News tagged with childbirth
Post-partum psychiatric episodes linked with increased risk of developing bipolar affective disorder
Experiencing a psychiatric episode within the first 30 days post-partum appears to be associated with an increased risk of developing bipolar affective disorder, according to a report published Online First by Archives of ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 05, 2011 |
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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 ...
Nov 29, 2011 |
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New study on maternity care published
(Medical Xpress) -- The result of a major study comparing two methods of maternity care, commissioned by the HSE and conducted by the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, has been published recently in ...
Nov 18, 2011 |
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Evolution offers clues to leading cause of death during childbirth
(Medical Xpress) -- Unusual features of the human placenta may be the underlying cause of postpartum hemorrhage, the leading cause of maternal deaths during childbirth, according to evolutionary research at the University ...
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Poor sleep quality in first, third trimesters linked to preterm births
Poor sleep quality in both early and late pregnancy has been linked to an increased risk of delivering preterm.
Nov 01, 2011 |
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Legally blind student makes unique discovery
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Texas at Arlington graduate student in anthropology has helped to unearth a rare find: ancient images of a woman giving birth. What makes the discovery so unique is that it ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Fear of childbirth increases likelihood of C-section
A new study published in the international journal Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica (AOGS) reveals that fear of childbirth is a predisposing factor for emergency and elective cesarean sections, even after psycho ...
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Hospital births saving babies in China, study says
(AP) -- Researchers have found that encouraging women to giver birth in hospitals has contributed to a sharp decrease in the number of infant deaths in China.
Sep 16, 2011 |
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Herbal abortion helps African women
Researchers at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, have examined a number of plants which are used for illegal abortions in Tanzania. The lab tests show that several of the plants can make the ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 26, 2011 |
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Local efforts can stem the increasing unnecessary cesarean sections
Caesarean section rates are steadily increasing globally. Requiring two doctors to agree that a Caesarean section is the best way to deliver a baby, rather than just needing one opinion, providing internal feedback to doctors ...
Jul 26, 2011 |
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Postnatal depression linked to depression in offspring until age 16
Fortunately, postnatal depression often resolves itself in the weeks following childbirth. But for mothers with more profound or prolonged postnatal depression the risk of subsequent development of depression in their children ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 16, 2011 |
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International study shows Caesareans not as 'posh' as commonly believed
(Medical Xpress) -- A ground-breaking study of women who have given birth in New Zealand, Scotland and England, has found the strongest evidence yet that having caesarean sections does not always protect women from the common ...
Jun 14, 2011 |
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'Duh' science: Why researchers spend so much time proving the obvious
Medical researchers have unlocked the human genome, wiped out smallpox and made great strides in the fight against AIDS.
Jun 07, 2011 |
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Spanking 1-year-olds is common in depressed dads
Just like new moms, new fathers can be depressed, and a study found a surprising number of sad dads spanked their 1-year-olds.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Men attend childbirth classes for partner's sake
Although their involvement is very different, childbirth is an important shared experience for the first-time father and his partner, yet men generally attend childbirth classes only for their partner's sake, reveals research ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Childbirth
Childbirth (also called labour, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a human pregnancy or gestation period with birth of one or more newborn infants from a woman's uterus. The process of normal human childbirth is categorized in three stages of labour: the shortening and dilation of the cervix, descent and birth of the infant, and birth of the placenta.. In some cases, childbirth is achieved through caesarean section, the removal of the neonate through a surgical incision in the abdomen, rather than through vaginal birth.
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