News tagged with fetal death

F. nucleatum enables breaking bond on blood vessels to allow invaders in

A common oral bacteria, Fusobacterium nucleatum, acts like a key to open a door in human blood vessels and leads the way for it and other bacteria like Escherichia coli to invade the body through the blood and make people s ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

9/11 attacks linked to increased male baby miscarriages

Stress caused by psychological shock from the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, felt even by people with no direct link to the event, may have led to an increase in male children being miscarried in the U.S.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Scientists develop 'gas gauge' to prevent pregnancy loss

To combat the many fetal deaths that occur annually because the placenta is too small, researchers at Yale School of Medicine have developed a method to measure the volume of the placenta, which provides nourishment to the ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study simulated car crashes involving pregnant women

Although states are not required to report fetal deaths in accident data, between 300 and 1,000 unborn babies die in car accidents each year. This accident fatality rate is about four times the rate for victims ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests obese women should not gain weight

For years, doctors and other health-care providers have managed pregnant patients according to guidelines issued by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). In 1986, ACOG stated, "Regardless of how ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1