pregnancy

Pregnancy-Produced Hormone May Prevent Breast Cancer

Mindy Hartman — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:53:49 -0600

Hormones produced during pregnancy induce a protein that directly inhibits the growth of breast cancer.

Premature Birth Fatal to More than 1M Babies Annually

Cheryl Phillips — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:25:37 -0500

Premature birth is on the rise globally and doctors are not sure how to remedy early labor. The March of Dimes issued a global report Sunday on premature births and the statistics reveal 12.9 million infants are born before 37 weeks of development. That equals nearly 10 percent of the annual worldwide birth total.

Huge Nineteen Pound Indonesian Baby Gets Named: Akbar

Michael Santo — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:40:22 -0500

The huge, but not record-setting 19 pound Indonesian baby (19 pounds, 2 ounces, to be exact) now has a name: Akbar Risuddin, or "the Great" in Arabic. Ani, his mother from Jakarta, Indonesia, delivered the 2-foot-long baby boy on Monday via C-section.

Nineteen Pound Baby Now Named: Akbar

Michael Santo — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:25:27 -0500

Amazingly, Pregnant Woman is Pregnant Again

Michael Santo — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:27:44 -0500

It would seem to be impossible, but doctors have told Todd and Julia Grovenburg from Arkansas that yes, she is a pregnant woman who is pregnant again. This is not a case of twins; the second fetus was conceived 2 1/2 weeks after the first.

Exercise During Pregnancy Helps with Newborn Size

Michael Santo — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:22:25 -0500

It was a concern during my wife's pregnancy: don't get gestational diabetes because then the baby will be really large. While she never got that issue, a new study indicates that exercise during pregnancy helps keep newborn size normal.

How to treat depression in pregnancy

harminka — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:12:29 -0500

A new report from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which is published by Elsevier in the September-October 2009 issue of General Hospital Psychiatry explores the management of pregnancy and depression.

Octomom's Nothing, Tunisian Woman Expecting a Dozen Children

Michael Santo — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:36:29 -0500

Think Octomom, Nadya Suleman had an amazing number of babies? A Tunisian woman in her 30s is expecting 12 babies after a ferility treatment. However, doctors have warned there is only a tiny chance that any of them will survive.

Doctors Finally Understanding Fetal Monitoring Technology From 1970s

Armen Hareyan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:38:28 -0500

"Honestly, the technology got rolled out before we knew if it worked or not." That is a recent quote from an obstetrician in St. Louis. It illustrates a problem that pervades medicine today. Powerful technology and drugs are rushed to market without fully understanding their effect. That's resulted in not only high-profile drug recalls, but also quiet failures.

Lindsay Hasaj, Woman with Two Wombs, Gives Birth to Miracle Baby

Michael Santo — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:55:47 -0500

I saw the movie "The Man with Two Brains," but this is a real-life case of a rarity: a woman with two wombs. Lindsay Hasaj is that woman and she managed to give birth successfully, despite the condition.

Childhood Cancer Survivors Are At Greater Risk Of Birth Complications

harminka — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:07:09 -0500

Survivors of childhood cancer run particular risks when pregnant and should be closely monitored, the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology heard.

Accelerated Fertility Treatment Can Offer Shorter Time To Pregnancy

harminka — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:38:00 -0500

A major new trial recently published in the journal Fertility and Sterility shows that for couples beginning infertility treatments, an accelerated path to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) can offer a shorter time to pregnancy, cost savings of nearly $10,000, and a lowered risk of multiple births.