Fertility treatment: Safer drug for women leads to same live birth rate
May 9, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone antagonists as effective as agonists with fewer serious harmful effects
With new information available, authors of a Cochrane Systematic Review have revised their conclusions about the relative effectiveness of two different treatments used to help women become pregnant. They now conclude that giving women gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonists leads to similar live-birth rates compared with GnRH agonists. Previously they had concluded that women who used antagonists tended to have lower birth-rates than those using agonists.
Lengthening dosing schedule of HPV vaccine may provide effective option for expanding use of vaccine
April 11, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Administration of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine doses over a longer period of time to adolescent girls in Vietnam resulted in antibody concentration levels that were comparable to the standard vaccine schedule, according to a study in the April 13 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on infectious disease and immunology.
Vaccine made with synthetic gene protects against deadly pneumonia
February 21, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Triggers protective immune response while preventing fatal inflammation
February 22, 2011 (BRONX, NY) Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed an experimental vaccine that appears to protect against an increasingly common and particularly deadly form of pneumococcal pneumonia. Details of the new vaccine, which was tested in an animal model, are reported in a paper published today in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Organic food in pregnancy — new study
January 26, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Who eats organic food when they are pregnant? Is it just certain groups? What kind of organic foods are most popular? A recent study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health provides some answers. The study includes nearly 65,000 women in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study.
Bacteria possible cause of preterm births
January 26, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
The type of bacteria that colonize the placenta during pregnancy could be associated with preterm birth and other developmental problems in newborns according to research published in the current issue of the online journal mBio®.
IVF breakthrough to hit the world market
January 4, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
A University of Adelaide reproductive biologist has achieved a major breakthrough in IVF technology that is expected to help millions of women around the world who have suffered previous miscarriages after IVF treatment.
New discovery may help to identify the healthiest embryos in IVF treatment
October 10, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Australian scientists have developed a potentially groundbreaking new measure of the health of an embryo and the likelihood of a successful pregnancy in IVF treatment.
The research could lead to significantly improved birth rates in IVF to help the one in six Australian couples experiencing infertility to achieve their dream of parenthood.
Morning sickness: Still no relief
September 6, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
There are currently no reliably safe and effective treatments for morning sickness, according to Cochrane researchers who conducted a systematic review of the available evidence. There was very limited evidence for all pharmaceutical and alternative medicines tested.
Moms who don’t breastfeed more likely to develop type 2 diabetes
August 26, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 27 Mothers who did not breastfeed their children have significantly higher rates of type 2 diabetes later in life than moms who breastfed, report University of Pittsburgh researchers in a study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Medicine.
Immune responses during pregnancy linked to schizophrenia among offspring
August 11, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Infections like the flu are common occurrences during pregnancy, and research has shown that children born to mothers who suffered from flu, viruses and other infections during pregnancy have about a 1.5 to 7 times increased risk for schizophrenia. A new study out of Temple University examines what’s behind that link.
