Archive for the 'Pregnancy' Category

Maternal Diet is Key to Health of Offspring

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

What your mother ate when you were in her womb has a vital impact on your health and future life. And perhaps what you eat could have an effect on your offspring.
The fact that smaller babies were more prone to heart disease, stroke, hypertension and diabetes was known to most of us. But […]

Premature Babies have Increased Health Risks as they grow, finds Study

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

A new study has said that premature babies are at a much higher risk of death throughout childhood compared to infants that were not born prematurely.
The study said that being born prematurely could also cause health problems that continue to haunt them into adulthood and could even affect their own children.
Further, the study […]

The Pill can also help Women in IVF Treatment to Conceive, finds Researchers

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

For several decades, women have been using the pill as a method of not getting pregnant. However, for women who do want to have a baby but are finding it difficult to conceive, this very contraceptive could just be of much use!
Researchers at Tel Aviv University conducted a study on 1,800 women at the […]

Pregnancy makes Women Smarter, according to new Study

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Pregnancy and motherhood is the most wonderful time for women. But, there is more good news as pregnancy also makes them smarter and more intelligent.
New research by US scientists suggests that pregnancy brings about changes in the brain that make women quicker and smarter for decades after giving birth.
After conducting the study on […]

Method to predict Miscarriages in Pregnant Women uncovered by Scientists

Monday, March 17th, 2008

UK scientists have discovered a way to predict if a pregnant woman will miscarry. This method is based on the levels of anandamide in her body.
A medical team from the University of Leicester conducted the study on 45 women who showed signs of a miscarriage. All the women were tested for the levels of […]

Memory Loss in New Mums aka Mumnesia is a Known Medical Condition

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

New mums all over the world will be relieved to know that loss of memory on the arrival of the baby is in actual fact a medical condition. This condition has been dubbed as ‘mumnesia’.
Many new mothers usually notice small lapses of memory such as struggling with names, misplacing things or forgetting what they […]

Silicon Womb that incubates Embryos in mother’s Body tested in Britain

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Soon, a team of researchers in the UK will be conducting trials of a “silicon womb” which will be inserted into a woman’s own womb. Sounds like a story straight out from a sci-fi flick complete with aliens implanting their offspring into humans, doesn’t it?
But, this new device which incubates embryos to provide […]

C-section babies more likely to have Initial Breathing Problems

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

According to a Danish study, babies delivered by Caesarian section are more likely than babies born normally to have respiratory problems as newborns.
Serious respiratory problems that require artificial ventilation are five times more common among babies delivered by C-section, according to the study, which was reported by the society for pneumology and respiratory medicine […]

Acupuncture increases Pregnancy Chances in In-Vitro Fertilized Women

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Acupuncture, as an alternative therapy has been found to provide a host of benefits ranging from effective treatment of back pain and tinnitus to easing menopausal hot flashes and as an effective post-Cancer surgery treatment. Now, women who are undergoing in-vitro fertilization can improve their chances of pregnancy when acupuncture is given with the […]

Severe stress during Pregnancy could lead to Schizophrenia in babies

Friday, February 8th, 2008

A study published in the Archives of Psychiatry revealed that babies whose mother’s have suffered severe stress during pregnancy are at a greater risk of developing schizophrenia.
The researchers found a link between serious life changes taking place in the first trimester of pregnancy and the development of mental health disorders among the offsprings […]