News tagged with morning sickness

Study shows extreme form of pregnancy-related morning sickness could be genetic

(PhysOrg.com) -- Approximately 60,000 pregnant women are hospitalized each year due to hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), an extreme form of nausea and vomiting that endangers their lives and often forces them to reluctantly terminate ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 04, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Severe morning sickness could be inherited

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Norway have discovered a form of severe morning sickness known as hyperemesis gravidarum may be passed on from mothers to their daughters.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 report

Study: Ginger capsules ease chemotherapy nausea

Ginger, long used as a folk remedy for soothing tummyaches, helped tame one of the most dreaded side effects of cancer treatment - nausea from chemotherapy, the first large study to test the herb for this has found.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Microbes point to method for isolating harmful forms of drugs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at MIT and Brown University studying how marine bacteria move recently discovered that a sharp variation in water current segregates right-handed bacteria from their left-handed ...

Physics / Soft Matter

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Morning sickness: Still no relief

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Mum knows best? Pregnant women more likely to follow their mothers' wisdom than medical advice

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London have found that pregnant and postnatal women, while wanting to do the best for their baby, do not follow medical advice without question ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cambodian moms-to-be chew tobacco for nausea

(AP) -- When pregnant Cambodian women suffer morning sickness, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1