Trial finds drug safe and effective in treating hepatitis C during pregnancy

by University of PittsburghElectron micrographs of hepatitis C virus purified from cell culture. Scale bar is 50 nanometers. Credit: Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, The Rockefeller Universit

Updated on: March 09,2024 12

Trial finds drug safe and effective in treating hepatitis C during pregnancy

by University of PittsburghElectron micrographs of hepatitis C virus purified from cell culture. Scale bar is 50 nanometers. Credit: Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, The Rockefeller Universit

Updated on:March 09,2024 12

Having a low birthweight baby may increase risk for early heart failure

by American College of CardiologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainIt's normal for expectant parents to worry about how well their baby is developing and growing. But could a newborn's birthweight

Updated on: April 29,2024 16

Having a low birthweight baby may increase risk for early heart failure

by American College of CardiologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainIt's normal for expectant parents to worry about how well their baby is developing and growing. But could a newborn's birthweight

Updated on:April 29,2024 16

New 3D imaging method offers promise of better IVF outcomes

byEuropean Society of Human Reproduction and EmbryologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainInnovative research, presented today at theESHRE 40th Annual Meetingin Amsterdam, has introduc

Updated on: July 09,2024 0

New 3D imaging method offers promise of better IVF outcomes

byEuropean Society of Human Reproduction and EmbryologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainInnovative research, presented today at theESHRE 40th Annual Meetingin Amsterdam, has introduc

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More Americans now think abortion should be allowed in any circumstance

by Robin FosterTwo years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, more Americans think their state should allow a woman to get a legal abortion for any reason, a new poll finds.Just over 6

Updated on: July 10,2024 0

More Americans now think abortion should be allowed in any circumstance

by Robin FosterTwo years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, more Americans think their state should allow a woman to get a legal abortion for any reason, a new poll finds.Just over 6

Updated on:July 10,2024 0

Maternal mortality jumped during COVID-19 pandemic

by University of MarylandThe analysis of maternal mortality after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic showed a 40% jump among already high rates for non-Hispanic Black women and a 74% jump among f

Updated on: April 19,2024 15

Maternal mortality jumped during COVID-19 pandemic

by University of MarylandThe analysis of maternal mortality after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic showed a 40% jump among already high rates for non-Hispanic Black women and a 74% jump among f

Updated on:April 19,2024 15

Three-person baby born in medical 'revolution'

Credit: CC0 Public DomainA team of Greek and Spanish doctors announced Thursday the birth of a baby using DNA from three people after a controversial fertility treatment that has provoked intense ethi

Updated on: May 09,2024 7

Three-person baby born in medical 'revolution'

Credit: CC0 Public DomainA team of Greek and Spanish doctors announced Thursday the birth of a baby using DNA from three people after a controversial fertility treatment that has provoked intense ethi

Updated on:May 09,2024 7

Better care could have saved 45 babies: UK maternity probe

Credit: CC0 Public DomainForty-five babies who died at two British hospitals might have survived if their care had been better, the author of an independent investigation into poor maternity services

Updated on: May 05,2024 15

Better care could have saved 45 babies: UK maternity probe

Credit: CC0 Public DomainForty-five babies who died at two British hospitals might have survived if their care had been better, the author of an independent investigation into poor maternity services

Updated on:May 05,2024 15

Study challenges safety concerns over planned home births for low-risk pregnancies

byOregon State UniversityKāla Noel captured this image of the Wagar family welcoming their baby at a planned home birth. Credit: Melissa Cheyney, professor in the OSU College of Liberal Arts and

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Study challenges safety concerns over planned home births for low-risk pregnancies

byOregon State UniversityKāla Noel captured this image of the Wagar family welcoming their baby at a planned home birth. Credit: Melissa Cheyney, professor in the OSU College of Liberal Arts and

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Researchers find genetic 'Achilles heel' in ovarian and uterine cancers

by Allessandra Dicorato,Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardOvarian cancer cells overexpress high levels of the phosphate importer protein SLC34A2 (red) which pumps phosphate into a cell and leave

Updated on: May 23,2024 8

Researchers find genetic 'Achilles heel' in ovarian and uterine cancers

by Allessandra Dicorato,Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardOvarian cancer cells overexpress high levels of the phosphate importer protein SLC34A2 (red) which pumps phosphate into a cell and leave

Updated on:May 23,2024 8

Trophoblast motility in a gelatin hydrogel

by Mary Ann Liebert, IncCredit: CC0 Public DomainTrophoblast cells, which surround the developing blastocyst in early pregnancy, play an important role in implantation in the uterine wall. A new

Updated on: March 05,2024 16

Trophoblast motility in a gelatin hydrogel

by Mary Ann Liebert, IncCredit: CC0 Public DomainTrophoblast cells, which surround the developing blastocyst in early pregnancy, play an important role in implantation in the uterine wall. A new

Updated on:March 05,2024 16

General fertility rate declined in United States in 2018

(HealthDay)—The general fertility rate declined to 59.1 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years in 2018 in the United States, according to a study published online Nov. 27 in theNational Heal

Updated on: March 12,2024 12

General fertility rate declined in United States in 2018

(HealthDay)—The general fertility rate declined to 59.1 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years in 2018 in the United States, according to a study published online Nov. 27 in theNational Heal

Updated on:March 12,2024 12

Researchers develop first catalogue of genes that comprise community of microbes in vaginal microbiome

by Deborah Kotz,University of Maryland School of MedicineCredit: CC0 Public DomainUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine's (UMSOM) Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) researchers have cre

Updated on: May 23,2024 8

Researchers develop first catalogue of genes that comprise community of microbes in vaginal microbiome

by Deborah Kotz,University of Maryland School of MedicineCredit: CC0 Public DomainUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine's (UMSOM) Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) researchers have cre

Updated on:May 23,2024 8