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Medications Used to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis May Affect Abortion Rate in Women
April 16, 2013 — A new study reveals that women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who were on methotrexate, a drug commonly used to reduce inflammation caused by RA, had lower rates of induced abortions compared to ... > full story -
Are Four Prenatal Visits Enough?
April 12, 2013 — Reanalysis of the World Health Organization’s Antenatal Care Trial (WHOACT) shows that there is an increased risk of fetal death at between 32 and 36 weeks for women who have a reduced ... > full story -
Lady Flies Can Decide Who Will Father Their Young
April 11, 2013 — Female flies choose whose sperm they want based on male mating effort. Females in the animal kingdom have many methods available to them to help bias male paternity. One such process is displayed by ... > full story -
Effect of Medication Is Affected by Copies of Genetic Information
April 10, 2013 — The number of copies of the complete genetic information found in human cells can have a decisive effect on the properties of these cells. The results may help to explain why certain medications have ... > full story -
Excess Estrogen in Pregnancy Can Silence BRCA1 in Daughters, Increasing Breast Cancer Risk
April 9, 2013 — Excess estrogen levels during pregnancy can disable, in their daughters, a powerful breast cancer tumor suppressor gene, say researchers. They found the DNA repair gene BRCA1 to be silenced in one ... > full story -
Stress During Gestation Causes a Predisposition to the Development of Pathologies in Adulthood
April 9, 2013 — The intrauterine environment plays an important role in the health of the offspring. Now, experts from the affirm that the mother's stress, due to socio-economic or psycho-social causes, is ... > full story -
Exposure to Air Pollution During Pregnancy Linked to Increased Incidence of Specific Pediatric Cancers
April 9, 2013 — Increased exposure to traffic-related air pollution during pregnancy was associated with a higher incidence of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and two rare childhood cancers, according to a new ... > full story -
Fewer Unnecessary Early Deliveries Seen in Multistate, Hospital-Based Study
April 8, 2013 — A hospital-based quality improvement program showed an 83 percent decline in the rate of elective early term deliveries (inductions of labor and cesarean sections without a medical reason) among of ... > full story -
Month of Birth Impacts Immune System Development
April 8, 2013 — Newborn babies' immune system development and levels of vitamin D have been found to vary according to their month of birth, according to new ... > full story -
Plant Proteins Control Chronic Disease in Toxoplasma Infections
April 8, 2013 — A new discovery about the malaria-related parasite Toxoplasma gondii -- which can threaten babies, AIDS patients, the elderly and others with weakened immune systems -- may help solve the mystery of ... > full story
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