http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP) -- Her first pregnancy brought Dianna Fiore Radoslovich a break from the weakness and pain of her multiple sclerosis. http://phys.org/news224175711.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 May 2011 16:02:18 EST news224175711 A quicker, cheaper and more accurate test for deadly Aspergillus fumigatus fungal infections in patients with damaged or suppressed immune systems was described today, (Thursday 2 April) at the Society for General Microbiology meeting in Harrogate, by Dr Christopher Thornton from the University of Exeter, UK. http://phys.org/news157869734.html Biology Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:42:46 EST news157869734 Bacteria from a mother's mouth can be transmitted through the blood and amniotic fluid in the womb to her unborn child. This could contribute to the risk of a premature delivery, a low birth-weight baby, premature onset of contractions, or infection of the newborn child. This evidence could have an important implication for women and babies' heath since simple improvement of dental hygiene may help to reduce the incidence of unknown complications in pregnancy and newborn babies. http://phys.org/news157738428.html Medicine & Health Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:14:34 EST news157738428 Women who stop smoking before week 15 of pregnancy cut their risk of spontaneous premature birth and having small babies to the same as non-smokers, according to research published on bmj.com today. http://phys.org/news157315487.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:45:01 EST news157315487 Authorities in northwestern China have resorted to using a contraception-abortion pill to rein in a plague of gerbils which is threatening the local desert ecosystem, state media said Wednesday. http://phys.org/news157186549.html Biology Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:56:23 EST news157186549 Implanting single embryos into the wombs of women seeking to boost fertility is more effective and less costly than placing two embryos at a time, a pair of studies released Wednesday found. http://phys.org/news157186435.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:54:28 EST news157186435 Women who suffer migraines are at an increased risk of stroke during pregnancy as well as other vascular conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure and blood clots, concludes a study published on bmj.com today. http://phys.org/news155937711.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:02:07 EST news155937711 (PhysOrg.com) -- Black Caribbean and black African women in the UK have twice as much risk of experiencing severe pregnancy complications than white women, according to University of Oxford research. http://phys.org/news155396673.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:45:26 EST news155396673 The growing trend to move miles away from hometowns and family for work is leaving many women feeling 'ignorant and ill-equipped' to cope with pregnancy and childbirth. http://phys.org/news155232731.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:14:04 EST news155232731 Post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) immediately after giving birth is the largest threat to new mothers in high-income countries. An Australian study, featured in the open access journal BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, shows that an increasing number of women suffered severe problems arising from blood loss after delivery. http://phys.org/news154767601.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:00:36 EST news154767601 Low-income pregnant women and new mothers with diabetes have nearly twice the risk of experiencing depression during and after pregnancy than women without diabetes, according to a study in the February 25 issue of JAMA. http://phys.org/news154720723.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:59:03 EST news154720723 Very few women follow the nutritional and lifestyle recommendations before they become pregnant, even when pregnancy is in some sense planned, finds a study published on bmj.com today. http://phys.org/news153736890.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:42:10 EST news153736890 The simple intervention of providing women who are having unprotected sex with a home pregnancy test could have a substantial impact on the health of potential newborns, according to a Michigan State University study. http://phys.org/news153502010.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:27:45 EST news153502010 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study finds women who develop breast cancer while pregnant or soon afterwards do not experience any differences in disease severity or likelihood of survival compared to other women with breast cancer. The study is published in the March 15, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. http://phys.org/news153070336.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:40:02 EST news153070336 Animal research has shown that binge drinking - even just once - during early pregnancy can cause numerous problems for the fetus, including early postnatal death. Fetal zinc deficiency may explain some of the birth defects and neurodevelopmental abnormalities associated with alcohol exposure. New rodent findings are the first to show that dietary zinc supplements throughout pregnancy can reduce some alcohol-related birth defects. http://phys.org/news152819382.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:49:52 EST news152819382 A Cardiff University research project has for the first time studied whether smoking during pregnancy can directly make children more likely to behave anti-socially. http://phys.org/news152818144.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:29:30 EST news152818144 Women who have higher levels of a hormone produced by the placenta midway through pregnancy appear more likely to develop postpartum depression, a study authored by a UC Irvine researcher finds. http://phys.org/news152803062.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:17:58 EST news152803062 A study in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that the elevation in estradiol levels that occurs during pregnancy is more pronounced in pregnant women with restless legs syndrome (RLS) than in controls. http://phys.org/news152723117.html Medicine & Health Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:06:20 EST news152723117 Clues to the cause of preeclampsia, a common, but serious hypertension complication of pregnancy that has puzzled doctors and researchers for decades, point to proteins that misfold and aggregate, according to Yale School of Medicine researchers. http://phys.org/news152560442.html Medicine & Health Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:54:36 EST news152560442 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the UCLA School of Public Health have found the first evidence that perfluorinated chemicals, or PFCs — chemicals that are widely used in everyday items such as food packaging, pesticides, clothing, upholstery, carpets and personal care products — may be associated with infertility in women. http://phys.org/news152544532.html Medicine & Health Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:29:37 EST news152544532 In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, researchers will unveil findings that show that there are distinct differences in protein detection between IVF and spontaneous pregnancies in the first half of gestation. http://phys.org/news152538585.html Medicine & Health Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:50:34 EST news152538585 Chronic hypertension, diabetes and blood clots are more likely in otherwise healthy women who experienced complications due to hypertension such as preeclampsia in their first pregnancies, according to Yale School of Medicine researchers working in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. http://phys.org/news152468784.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:27:13 EST news152468784 Anxiety and depression before and during fertility treatment does not affect the likelihood of a woman becoming pregnant or of her cancelling her treatment, according to a study published in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal, Human Reproduction on Thursday 29 January. http://phys.org/news152429829.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:37:27 EST news152429829 Researchers have found the first evidence that perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) - chemicals that are widely used in everyday items such as food packaging, pesticides, clothing, upholstery, carpets and personal care products - may be associated with infertility in women. http://phys.org/news152429315.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:30:18 EST news152429315 Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) commonly called secondhand smoke, can harm a developing fetus and may account for complications during pregnancy and birth. It is now known that non-whites experience more adverse pregnancy effects than do whites from smoking and ETS exposure. In an article published in the March 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers examined whether black, non-smoking women were able to avoid ETS exposure early in pregnancy and the social contextual factors that affected their success in avoiding secondhand smoke. http://phys.org/news152294408.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:00:41 EST news152294408 Cigarette smoking during pregnancy is associated with potentially harmful changes in both maternal and fetal thyroid function, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). http://phys.org/news151065667.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:41:07 EST news151065667 The research was carried out by a team of researchers led by Sharon Herring, MD, MPH, an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Temple University. She said, "Compared to normal weight women who accurately assessed their pre-pregnancy weight status, the odds of gaining excessively during pregnancy were increased seven-fold among overweight and obese women who thought they weighed less than they really did. Normal weight women who thought they were overweight had twice the odds of excessive gestational weight gain." http://phys.org/news149169633.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:00:33 EST news149169633 Body image is a tricky thing for many women. Like looking into a funhouse mirror, the way they perceive their bodies can make them think they're thinner or more obese than they actually are. Researchers led by Temple University's Sharon Herring, MD, MPH, have found that this misperception is associated with excess weight gain during pregnancy – which can cause complications for both mother and baby. http://phys.org/news149142177.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:22:57 EST news149142177 (PhysOrg.com) -- Drug and alcohol problems and psychiatric disorders are more likely in women who have had an abortion or miscarriage, a University of Queensland study has found. http://phys.org/news148837563.html Medicine & Health Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:46:03 EST news148837563 (PhysOrg.com) -- Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) teens in British Columbia are at a higher risk of pregnancy because of discrimination, sexual abuse and harassment compared to heterosexual teens, according to a University of British Columbia study. http://phys.org/news148665142.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:52:22 EST news148665142