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Exercise in Pregnancy Safe for Baby, Study Finds

Exercising at moderate or -- for very active women -- even high intensity during pregnancy won't hurt your baby's health, a new study finds. Researchers monitored healthy women in their third trimester before and after 30 minut [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2012 | Comments : 0

Teen pregnancy rates in US drop to 40-year low, study shows

Teen pregnancy rates in the US have hit a 40-year low, according to a new study. However, black and Hispanic teens experiencing pregnancy and abortion rates two to four times higher than their white peers, according to the study by the Gu [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Pregnant Women Over 50 'Do Pretty Well' Study Finds

The average age of women becoming mothers has risen in the United States, and in the last 20 years, a few women have even entered motherhood in their 60s. By implanting embryos produced by in-vitro fertilization using egg cells donated by [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Abortion ends one in five pregnancies worldwide, study finds

The numbers of abortions performed annually worldwide has held steady in recent years, but the proportion of abortions that are considered unsafe is rising, according to a new report from the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Orga [...]

Posted On : Jan, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Stick with PKU therapy before pregnancy: study

People with phenylketonuria, or PKU, cannot process a protein called phenylalanine, which is found in most foods. Newborns are routinely screened for PKU because it can cause developmental disabilities if it's not treated, which means [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2012 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy good for your heart - study

In a new study from a single California community, women who had been pregnant at least four times were less likely to die from cardiovascular disease than those who'd never been expecting. Researchers said that could be due to the pr [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Vitamins can help women get pregnant, study suggests

VITAMIN pills can help women conceive, according to a fertility study. Almost twice as many patients who took the tablets during fertility treatment had babies compared to those not on supplements. It worked out at a 60% success rate, ins [...]

Posted On : Dec, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Heavy drinking in pregnancy can alter unborn babies' brains,...

Heavy drinking during pregnancy could alter the genetic makeup of unborn babies' brains, causing mental and behavioural problems. People born to alcoholic mothers are at risk of problems ranging from poor brain development and faulty [...]

Posted On : Nov, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Lupus Won't Affect Pregnancy, Study Says

Women with stable lupus can have successful pregnancies, a new study from the New York University School of Medicine found. As reported by HealthDay News, lupus can cause complications for pregnant women but if women have controlled the c [...]

Posted On : Nov, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Births decrease on Halloween, study finds

Halloween is already a hectic day for parents, thanks to costume stress, sugar overdoses and scared children. Now, a Yale University study suggests many pregnant women want to keep their child’s birthday out of that mix. The stud [...]

Posted On : Oct, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Study suggests origins of pregnancy-linked high blood pressu...

Preeclampsia, a potentially dangerous spike in blood pressure during pregnancy, may be due to a microscopic battle going on within the placenta between cells directed by the father's genes and those directed by the mother, a new study [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Study Suggests Origins of Pregnancy-Linked High Blood Pressu...

Father's cells inside the placenta trick mother's immune system, research says Preeclampsia, a potentially dangerous spike in blood pressure during pregnancy, may be due to a microscopic battle going on within the placenta between [...]

Posted On : Oct, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Chemotherapy appears safe in pregnancy: study

Scientists who studied the health and mental development of children born to mothers treated for cancer in pregnancy found they were not affected by chemotherapy, but were harmed if they were born prematurely, either naturally or by induc [...]

Posted On : Sep, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Ibuprofen may double women's risk of miscarriage: Study

Taking painkillers such as ibuprofen during pregnancy may double a woman's risk of miscarriage, a new study has warned. There are clear warnings on such drugs' packets that they should not be taken during pregnancy, but still o [...]