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Subfertile women who conceive through assisted reproduction are more likely to experience a greater traumatic impact following early pregnancy loss compared with women who conceive naturally, suggests a new study published today (1 May) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-psychological-trauma-miscarriage-women-reproduction.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:00:05 EST news286563373 First pregnancies complicated by postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) have no detrimental effect on future fertility but women who have caesarean sections at the time of PPH are less likely to conceive again, finds a new study published today in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-postpartum-hemorrhage-pregnancy-affect-future.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:00:01 EST news278098760 Norwegian pregnant women who received a vaccine against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus showed no increased risk of pregnancy loss, while pregnant women who experienced influenza during pregnancy had an increased risk of miscarriages and still births, a study has found. The study suggests that influenza infection may increase the risk of fetal loss. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-h1n1-flu-shots-safe-pregnant.html Medications Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:00:04 EST news277577976 A viewpoint in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) discusses the issue of iodine deficiency in pregnant women in the U.S. and the potential negative health implications for both mothers and their children from this deficiency. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-jama-article-discusses-critical-iodine.html Health Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:00:13 EST news275068218 New research suggests that statins, traditionally used for cholesterol lowering, could be used in the management of individuals who are at risk for developing clotting because they have autoimmune antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL). The research will be presented in two presentations at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ACR/ARHP). The meeting will be held Nov. 9-14, in Washington D.C. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-statins-potential-autoimmune-clotting-disorder.html Immunology Sun, 11 Nov 2012 08:29:13 EST news271844930 For years, researchers have known that antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) can cause pregnancy loss and clotting, but they haven't known the true scope of the problem. Now a new study provides the first estimates of the prevalence of these antibodies in patients suffering from pregnancy loss, stroke, myocardial infarction, and deep vein thrombosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-autoimmune-disease-linked-pregnancy-loss.html Immunology Sun, 11 Nov 2012 08:03:39 EST news271843390 (Medical Xpress)—University of Washington scientists have succeeded in removing the extra copy of chromosome 21 in cell cultures derived from a person with Down syndrome, a condition in which the body's cells contain three copies of chromosome 21 rather than the usual pair. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-extra-chromosome-syndrome-cell-line.html Medical research Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:01:12 EST news271666821 New research shows that more than half of women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have fewer children than desired. While patient choice has some influence on the smaller family size, findings published today in Arthritis Care & Research, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), suggest that higher rates of infertility and miscarriage may also impact the number of offspring born to women with these chronic conditions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-women-rheumatoid-arthritis-lupus-birth.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:30:02 EST news248590354 Nearly one in six pregnancies end in miscarriage or stillbirth, but parents' losses are frequently minimized or not acknowledged by friends, family or the community. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-pregnancy-loss-internet-forums-women.html Health Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:27:46 EST news238238849 Scientists have discovered an enzyme that acts as a 'fertility switch', in a study published in Nature Medicine today. High levels of the protein are associated with infertility, while low levels make a woman more likely to have a miscarriage, the research has shown. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-faulty-molecular-infertility-miscarriage.html Medical research Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:00:09 EST news237979820 As a noninvasive method of determining the sex of a fetus, tests using cell-free fetal DNA obtained from the mother's blood after 7 weeks gestation performed well, while urine-based tests appear to be unreliable, according to a review and analysis of previous studies, reported in the August 10 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-dna-motherrsquos-blood-sex-fetus.html Health Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:30:01 EST news232123673 Ovarian stimulation undertaken by women of advanced maternal age receiving fertility treatment may be disrupting the normal pattern of meiosis -- a critical process of chromosome duplication followed by two specialized cell divisions in the production of oocytes and sperm - and leading to abnormalities of chromosome copy numbers that result in IVF failure, pregnancy loss or, more rarely, the birth of affected children with conditions such as Down's syndrome, which is caused by the inheritance of three copies of chromosome 21. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-ovarian-chromosome-abnormalities.html Other Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:29:05 EST news229080528 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