http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. New research from Warwick Medical School indicates some of your risk of developing obesity, diabetes and heart conditions is pre-determined whilst in the womb and by improving the pregnant mother’s diet and vitamins intake you can shape your baby’s future metabolism for the better. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-obesity-diabetes-womb.html Health Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:22:09 EST news240132091 Oversensitivity diseases, or allergies, now affect 25 per cent of the population of Denmark. The figure has been on the increase in recent decades and now researchers at the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood (COPSAC), University of Copenhagen, are at last able to partly explain the reasons. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-dirt-allergy.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:37:59 EST news239452672 Scientists including those from Queen's University have discovered that taking regular aspirin halves the risk of developing hereditary cancers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-scientists-regular-aspirin-intake-halves.html Cancer Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:31:21 EST news238995072 Exposure in the womb to bisphenol A (BPA) – a chemical used to make plastic containers and other consumer goods – is associated with behavior and emotional problems in young girls, according to a study led by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-exposure-chemical-bpa-birth-linked.html Health Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:26:26 EST news238649164 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 A battle that brews in the mother's womb between the father's biological goal to produce the biggest, healthiest baby possible vs. the mother's need to live through delivery might help explain preeclampsia, an often deadly disease of pregnancy. The fetus must be big enough to thrive, yet small enough to pass through the birth canal. In a new study, Yale researchers describe the mechanism that keeps these conflicting goals in balance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-placenta-uterus-preeclampsia.html Medical research Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:11:50 EST news237525103 A large study of the daughters of women who had been given DES, the first synthetic form of estrogen, during pregnancy has found that exposure to the drug while in the womb (in utero) is associated with many reproductive problems and an increased risk of certain cancers and pre-cancerous conditions. The results of this analysis, conducted by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and collaborators across the country, were published Oct. 6, 2011, in the New England Journal of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-women-exposed-diethylstilbestrol-womb-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:49:52 EST news237055775 Lying on a hospital bed in her laced violet nightgown, Derya Sert is the first woman in the world to receive a womb from a deceased donor, raising hopes for millions of women to bear a child. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-turkish-womb-transplant-women.html Other Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:50:00 EST news236663388 Researchers have found the first, firm evidence that fibroids are associated with recurrent miscarriages. They have also discovered that if they removed the fibroids that distorted the inside of the womb, the risk of miscarriage in the second trimester of pregnancy was reduced dramatically – to zero. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-fibroids-distort-womb-cavity-recurrent.html Other Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:41:39 EST news236400088 Examining brain damage that occurs when fetuses in the womb are deprived of oxygen, researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered that damage does not occur randomly but is linked to the specific action of a naturally occurring fatty molecule called LPA, acting through a receptor that transfers information into young brain cells. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-discovery-block-fetal-brain-oxygen.html Medical research Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:42:09 EST news234106838 A systematic review published in The Cochrane Library did not find compelling evidence to support the routine use of aspirin in women being treated for IVF. The researchers reported that taking aspirin during an IVF cycle did not seem to increase a woman's chances of becoming pregnant. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-strong-evidence-aspirin-ivf.html Medical research Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:50:01 EST news232163402 Caffeine reduces muscle activity in the Fallopian tubes that carry eggs from a woman's ovaries to her womb. "Our experiments were conducted in mice, but this finding goes a long way towards explaining why drinking caffeinated drinks can reduce a woman's chance of becoming pregnant," says Sean Ward, professor of physiology and cell biology, at the University of Nevada School of Medicine, who conducted the study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-caffeine-consumption-female-infertility-link.html Medical research Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:46:44 EST news230384776 When University of Maryland psychologist Andrea Chronis-Tuscano testified before a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hearing last March, it changed her mind about possible risks of artificial food coloring for children, and drove her to look more closely at the products in her own pantry that she feeds her kids. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-food-adhd-link-wider.html Health Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:20:45 EST news227279716 Caffeine reduces muscle activity in the Fallopian tubes that carry eggs from a woman's ovaries to her womb. "Our experiments were conducted in mice, but this finding goes a long way towards explaining why drinking caffeinated drinks can reduce a woman's chance of becoming pregnant," says Professor Sean Ward from the University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, USA. Ward's study is published today in the British Journal of Pharmacology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-caffeine-fertility-women.html Medical research Thu, 26 May 2011 03:21:09 EST news225598849 That special method to make spaghetti sauce can certainly come from a mother's influence -- but research shows that mothers have a big impact on their kids' food preferences for certain flavors even before a baby enters the world. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-mom-garlic.html Health Thu, 05 May 2011 11:20:19 EST news223813201