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High blood pressure during pregnancy puts women at risk for ...

Women who are diagnosed with preeclampsia, pregnancy-induced high blood pressure, or diabetes during pregnancy are now considered at risk for heart attack or stroke going forward. That's according to newly updated guidelines from the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Diabetes in pregnancy a risk years later

A type of diabetes that strikes during pregnancy may disappear at birth, but it remains a big red flag for mothers' future health — one that too many seem to be missing. Roughly half of women who have had gestational diabe [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Diabetes in pregnancy a risk years later

A type of diabetes that strikes during pregnancy may disappear at birth, but it remains a big red flag for mothers' future health - one that too many seem to be missing. Roughly half of women who have had gestational diabetes - [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Do IVF Pregnancies Raise Death Risk for Mothers?

Maternal deaths resulting from in vitro fertilization (IVF) are relatively rare, but they do occur, British doctors warn in an editorial in the journal BMJ. In the U.S. there were more than 140,000 IVF cycles in 2008, according to the So [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy, a risk post egg donation

A new study from the University Hospital Aachen explains why women who get pregnant after egg donation have to be categorized as high-risk patients. The researchers found that 8 women who had become pregnant after egg donation had to be [...]

Posted On : Jan, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Increased Risk for Autism Linked to Gap Between Pregnancies

A shorter gap between pregnancies leads to an increased risk of autism-- that is the word from researchers at Columbia University. Brittnee Closson is an Indio mother of 8-month-old Meela. She now has something else to think about when i [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy a risk factor for gallstones

Gallstones in pregnancy and symptoms that persist were among the dozens of calls during Saturday's Deseret News/Intermountain Healthcare Hotline. Besides fielding dozens of telephone calls, surgeon Dr. Heidi Jackson and internist Dr. [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

AFMC plans stem cell therapy for high-risk pregnancies

In an attempt to prevent maternal and foetal deaths in high risk pregnancies, the foetal medicine centre of the Armed Forces Medical College is coming up with a special stem cell therapy. Defence personnel as well as civilians will benef [...]

Posted On : Jan, 04 2011 | Comments : 1

Dr. Jeff Hersh: Options in high-risk pregnancies

Q: My cousin lost her pregnancy during her second trimester a couple of years ago. She is pregnant again and they are considering sewing her cervix closed. Will this help prevent problems with this birth? A: A miscarriage is the spo [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Miscarriage link to risk of heart attack

Every miscarriage raises the risk of a woman having a heart attack, the research out today indicates. Almost a quarter of the more than 11,500 women taking part in the study had suffered at least one miscarriage. Of those 2,876 women, 69 [...]

Posted On : Dec, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Babies of Mothers who Smoke During Pregnancy Possess Greater...

As per a new research published in the journal Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonology, mother who smoke during pregnancy pose their babies a greater risk of getting affected with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and this is due [...]

Posted On : Nov, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy After Radiation for Breast Cancer Does Not Increas...

Women with early-stage breast cancer who are treated with radiation therapy and subsequently become pregnant do not appear to increase their risk that the cancer will recur, researchers reported here at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Ame [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Light drinking no risk to baby, say researchers

Drinking one or two units of alcohol a week during pregnancy does not raise the risk of developmental problems in the child, a study has suggested. Official advice remains that women abstain completely during pregnancy. A study of m [...]

Posted On : Oct, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Flu jabs during pregnancy lowers baby virus risk by 40 per c...

Babies whose mothers have the flu vaccine in pregnancy are less likely to catch the virus themselves, experts said today. A flu jab offers protection to youngsters in the first six months of life and makes them 40 per cent less likely to [...]