Study demonstrates how gut microbes process steroids—using flatulence

by Stephanie Dutchen,Harvard Medical SchoolCredit:Cell(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.05.005It turns out flatulence can serve a purpose beyond being uncomfortable or funny: Gas rele

Updated on: May 30,2024

Study demonstrates how gut microbes process steroids—using flatulence

by Stephanie Dutchen,Harvard Medical SchoolCredit:Cell(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.05.005It turns out flatulence can serve a purpose beyond being uncomfortable or funny: Gas rele

Updated on:May 30,2024

Are more babies born if embryos are cultured for three or five days in the lab? Trial suggests that age matters

byEuropean Society of Human Reproduction and EmbryologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainWomen are just as likely to give birth to live babies after fertility treatment if embryos are transferred to thei

Updated on: February 18,2024

Are more babies born if embryos are cultured for three or five days in the lab? Trial suggests that age matters

byEuropean Society of Human Reproduction and EmbryologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainWomen are just as likely to give birth to live babies after fertility treatment if embryos are transferred to thei

Updated on:February 18,2024

Womb natural killer cell discovery could lead to screening for miscarriage risk

by University of WarwickImage from a human embryo cultured with decidual cells in the lab. Credit: Jan BrosensFor the first time the functions of natural killer cells in the womb have been identi

Updated on: March 09,2024

Womb natural killer cell discovery could lead to screening for miscarriage risk

by University of WarwickImage from a human embryo cultured with decidual cells in the lab. Credit: Jan BrosensFor the first time the functions of natural killer cells in the womb have been identi

Updated on:March 09,2024

Online coaching improves choices of women experiencing pregnancy difficulties

by University of SouthamptonCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainPersonalised coaching through a smartphone platform can help women improve their lifestyle behaviours in the period before and shortl

Updated on: April 03,2024

Online coaching improves choices of women experiencing pregnancy difficulties

by University of SouthamptonCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainPersonalised coaching through a smartphone platform can help women improve their lifestyle behaviours in the period before and shortl

Updated on:April 03,2024

Researchers identify novel factors involved in silencing fetal hemoglobin

by Children’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaHemoglobin. Credit: CC0 Public DomainThe genetic blood disorders sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia are caused by errors in the genes for hemoglobin, a prot

Updated on: May 16,2024

Researchers identify novel factors involved in silencing fetal hemoglobin

by Children’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaHemoglobin. Credit: CC0 Public DomainThe genetic blood disorders sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia are caused by errors in the genes for hemoglobin, a prot

Updated on:May 16,2024

Researchers make strides in detecting preeclampsia risk

by Brigham and Women's HospitalCredit: CC0 Public DomainPreeclampsia, a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure, occurs in about 7 percent of pregnancies and is a leading

Updated on: May 20,2024

Researchers make strides in detecting preeclampsia risk

by Brigham and Women's HospitalCredit: CC0 Public DomainPreeclampsia, a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure, occurs in about 7 percent of pregnancies and is a leading

Updated on:May 20,2024

Exercise during pregnancy reduces the risk of type-2 diabetes in offspring

by Tohoku UniversityMaternal exercise protects offspring from the detrimental effects on their glucose metabolism when the mother consumes a high-fat diet. Exercise-induced, placenta-derived SOD3

Updated on: April 16,2024

Exercise during pregnancy reduces the risk of type-2 diabetes in offspring

by Tohoku UniversityMaternal exercise protects offspring from the detrimental effects on their glucose metabolism when the mother consumes a high-fat diet. Exercise-induced, placenta-derived SOD3

Updated on:April 16,2024

Women's wellness: Three tips for gynecologic cancer awareness

by From Mayo Clinic News NetworkCredit: CC0 Public DomainGynecologic cancers start in a woman's reproductive organs. The five main types are cervical, endometrial, ovarian, vaginal and vulvar canc

Updated on: March 05,2024

Women's wellness: Three tips for gynecologic cancer awareness

by From Mayo Clinic News NetworkCredit: CC0 Public DomainGynecologic cancers start in a woman's reproductive organs. The five main types are cervical, endometrial, ovarian, vaginal and vulvar canc

Updated on:March 05,2024

Researchers evaluate safety of popular method of sterilization

by Mallory Locklear,Yale UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWhen the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2002 approved hysteroscopic sterilization, a less invasive type of permane

Updated on: May 23,2024

Researchers evaluate safety of popular method of sterilization

by Mallory Locklear,Yale UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWhen the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2002 approved hysteroscopic sterilization, a less invasive type of permane

Updated on:May 23,2024

Stricter abortion laws linked to increase in unintended births

by Tom Fleischman,Cornell UniversityPercentage of pregnancies that resulted in live birth that were unintended, by state, 2012–2018. Map was created from author's own analysis of PRAMS data,

Updated on: January 15,2024

Stricter abortion laws linked to increase in unintended births

by Tom Fleischman,Cornell UniversityPercentage of pregnancies that resulted in live birth that were unintended, by state, 2012–2018. Map was created from author's own analysis of PRAMS data,

Updated on:January 15,2024