News tagged with foetuses
Tropics are a boon for baby girls
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Couples hoping for a baby girl might be best advised to go and live in Africa, if a study published on Wednesday is correct.
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Vitamin C deficiency impairs early brain development
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen shows that vitamin C deficiency may impair the mental development of new-born babies.
Pollution shrinks fetus size, study finds
Jan 07, 2008 |
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Exposure to air pollution significantly reduces foetus size during pregnancy, according to a new study by Brisbane scientists.
Tutankhamen fathered twins
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Sep 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two foetuses found in the tomb of Tutankhamen may have been twins and were very likely to have been the children of the teenage Pharaoh, according to the anatomist who first studied the mummified remains ...
N.Irish sextuplets mum ignored advice to abort
Jun 14, 2009 |
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A mother who gave birth to sextuplets told a British Sunday newspaper that she rejected doctors' advice to abort several of the foetuses because her children were a "gift from God".
Germany bans secret paternity tests
May 15, 2009 |
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The German parliament passed a law Friday outlawing secret genetic testing to determine the father of a child along with other privacy protection measures.
S.Korea lifts ban on stem cell research
Apr 29, 2009 |
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South Korea on Wednesday conditionally lifted a ban on stem cell research using human eggs, three years after outlawing the practice because a scientist was found to have faked his work.
Toxoplasmosis infection trick revealed by scientists
May 10, 2007 |
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Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease, primarily carried by cats. It is transmitted to humans by eating undercooked meat or through contact with cat faeces. It is particularly dangerous for pregnant women, whose foetuses can ...
Do chemicals in the environment affect fertility?
May 20, 2008 |
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Our day-to-day exposure to chemicals is on the increase. From food packaging to the air we breathe, every day contact with potentially-toxic substances could be affecting our health — and our fertility.
Extreme nausea and vomiting varies among pregnant women from different countries
Apr 25, 2008 |
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Mothers born in India and Sri Lanka are three times more likely to suffer from extreme nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (hyperemesis gravidarum) than ethnic Norwegians. This finding comes from the Norwegian Institute of Public ...
Human stem cells promote healing of diabetic ulcers
Apr 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Treatment of chronic wounds is a continuing clinical problem and socio-economic burden with diabetic foot ulcers alone costing the NHS £300 million a year. Scientists in Bristol have found ...
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