News tagged with maternal age
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, ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Pregnant women at low risk of complications can safely be offered a choice of where to give birth
Women with low risk pregnancies should be able to choose where they give birth, concludes a study published in the British Medical Journal today. Although it shows that first-time mums who opt for a home birth are at a higher ...
Nov 25, 2011 |
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Age and BMI can predict likelihood of developing gestational diabetes, new research suggests
Age and body mass index (BMI)are important risk factors for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) particularly amongst South Asian and Black African women finds new research published today (02 November) in BJOG: An International Jo ...
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Nordic study shows marginally higher but overall low risk of stillbirth in ART children
A research group from the Nordic countries (the MART group -- Morbidity in ART) found a marginally higher but overall still low risk of stillbirth among children conceived after assisted reproduction treatment (ART) compared ...
Jul 06, 2011 |
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Factors affecting obstetric outcomes of IVF singletons
Further evidence of how maternal characteristics can influence the development of children born after in vitro fertilization was presented to the annual conference of the European Society of Human Fertilization and Embryology ...
Jul 05, 2011 |
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Could ovarian stimulation cause an increase in chromosome copy number abnormalities?
Ovarian stimulation undertaken by women of advanced maternal age receiving fertility treatment may be disrupting the normal pattern of meiosis -- a critical process of chromosome duplication followed by two specialized cell ...
Jul 05, 2011 |
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Women with recurrent miscarriage have a good chance of having a pregnancy and live birth
Women who suffer from unexplained recurrent miscarriage (RM) need to know how long it might take them to achieve a live birth if they are not to lose hope and give up trying for a baby. There is currently no evidence-based ...
Jul 05, 2011 |
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Could ovarian stimulation cause an increase in oocyte chromosome abnormalities?
Ovarian stimulation undertaken by women of advanced maternal age (over 35 years) receiving fertility treatment may be disrupting the normal pattern of meiosis – a critical process of chromosome duplication followed by ...
Jul 04, 2011 |
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A new model to predict accurate outcomes for IVF
Couple-and treatment-specific factors can be used to provide infertile couples with an accurate assessment of the likelihood of having a successful outcome following in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). A new prediction model created ...
Jan 04, 2011 |
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Genetic test can scan fetus through mom's blood
Scientists have discovered a way to learn everything there is to know about a fetus's genetic make-up by taking a sample of the pregnant mother's blood, said a study released on Wednesday.
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Study finds evidence of gender bias toward diagnosing boys with autism
Social factors can play a key role in whether or not a child is diagnosed as autistic, a new study has found.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 17, 2010 |
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Why the biological clock? Study says aging reduces centromere cohesion, disrupts reproduction
University of Pennsylvania biologists studying human reproduction have identified what is likely the major contributing factor to the maternal age-associated increase in aneuploidy, the term for an abnormal ...
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Children of older women appear vulnerable to the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure
The presence and severity of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) are influenced by factors beyond alcohol consumption. A new study of one of those factors that may increase the risk of FASD - maternal age - has found ...
Jul 20, 2010 |
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Risk of death higher for babies born outside normal working week in Scotland
Babies born outside normal working hours of 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday are at an increased risk of death due to lack of oxygen (intrapartum anoxia), according to a study from Scotland published in the British Medical Journal ...
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Study shows new PGS method can predict chromosomal abnormalities
Scientists at the University of Bonn and at the SISMER centre in Bologna used a new micro-array technology that screens all chromosomes in one cell within 12 hours, allowing for fresh transfer of the egg into the female patient. ...
Jul 06, 2010 |
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