News tagged with fetal growth

Complications of blood cancers make termination advisable at early stages of pregnancy

Lymphoma is the fourth most common cancer in pregnancy, affecting one in 6000 pregnancies. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, acute leukaemia, and other blood cancers, while also rare, can also occur in pregnancy. The need for urgent ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

New research shows C-section not always best for babies

The widely-held assumption that a cesarean delivery has no health risks for the baby is being challenged today by new research that found the procedure did not help some preterm babies who were small for gestational age, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study finds prior preterm delivery indicates subsequent baby will be small even if carried to term

In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report findings that indicate that women who deliver their first baby ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Accelerated infant growth increases risk of future asthma symptoms in children

Accelerated growth in the first three months of life, but not fetal growth, is associated with an increased risk of asthma symptoms in young children, according to a new study from The Generation R Study Group at Erasmus ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Discovery of plant 'nourishing gene' brings hope for increased crop seed yield and food security

University of Warwick scientists have discovered a "nourishing gene" which controls the transfer of nutrients from plant to seed - a significant step which could help increase global food production.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Smaller sibling protein calls the shots in cell division

Scientists have found at least one instance when the smaller sibling gets to call the shots and cancer patients may one day benefit.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Risk of disease partially set in womb, scientists say

Pregnant women sacrifice many of life's simple pleasures - caffeine, sushi, a glass of wine - in the hope that their baby will be born healthy. But according to a provocative new field of research, what happens during pregnancy ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Premature birth may increase risk of epilepsy later in life

Being born prematurely may increase your risk of developing epilepsy as an adult, according to a new study published in the October 4, 2011, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Predicting women's long-term health based on pregnancy outcomes

George R. Saade, M.D., president of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, gave a compelling presentation to SMFM ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Parental exposure to BPA during pregnancy associated with decreased birth weight in offspring

Parental exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) during pregnancy is associated with decreased birth weight of offspring, compared with offspring from families without parental BPA exposure in the workplace, according to Kaiser Permanente ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic mutation linked to lethal disease

Researchers have identified a genetic mutation found in the Ohio Amish population as the cause of a fatal developmental disease in fetuses and infants, according to research published in the April 8, 2011, issue of Science.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The invisible public health problem: New estimates say 2.6 million stillbirths each year

Some 2.6 million third trimester stillbirths worldwide occur every year, according to the first comprehensive set of stillbirth estimates, published today within a special series in the medical journal The Lancet.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tissue engineers use new system to measure biomaterials, structures

Tissue engineering makes biologists builders, but compared to their civil engineering counterparts, they don't know much about the properties of the materials and structures they use, namely living cells. To improve that ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pregnancy outcome affected by immune system genes

A team of researchers, led by Ashley Moffett, at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, has shed new light on genetic factors that increase susceptibility to and provide protection from common disorders of pregnancy, ...

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created Oct 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Risks in multiple pregnancies

The complication rate during pregnancy with twins is about 40%. Women with multiple pregnancies often develop pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, and hemorrhages during the term of their pregnancy. Joachim W Dudenhausen ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 08, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0