Researchers find flooding stress impacts unborn children

by North Dakota State UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainNDSU researchers have discovered differences in child development based on how close mothers are to flooding during their pregnancies. The

Updated on: March 07,2024

Researchers find flooding stress impacts unborn children

by North Dakota State UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainNDSU researchers have discovered differences in child development based on how close mothers are to flooding during their pregnancies. The

Updated on:March 07,2024

Study seeks to explain widespread inequality for developing diabetes mellitus following gestational diabetes

byColumbia University's Mailman School of Public HealthCredit: CC0 Public DomainRacial and ethnic inequities in diabetes have been established following gestational diabetes, but these inequ

Updated on: January 17,2024

Study seeks to explain widespread inequality for developing diabetes mellitus following gestational diabetes

byColumbia University's Mailman School of Public HealthCredit: CC0 Public DomainRacial and ethnic inequities in diabetes have been established following gestational diabetes, but these inequ

Updated on:January 17,2024

In women with HIV, TB preventive therapy poses greater risk in pregnancy than postpartum

by NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesStudy results published today help clarify how to safely prevent tuberculosis (TB) in women living with HIV who are pregnant or have re

Updated on: April 08,2024

In women with HIV, TB preventive therapy poses greater risk in pregnancy than postpartum

by NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesStudy results published today help clarify how to safely prevent tuberculosis (TB) in women living with HIV who are pregnant or have re

Updated on:April 08,2024

One in six women are diagnosed with gestational diabetes. But this diagnosis may not benefit them or their babies

by Paul Glasziou and Jenny Doust,The ConversationGestational diabetes rates more than doubled after the threshold changed. Credit: AIHW, Author providedWhen Sophie was pregnant with her first ba

Updated on: January 21,2024

One in six women are diagnosed with gestational diabetes. But this diagnosis may not benefit them or their babies

by Paul Glasziou and Jenny Doust,The ConversationGestational diabetes rates more than doubled after the threshold changed. Credit: AIHW, Author providedWhen Sophie was pregnant with her first ba

Updated on:January 21,2024

Can female fertility survive harsh cancer therapy? Scientists who turned to animal models say the answer is 'yes'

by Delthia Ricks , Medical XpressCHEK2 deficiency prevents primordial oocyte depletion after ex vivo treatment with MAFO, CDDP, DOX, and ETO. Credit:Science Advances(2023). DOI: 10.1126/sc

Updated on: January 16,2024

Can female fertility survive harsh cancer therapy? Scientists who turned to animal models say the answer is 'yes'

by Delthia Ricks , Medical XpressCHEK2 deficiency prevents primordial oocyte depletion after ex vivo treatment with MAFO, CDDP, DOX, and ETO. Credit:Science Advances(2023). DOI: 10.1126/sc

Updated on:January 16,2024

Hispanic women still at higher risk for births with neural tube defects after voluntary folic acid fortification

byAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of ChicagoNeural tube defects per 100,000 live births per quarter before and after the voluntary folate fortification of corn masa flour. Soli

Updated on: February 18,2024

Hispanic women still at higher risk for births with neural tube defects after voluntary folic acid fortification

byAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of ChicagoNeural tube defects per 100,000 live births per quarter before and after the voluntary folate fortification of corn masa flour. Soli

Updated on:February 18,2024

Self-testing could improve global access to cervical cancer screening

by Massey UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainSelf-testing for cervical cancer could reduce cervical screening inequities for Māori, Pacific and Asian women, according to new research led

Updated on: March 16,2024

Self-testing could improve global access to cervical cancer screening

by Massey UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainSelf-testing for cervical cancer could reduce cervical screening inequities for Māori, Pacific and Asian women, according to new research led

Updated on:March 16,2024

5-fluorouracil promising for vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia

(HealthDay)—5-fluorouracil is associated with a 74 percent success rate as the initial treatment modality for high-grade intraepithelial vaginal dysplasia, according to a study published online Nov. 7

Updated on: March 12,2024

5-fluorouracil promising for vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia

(HealthDay)—5-fluorouracil is associated with a 74 percent success rate as the initial treatment modality for high-grade intraepithelial vaginal dysplasia, according to a study published online Nov. 7

Updated on:March 12,2024

Exercise during pregnancy may yield metabolic benefits in grandchildren

by Alvin Powell,Harvard UniversityEffects of grandmaternal exercise on F2 body weights and composition. Body weight of male (A) and female (B) F2 during the first year of life. Fat mass and lean

Updated on: April 18,2024

Exercise during pregnancy may yield metabolic benefits in grandchildren

by Alvin Powell,Harvard UniversityEffects of grandmaternal exercise on F2 body weights and composition. Body weight of male (A) and female (B) F2 during the first year of life. Fat mass and lean

Updated on:April 18,2024

Scarred by Zika and fearing new COVID-19 variants, Brazilian women say no to another pandemic pregnancy

by Letícia Marteleto,The ConversationCredit: CC0 Public Domain"We have to avoid a pregnancy," said Rosa, about the possibility of getting pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic. "M

Updated on: April 29,2024

Scarred by Zika and fearing new COVID-19 variants, Brazilian women say no to another pandemic pregnancy

by Letícia Marteleto,The ConversationCredit: CC0 Public Domain"We have to avoid a pregnancy," said Rosa, about the possibility of getting pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic. "M

Updated on:April 29,2024