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Newswise (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Hospital for Special Surgery researchers have found that statins may be able to prevent miscarriages in women who are suffering from pregnancy complications caused by antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), according to a study in mice.
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Exercise -- long thought a no-no during pregnancy -- may actually reduce the risk of complications, a U.S. professor says. James Pivarnik of Michigan State University in East Lansing advises pregnant women to get at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity per week.
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MSNBC.com: Today (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Small fibs about your health can have big consequences: Your dishonesty may keep your doctor from preventing heart attacks, pregnancy complications, even cancer. Redbook magazine explains why it's worth it to come clean.
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Soc 202 - Current Events (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Kari Leonard 4:15 pm October 2, 2008 This article is about an official document that was from the Federal Ministry of Health and about the health of the women in Nigeria. The FMOH reports that every 10 minutes one woman dies on account of complications of pregnancy or childbirth. That is 53,000 a year. The majorities of women that die from these complications live and die in developing countries. The...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
As a soundtrack that included "Whole Lotta Love" blasted, the couple were submitting samples for tests that could reveal disturbing news, like his propensity to develop throat cancer or the chances of her having pregnancy complications. But Ms. Netschert adopted the party mood, focusing, at first, on the less consequential details about her heredity. "I want to figure out why I have freckles," she...
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Medical,Health News and Articles (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Smoking during pregnancy is known to increase the risk of stillbirth and pregnancy complications. To assist in smoking cessation, nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is commonly prescribed but there is little information about the effects of NRT on a pregnant woman and her baby. New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics [...]
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SoccerBlog.com (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Khalid Boulahrouz battles a personal tragedy ahead of Holland's crucial game against Russia. Boulahrouz's wife was taken to hospital this week with pregnancy complications and the couple's prematurely-born daughter later died.We at Soccerblog express our sympathy to him on his...
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Fruit of the Womb (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
In our last post, we described the condition called “Asherman’s syndrome” wherein scarring of the intrauterine cavity can cause aberrations of menstrual bleeding (in the most extreme cases very light or absent periods), infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, and other pregnancy complications. The extent of the scarring is correlated with the risks for these problems; however, some women will...
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Health News and Information (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Ask An OB.com is dedicated to some very common high risk pregnancy complications. If you are having a high risk pregnancy because of one of these common pregnancy complications, this information is for you! If you still have questions unique to your pregnancy, consider subscribing to Ask an OB.com for unlimited access to a [...]
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PREGNANCYWEEKLY'S BLOG (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
A popular type of surgery for removing abnormal cells from the cervix -- a problem that could lead to cervical cancer if left untreated -- may put women at risk of pregnancy complications. Women who had this procedure, known as loop electrosurgical excision procedure, or LEEP, were at greater risk of delivering preterm babies or having a low-birth-weight infant, according to British researchers. Read...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Tobacco, alcohol and cannabis are substances with the highest prevalence in pregnancy and can increase the likelihood of pregnancy complications as well as harm to the fetus. The study collected data from 748 pregnant women from two South Australian hospitals and finds that the use of alcohol and cannabis by pregnant women were below expectations.
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BloggingBaby.com (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Filed under: Babies , Development When my first child was born I spent a LOT of time reading everyone's favorite make-you-crazy parenting book, What To Expect The First Year . I mean, I'd had so much fun with . . . When You're Expecting , what with the many, many potential pregnancy complications I hadn't even considered before I read about them (like when the fetus implants in your ear canal and...
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Pharmalot (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Leslie Candy was expecting her first baby when she developed pre-eclampsia, dangerously high blood pressure that can cause seizures or strokes if not controlled. So her docs ordered bed rest and gave Candy, 38, intravenous meds to lower her blood pressure. But there are no effective drugs for pre-eclampsia and her condition worsened after she [...]
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Article Master (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
80% of pregnant women face pregnancy complications at some point or the other in their pregnancy term. While most complications can be dealt with, many complications also stay through the entire term of the pregnancy. Read out further to get all the information related to pregnancy complications. It is common knowledge that women above the [...]
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Article Master (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Pregnancy complications can often adversely affect the pregnancy outcome, putting an end to your dream of starting a family. However, awareness about the complications and related pregnancy symptoms can help minimize complexities during childbirth. Pregnancy complications can arise due to various reasons anytime during your pregnancy week by week development. The most common complications like premature...
