements, children reliant on long-term mechanical ventilation often require extensive additional care, including costly hospital stays and emergency visits.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic sex determination let ancient species adapt to ocean life

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of extinct sea creatures suggests that the transition from egg-laying to live-born young opened up evolutionary pathways that allowed these ancient species to adapt to and thrive ...

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study explains potential failure of oral contraceptives with obese women

Researchers have identified a potential biological mechanism that could explain why oral contraceptives may be less effective at preventing pregnancy in obese women, as some epidemiological studies have indicated.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Why the thumb of the right hand is on the left hand side

It is the concentration of a few signaling molecules that determines the fate of individual cells during the early development of organisms. In the renowned journal Current Biology, a team of molecular biologists led by Pia ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0

'You will give birth in pain': Neanderthals too

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of California at Davis (USA) and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig (Germany) present a virtual reconstruction of a female Neanderthal ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 0