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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 ...





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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 ...


Steadier Traffic Flow Improves Health of Local Infants, Say Columbia Researchers

Steadier Traffic Flow Improves Health of Local Infants, Researchers Say

Medicine & Health / Health

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- The creation of E-ZPass lanes over the past 15 years has significantly improved the health of newborn babies living near highways in the Northeast, according to a Columbia study. The researchers ...


Premature births worsen US infant death rate

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Premature births, often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than in most European countries, a government report said Tuesday.


Hormone that affects finger length key to social behavior

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 2

The hormones, called androgens, are important in the development of masculine characteristics such as aggression and strength. It is also thought that prenatal androgens affect finger length during development in the womb. ...


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Technology / Internet

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Worried about missing a birth announcement, or details on what your portly uncle had for lunch?


Boys with urogenital birth defects are 33 percent more common in villages sprayed with DDT

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Women who lived in villages sprayed with DDT to reduce malaria gave birth to 33 per cent more baby boys with urogenital birth defects (UGBD) between 2004 and 2006 than women in unsprayed villages, according to research published ...


82 healthy sea turtles hatch at San Diego SeaWorld (AP)

82 healthy sea turtles hatch at San Diego SeaWorld

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The population of endangered green sea turtles at SeaWorld in San Diego grew by 82 in October when the eggs hatched on Shipwreck Beach without human help.


The importance of grandmothers in the lives of their grandchildren

The importance of grandmothers in the lives of their grandchildren

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is widely believed that women live long post-reproductive lives to help care for their grandchildren. According to the "Grandmother Hypothesis," post-menopausal women can increase their ...


Researcher wants to tip the scales for northern lizard

Researcher wants to tip the scales for northern lizard

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Armed with eyelash glue, a walking stick and a faithful horse, University of Alberta researcher Krista Fink is hoping to help Canada's most northern lizard get off the species-at-risk list.


Obesity significantly cuts odds of successful pregnancy

Medicine & Health / Health

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Obese women are as much as 28 percent less likely to become pregnant and have a successful pregnancy, according to research that earned a Michigan State University professor a national award.



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