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Night, weekend delivery OK for babies with birth defects

Weekday delivery is no better than night or weekend delivery for infants with birth defects, according to a new study presented today at The Pregnancy Meeting, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual conference. ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Current trend is to preserve pregnancy in patients diagnosed with cervical or ovarian cancer

The first paper in The Lancet Series on cancer in pregnancy explores the issues around gynaecological cancers, with cervical and ovarian being the most common. The current trend is to preserve pregnancy wherever possible. The fi ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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Surgery and chemotherapy are possible for pregnant women with breast cancer

Breast cancer in pregnant women is as common as in non-pregnant women of the same age, with no evidence to suggest pregnancy increases the risk of such cancer. In the majority of cases, pregnant women can have their breast ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ultrasound study provides first direct evidence of effect of malaria on fetal growth

A study of almost 3,800 pregnancies has provided the most accurate and direct evidence to date that malaria infection reduces early foetal growth. Low birth weight is the most important risk factor for neonatal mortality ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Behavior of parent organisms may influence genes passed on to next generation

Timing is everything, and if there was ever a scientist whose legacy was tarnished by bad timing, it was Jean Baptiste Lamarck. The French naturalist lived from 1744 to 1829 - and published his own evolutionary theory decades ...

Biology / Evolution

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mars-bound NASA rover carries coin for camera checkup

(PhysOrg.com) -- The camera at the end of the robotic arm on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has its own calibration target, a smartphone-size plaque that looks like an eye chart supplemented with color chips ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

New research shows early bone growth linked to bone density in later life

Researchers from the University of Southampton, in collaboration with a research group in Delhi, India, have shown that growth in early childhood can affect bone density in adult life, which could lead to an increased risk ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Compromises between quantity and quality common in animals: do the same holds for plants, flowers?

Most creatures face compromises when they reproduce — the more energy they devote to having lots of babies, the less they can invest in each one. But do the same tradeoffs hold true for plants? Biologists ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Under the microscope: Mouse embryo

Under the Microscope is a collection of videos that show glimpses of the natural and man-made world in stunning close-up. They will be released every Monday and Thursday for the next couple of months and you can see them ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Multiple births lead to weight gain and other problems for mouse moms and male offspring

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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