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Scientists have shown for the first time in a large population study that mothers' stopping smoking around the time of getting pregnant can prevent the harmful effects of tobacco on their babies' growth. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-averts-adverse-birth-outcomes-tobacco.html Health Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:45:36 EST news229142720 Women undergoing fertility treatment are more likely to give birth to a live baby after ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) if they are younger than 38 and 11 or more eggs have been retrieved from their ovaries in one ovarian stimulation cycle, according to analysis of one of the largest and longest-running ICSI programs at a single fertility clinic. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-birth-icsi-trimester-pregnancy-loss.html Medical research Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:20:00 EST news229079990 UT Southwestern Medical Center maternal-fetal specialists have confirmed a potential new protocol to protect pregnant women who are at risk for hepatitis B, a health problem that affects 2 billion people worldwide. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-stepped-up-vaccine-series-hepatitis-effective.html Health Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:23:31 EST news228450196 Exercise interventions during and after pregnancy offer numerous health benefits to both mothers and their babies, particularly among women who are at high risk for gestational diabetes and preeclampsia. Danielle Downs, an associate professor of kinesiology and obstetrics and gynecology at Penn State, was one of four speakers invited to discuss their studies related to pregnancy and postpartum interventions at a symposium during the 2011 Annual Meeting and Scientific Session of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM), held in April in Washington, D.C. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-interventions-pregnancy-health-benefits.html Health Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:48:15 EST news228026874 Cervical ripening that instigates preterm labor is distinct from what happens at the onset of normal term labor, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-cervical-ripening-differs-term-preterm.html Health Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:51:22 EST news227847062 More than half of the women in a recently published survey reported that near the end of their pregnancies, they took it upon themselves to try to induce labor, mostly by walking, having sex, eating spicy food or stimulating their nipples. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-sex-spicy-food-favored-unprescribed.html Health Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:59:53 EST news227447979 Menstrual cramps ... agggh ... they come monthly, can be painful -- even debilitating -- and can be a signal to consult your physician. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-menstrual-cramps.html Health Fri, 27 May 2011 12:00:05 EST news225715040 A woman's risk of developing diabetes during pregnancy can be identified up to seven years before she becomes pregnant based on routinely assessed measures of blood sugar and body weight, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the online issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-diabetes-years-pregnancy-blood-sugar.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 26 May 2011 03:36:57 EST news225599792 Compared with women whose weight remained stable, body mass index gains between the first and second pregnancy were associated with an increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in the second pregnancy. But losing weight between the first and second pregnancies appeared to reduce GDM risk in a second pregnancy, particularly for women who were overweight or obese to begin with, according to a Kaiser Permanente Division of Research study appearing online in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-weight-gain-pregnancies-woman-gestational.html Health Mon, 23 May 2011 17:37:22 EST news225391016 Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have devised a new technique, which helps couples that are affected by or are carriers of genetic diseases have in vitro fertilized babies free of both the disease in question and other chromosomal abnormalities. The results were reported in the April issue of Fertility and Sterility. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-genetic-technology-ivf-embryos.html Medical research Mon, 23 May 2011 16:11:30 EST news225385872 (PhysOrg.com) -- At menopause, many women begin to notice a decline in their attention, organization, and short-term memory. These cognitive symptoms can lead to professional and personal challenges and unwarranted fears of early-onset dementia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-adhd-drug-menopausal-women-focus.html Medications Fri, 06 May 2011 08:02:36 EST news223887729 Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Harvard School of Public Health, have reported widespread and increasing medication use among pregnant women. The study, which currently appears online in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, also found that medication use varied by socioeconomic status, maternal age, race/ethnicity and state of residence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-widespread-medications-pregnant-women.html Medications Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:45:43 EST news222947121