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Family history of diabetes, awareness of risk factors, and health behaviors among African Americans

African-Americans who have family members with diabetes are more aware of the disease's risk factors - but that awareness may not lead to a healthier lifestyle.

2 Apr 2007

Ultrasound and blood tests screen high-risk pregnant mothers for placental damage

If the placenta is not functioning properly it could be a potential danger to the health of the mother and fetus. Abnormalities can lead to conditions such as preeclampsia, which is maternal high blood pressure, stillbirth or the need for a pre-term delivery.

2 Apr 2007

Excessive weight gain during pregnancy directly associated with having an overweight child

Pregnant women who gain excessive or even appropriate weight, according to current guidelines, are four times more likely than women who gain inadequate weight to have a baby who becomes overweight in early childhood.

2 Apr 2007

FDA discourages consumers from purchasing Accutane online

FDA last week launched a Web page aimed at discouraging consumers from purchasing the acne drug isotretinoin, sold by Roche under the brand name Accutane, on the Internet, Dow Jones/Marketwatch reports.

2 Apr 2007

Mother's high beef consumption while pregnant associated with lower sperm counts in her son

Researchers sought to examine the relationship between semen quality and long-term risks from growth hormones and other chemicals in beef.

28 Mar 2007

Happy schools lead to lower levels of substance abuse and teen pregnancy

Promoting a positive ethos in schools, in which students are more engaged and enjoy good relationships with their teachers, can lead to lower levels of substance abuse and teen pregnancy, according to a study which appears in the British Medical Journal.

25 Mar 2007

Mexican Senate to consider bill allowing abortion in first three months of pregnancy

Senators from Mexico's Party of the Democratic Revolution, the country's largest leftist party, on Tuesday introduced a bill that would legalize abortion nationwide during the first three months of pregnancy, the AP/Guardian reports.

22 Mar 2007

Long periods of bed rest harmful to health of pregnant women

Studies by NASA scientists, who used bed rest to simulate weightlessness in space, found that complete immobility during a long period of time can cause degeneration of person's musculoskeletal and cardiovascular systems.

22 Mar 2007

New procedure to estimate reproductive potential of individual embryos

To address the high rate of multiple births resulting from in-vitro-fertilization (IVF), researchers at Yale School of Medicine and McGill University have developed a procedure that estimates the reproductive potential of individual embryos, possibly leading to a decrease in multiple-infant births and a higher success rate in women undergoing IVF.

19 Mar 2007

Schools need more nurses to help pupils tackle health problems

Every school should have its own school nurse, based on site, to help tackle child obesity, nutritional problems and teenage pregnancy, according to new research from the Fabian Society.

19 Mar 2007

Talk therapy works for panic disorder

Psychoanalytic therapies have been in professional use for over a century, but a new study from physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center is the first to show that a classic psychoanalytic talk therapy is efficacious in treating panic disorder.

14 Mar 2007

Meeting of women Parliamentarians on maternal and newborn health and survival

Influential women from all over the globe have come together in London to urge the world to redouble efforts and boost investments to reduce the global burden of maternal and newborn death.

13 Mar 2007

Advocates on International Women's day highlight discrimination, need to end impunity for sexual violence

Advocates worldwide on International Women's Day on Thursday highlighted issues such as gender equality, discrimination and the need for justice for survivors of sexual violence, Reuters reports .

11 Mar 2007

Advocates call on Kroger Pharmacies to make emergency contraceptive Plan B available

Advocates are calling on Cincinnati-based Kroger stores to make the emergency contraceptive Plan B available to women at its pharmacies after a Georgia woman said a store did not sell her the drug, the AP/Akron Beacon Journal reports.

11 Mar 2007

Impact of maternal obesity on the NHS

A new study reveals the true costs of the increase in maternal obesity and how it is impinging on service delivery in the NHS

8 Mar 2007

Obese couples are less fertile

According to Danish researchers being obese can hinder conception and this is especially true if both partners are overweight.

8 Mar 2007

Response to opinion piece saying global maternal health programs deserve more support

The New York Times on Sunday published several letters to the editor in response to a Feb. 25 Times column by Nicholas Kristof. According to Kristof, maternal health programs should receive support from the U.S. in part because the country knows how to lower maternal mortality and morbidity.

8 Mar 2007

Pregnant women should supplement vitamin D

Pregnant women should take steps to ensure they have adequate vitamin D in their diet, or they and especially their unborn children may run the risk of developing autoimmune diseases such as diabetes and thyroid diseases.

7 Mar 2007

FDA approves Tekturna for the treatment of high blood pressure

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced the approval of Tekturna (aliskiren) tablets for the treatment of high blood pressure, or hypertension, which affects an estimated 25 percent of Americans and causes increased risk of stroke, heart attack, kidney failure, heart failure and death.

6 Mar 2007

Australian researcher unveils pregnancy mystery

Belinda Hardman completed the study for her PhD with Deakin's Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology under the supervision of Dr Leigh Ackland.

5 Mar 2007

Pregnancy News and Research

Latest Pregnancy News and Research

Family history of diabetes, awareness of risk factors, and health behaviors among African Americans

Ultrasound and blood tests screen high-risk pregnant mothers for placental damage

Excessive weight gain during pregnancy directly associated with having an overweight child

FDA discourages consumers from purchasing Accutane online

Mother's high beef consumption while pregnant associated with lower sperm counts in her son

Happy schools lead to lower levels of substance abuse and teen pregnancy

Mexican Senate to consider bill allowing abortion in first three months of pregnancy

Long periods of bed rest harmful to health of pregnant women

New procedure to estimate reproductive potential of individual embryos

Schools need more nurses to help pupils tackle health problems

Talk therapy works for panic disorder

Meeting of women Parliamentarians on maternal and newborn health and survival

Advocates on International Women's day highlight discrimination, need to end impunity for sexual violence

Advocates call on Kroger Pharmacies to make emergency contraceptive Plan B available

Impact of maternal obesity on the NHS

Obese couples are less fertile

Response to opinion piece saying global maternal health programs deserve more support

Pregnant women should supplement vitamin D

FDA approves Tekturna for the treatment of high blood pressure

Australian researcher unveils pregnancy mystery

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