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US gets a 'D' for preterm birth rate

US gets a 'D' for preterm birth rate

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For the second consecutive year, the United States earned only a "D" on the March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card, demonstrating that more than half a million of our nation's newborns didn't get the ...


Death from childhood stroke

Death from childhood stroke

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stroke is an important cause of childhood morbidity and is in the top ten causes of childhood death. For the first time, new research has looked at trends in death from childhood stroke in ...


3 IVF attempts double chances

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Just one in three women gives birth after a single IVF attempt, but the cumulative chance of a live birth increases with each cycle - where women are offered three cycles nearly two thirds go on to have babies, reveals a ...


Local health investigation sheds light on gastroschisis birth defect

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Results of an investigation conducted by University of Nevada, Reno researchers, public health officials and area physicians published this week in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, indicate that Washoe County ...


Rapid star formation spotted in 'stellar nurseries' of infant galaxies

Rapid star formation spotted in 'stellar nurseries' of infant galaxies

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

The Universe's infant galaxies enjoyed rapid growth spurts forming stars like our sun at a rate of up to 50 stars a year, according to scientists at Durham University.


Hope for men with nonobstructive infertility

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It has been thought that men with non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA), a lack of sperm in the semen not caused by an obstruction within the reproductive system, are poor candidates for IVF. Now, researchers writing in the open ...


MRI helps detect life-threatening pregnancy complication

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) revealed that MRI is a highly accurate means of identifying placenta accreta, a potentially life-threatening and increasingly ...


Study finds link between preeclampsia and reduced thyroid function

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women who experience preeclampsia, a serious complication of pregnancy, may have an increased risk for reduced thyroid functioning later in life, report a team of researchers from the National Institutes of Health and other ...


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To make memories, new neurons must erase older ones

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Short-term memory may depend in a surprising way on the ability of newly formed neurons to erase older connections. That's the conclusion of a report in the November 13th issue of the journal Cell that provid ...


Deciding to have a baby is an easier step for public sector workers

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Working for the public sector is good for fertility, according to new Economic and Social Research Council funded research at the University of Oxford. The study, which examined patterns of employment and childbearing decisions ...



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