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(HealthDay)—In 2010, teen births occurred at higher rates in rural counties than in suburban counties and major urban areas of the United States, new research finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-teen-birth-highest-rural-areas.html Health Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:00:08 EST news281195359 Women who outnumber men in poor communities are likelier to have babies at a younger age as competition drives them to lower their expectations of the opposite sex, a study said on Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-men-babies-poor-areas.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:50:02 EST news279952030 (HealthDay)—The rate of premature births has declined to 11.7 percent, the lowest rate in a decade, according to the March of Dimes 2012 Premature Birth Report Card. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-states-premature-birth-decline.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:05:03 EST news278867087 The U.S. preterm birth rate dropped for the fifth consecutive year in 2011 to 11.7 percent, the lowest in a decade, giving thousands more babies a healthy start in life and saving billions in health and social costs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-preterm-birth-year.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:20:01 EST news271955966 (HealthDay) -- Infant mortality, preterm births and teen births have dropped across the United States as have violent crime and victimization among children, U.S. health officials reported Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-annual-kids-health-bag.html Health Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:40:01 EST news261393207 (HealthDay) -- The teen pregnancy rate in the United States dipped to its lowest recorded level since 1976, a new government report shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-teen-pregnancy-fall.html Health Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:27:45 EST news259413947 New research confirms that successful pregnancies are common for female liver transplant recipients. The study appearing in the June issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, found miscarriage risk was lower and the live birth rate higher among women following liver transplantation than in the general U.S. population. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-successful-pregnancies-women-liver-transplantation.html Other Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:59:50 EST news258285583 A new study of fertility treatment found that women who get three or more embryos have no better odds of having a baby than those who get just two embryos. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-odds-embryos-ivf.html Other Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:40:02 EST news245560990 More U.S. women are having twins these days. The reason? Older moms and fertility treatments. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-women-twins-babies.html Health Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:39:03 EST news244906732 (Medical Xpress) -- An analysis of five previous studies has uncovered additional evidence of the effectiveness of progesterone, a naturally occurring hormone, in reducing the rate of preterm birth among a high-risk category of women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-additional-benefits-progesterone-preterm-birth.html Health Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:06:31 EST news243155183 The nation's preterm birth rate slipped under 12 percent for the first time in nearly a decade, the fourth consecutive year it declined, potentially sparing tens of thousands of babies the serious health consequences of an early birth. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-preterm-birth-percent-lowest-decade.html Health Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:16:21 EST news240765375 Preterm birth rates improved in almost every state between 2006 and 2009, and in several states the change was more than 10 percent, according to the March of Dimes 2011 Premature Birth Report Card. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-preterm-birth-year-states.html Health Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:49:33 EST news239341764 (AP) -- Russia's parliament adopted a law Friday limiting abortions but rejected even tougher restrictions backed by the country's conservative Orthodox Church. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-russia-parliament-law-restricting-abortions.html Health Sat, 22 Oct 2011 04:22:39 EST news238475970 (Medical Xpress) -- The adolescent birth rate declined for the second consecutive year, preterm births declined for the third consecutive year, adolescent injury deaths declined, and fewer 12th graders binge drank, according to the federal government’s annual statistical report on the well-being of the nation’s children and youth. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-federal-adolescent-birth.html Health Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:10:34 EST news229342226 Two studies from France and Denmark have shown that children born after frozen embryo transfer are larger and heavier. The risk for a baby to be too heavy for its gestational age at birth is increased 1.6 fold compared to IVF children from fresh embryo transfer and 1.5 fold compared to naturally conceived children, the 27th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology will hear Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-frozen-embryo-larger-heavier-babies.html Health Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:01:34 EST news229111246 Further evidence of how maternal characteristics can influence the development of children born after in vitro fertilization was presented to the annual conference of the European Society of Human Fertilization and Embryology today. A study of all 8941 IVF children born in Sweden between 2002 and 2006 where only one baby was born as a result of a single pregnancy showed that maternal age, primiparity, smoking, maternal infertility and body mass index, both over and underweight, were associated with an adverse perinatal outcome. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-factors-affecting-obstetric-outcomes-ivf.html Other Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:30:18 EST news229080578 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. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-fertility-treatment-safer-drug-women.html Medications Wed, 11 May 2011 03:38:29 EST news224303777