Immune System Encourages Pregnancy When Sex Life is Lively
Fertility is highest at in the days leading up to ovulation so intercourse is encouraged then, but new research indicates intercourse throughout the menstrual cycle promotes conception, too.
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Dietary Iodine Crucial for Fetal Brain Development
A new study from Sweden reinforces the importance of adequate dietary intake of iodine during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Iodine is a mineral important to thyroid function.
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How Many Billions Does the World Spend on Babies?
Babies are big business for advertising as well as for the manufacturers who produce baby goods so Nielsen watches what parents around the world buy for their babies.
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Singing Better Than Baby Talk for Irritable Infants
It seems babies remain calm and content longer when they hear adults singing rather than speaking baby talk to them.
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Ease Up on Antibiotics to Decrease Diabetes Risk
The findings of a recent Danish study of antibiotics and diabetes strengthens the growing body of evidence that links the two.
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The Bigger the Family, the More Frequent the Viral Infections
In some families, it seems there’s always somebody sick. 26 families of varying size agreed to participate in the study which indicates the bigger the family, the more frequent the viral infections.
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Placenta Works Like Embryonic Oxygen Tank
Professor John Aplin has discovered that the developing placenta absorbs and collects oxygen and slowly releases it into the embryo. It works as an oxygen holding tank.
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24-Hour Access to OBs, Midwives Reduces C-Section Numbers
In April 2011, a community hospital in Northern California changed the way it handled maternity patients. After the hospital policy change, the number of cesarean-section deliveries dropped.
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Babies Leave Genetic Souvenirs in Mom's Body
A recent study from the Netherlands found Y-chromosomes, from baby boys, in every tissue sample they tested from the babys’ mothers.
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Preeclampsia Blood Treatment Safely Extends Pregnancy 2 Weeks
Between 5% and 8% of all babies born in the US have mothers who developed preeclampsia during pregnancy. It is one of the most common complications of pregnancy and its consequences can be tragic.
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Exercise Takes Sting Out of Teen Bullying
Good physical health promotes good mental health, too, and may help take the sting out of bullying for teenagers.
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Do School Schedules Work for Working Parents?
Grose questions how or why parents are expected to take on such a big role in the school system when they are working full time.
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Scientists Create Building Block of Human Egg and Sperm
Researchers from University of Cambridge have successfully created a building block that must be present so a stem cell can become a human egg or sperm.
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Infant BMI Predicts Childhood Obesity
A recent study identifies ways to assess BMI during infancy, when interventions may be more effective.
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Fend Off Diabetes with High-Protein Breakfast
A nutritional study from Missouri finds that a breakfast high in protein will fend off the dangerous spikes in glucose and insulin that often lead to diabetes.
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Baby-Weight Study: 9 Months On, 9 Months Off Recommended
New research suggests that a woman's weight one year after delivery is a strong predictor of her health 15 years in the future.
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Fertilization More Likely When IVF Eggs Dance to the Music
Fertility specialists in Spain discovered that fertilization rates are higher when eggs being prepped for in vitro fertilization (IVF) can dance to the music being piped into their incubator.
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Impact of Neonatal HSV Reduced with Long-Term Oral Treatment
Neonatal HSV can cause brain damage and death so researchers took a look
at how long-term treatment affected the outcome 12 months after
treatment was completed.
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Sucrose and Infant Pain Management
Sucrose is used in a medical setting as an alternative means of pain
relief or prevention infants. Researchers at the Hospital for Sick
Children in Toronto recently reviewed various clinical databases for
studies on sucrose use.
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Marijuana’s Effects on the Fetal Brain
Like alcohol and tobacco, caution must be exercised during pregnancy when smoking marijuana as the developing fetus is exposed to everything its mother consumes during that time.
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NIH: New Drugs Must Be Tested on Both Sexes
The National Institutes of Health want to see changes made in the way medical researchers in the U.S. conduct scientific studies. At the moment, the vast majority of tests are conducted on males.
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Walking 30 Minutes Reduces Tobacco Cravings in Pregnant Women
Pregnant women who want to stop smoking should go for a walk, according
to a new study. Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk for lowered
birth rate, prenatal death, and behavioral problems in children.
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Infant’s Hair Offers Glimpse Into Womb Environment
One question that remains unanswered and intriguing to Christopher Coe is "How does the prenatal environment set the stage for risk or for resilience?"
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Sperm Requires Well-Aligned Support System for Optimum Health
Scientific studies on infertility in laboratory mice have shown that the absence of a certain transcription factor ' p73 ' leads to infertilityin both male and female mice.
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Human Touch Instrumental for Baby’s Language Development
A Purdue University researcher and her team of colleagues have
discovered that touching a baby could be as important for its speech
development as hearing words and sentences.
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Is Six the Lucky Number for IVF Success?
A study conducted at Harvard Medical School reveals the odds actually
improve as cycles are repeated. By the sixth cycle, most women have the
same odds of giving birth to a live baby as a woman of the same age with
no fertility problems.
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Pregnant? Job Hunting? Confront Stereotypes Immediately
When the job market isn't so ideal, employers look for ways to weedthrough the many applicants vying for a single position. Unfortunately,pregnant applicants are often weeded out quickly, based on nothing morevalid - or legal - than the mere state of being pregnant.
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Two Embryos More Viable Than One for First-Time Mothers
Researchers find two embryos are more viable for women who are attempting pregnancy with their first child.
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Predicting Mortality Risk in Critically Ill Obstetric Patients
In some hospital settings the APACHE II (Acute Physiology and Chronic
Health Evaluation II) model is used to determine risk of mortality in
obstetric patients.
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Global Trends in Maternal Mortality
It is the consensus that the majority of maternal deaths can be
avoided; despite this consensus, rates of mortality among pregnant
women in developing nations remain higher than desirable.
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Will Your Cell Phone Hurt Your Baby?
Mice exposed to simulated cell phone exposure while in the womb developed behaviors that resemble attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in human kids.
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Magnesium Sulfate to Prevent Eclampsia: IM vs. IV
Researchers from the University of Washington recently published a study in the journal BJOG comparing intravenous (IV) and intramuscular (IM) magnesium sulfate treatment in pregnant women with eclampsia.
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Less Money Means Fewer Births
When there is less money in the economy it seems there are also fewer
births. According to new research published by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, birth rates are lower for 2010 than 2009 and the
economy may be to blame.
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Can I Take Tylenol During Pregnancy And While Breastfeeding?
Learn all about acetaminophen and if it is safe to use while pregnant and/or breastfeeding?
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Extra Pregnancy Care Training Needed to Improve Safety
According to a study published in the Journal for Healthcare Quality,
additional education can reduce the risk and occurrence of adverse
outcomes during and after pregnancy.
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Teens Who Smoke Marijuana Affect Offspring Reaction to Opiates
There are many parents who admit to trying marijuana at least once
during their teenage years. While it may not seem like a big deal at the
time, smoking marijuana could have a long term effect that passes on to
offspring.
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Labor Fears Linked to Postpartum Depression
An estimated 50 to 80 percent of all women who give birth experience some degree of postpartum depression in the first year after delivery.
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Sex Discrimination Plagues Prenatal Care in India
When women in India find out they are pregnant with girls, prenatal
care changes for the worse, according to research from the University of
California and Michigan State University.
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Improve Breakfast Quality to Improve Kids’ Grades
A new study is re-igniting the breakfast conversation and it comes with scientific evidence that when breakfast quality improves, kids’ grades do, too.
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Vaginal Progesterone Reduces Risk of Preterm Birth
The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AJOG) has released a
study with global implications. According to the report, use of vaginal
progesterone cream in pregnancies where women have a short cervix could
reduce the risk of preterm birth more than 40%.
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Higher IQ in Breastfed Babies May Be All About Mom
A higher IQ and better grades in school have long been associated with breastfed babies but a new study suggests it's more likely about the mom, instead.
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C-Section Births Linked to Childhood Obesity
There are more and more research studies coming out linking C-sectionswith negative side effects ' some lasting for decades after birth. Thisrecent study reveals a possible connection between C-section deliveryand childhood obesity.
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Educating About Placental Complications Using the Web
Researchers from Toronto recently completed a study into the impact of
web-based medical information on high-risk pregnant patients.
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Obese Women Give Birth to Infants with Low Iron
aResearchers are now regularly reporting health conditions, birth complications and long-term health outcomes that affect infants born to overweight and obese mothers.
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Birth Season and Tooth Enamel
Researchers from the University of Lodz recently published a study in The Archives of Oral Biology claiming a connection between enamel production and season of birth.
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Text4Baby Service Helps New Moms
Text4Baby is a text service that sends health messages about pregnancy
and maternal health to a cell phone. The service also connects women
with resources for further information.
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Secondhand Smoke and Full-Term Birth Weight
For mothers who do not smoke during pregnancy, secondhand smoke may
prove just as dangerous to the health and growth of the fetus, according
to a new study published in BMC Public Health.
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Bone Status in Activity-Restricted Pregnant Women
Activity restriction during pregnancy may increase the risk of bone
fractures, according to a study published in the journal Biological
Research for Nursing.
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Teen Pregnancy Testing and Radiation
Emergency departments may be placing undue risk on teens who are pregnant, according to a report delivered at the American Academy of Pediatrics conference.
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Maternal Lifestyle and Social Determinants
Researchers published a study in the Global Journal of Health Sciences
regarding the use of universal questionnaires to research maternal
lifestyle habits, often used to determine maternal/fetal risk, in
cultures that do not conform to universal standards.
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