Obstetrics & gynaecology
Mexican woman due to give birth to nine in May
A Mexican woman is due to give birth to six girls and three boys in May, the local media is reporting.
Apr 27, 2012
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News tagged with caesarean section
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Bicarbonate of soda could spare women in developing countries from caesarean section
Lack of access to a caesarean section, or complications arising from one, accounts for many deaths in developing countries, but now a team of scientists has identified that a simple drink of bicarbonate of soda could make ...
Jan 25, 2018
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Pediatrics
Mode of delivery alters infants' gut microbiota and this may impact respiratory health in first year of life
New research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (13-16 April), suggests that mode of delivery influences the development ...
Apr 13, 2019
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Study: The risk of pregnancy complications for women with arthritis of the spine has decreased over time
Women with rheumatic diseases are at greater risk of complications during pregnancy and childbirth, but for women with arthritis of the spine, so called axial spondyloarthritis, the risks have decreased over the last ten ...
Feb 23, 2023
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Medical research
Stem cell research could prevent premature births
Researchers from the University of Reading have developed the first fully tissue-engineered fetal membrane from human stem cells that could significantly reduce the number of premature births.
Sep 7, 2011
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Gastroenterology
How the gut microbiota develops in the first five years of life
The human gut microbiota largely reaches an adult-like composition by five years of age, but important differences remain, finds a study published on March 31st in the journal Cell Host & Microbe. Several bacterial taxa that ...
Mar 31, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
During COVID-19 first wave, the proportion of caesarean section deliveries done under general anaesthesia halved
New research from north-west England published in Anaesthesia (a journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) shows that during the first wave of COVID-19, the proportion of caesarean section deliveries carried out under ...
Nov 3, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Cleveland Clinic performs its first in utero fetal surgery
Cleveland Clinic has successfully performed its first in utero fetal surgery to repair a spina bifida birth defect in a nearly 23-week-old fetus.
Jun 19, 2019
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Health
Review of 700,000 women reveals factors affecting vaginal birth after previous cesarean
A wide range of clinical and non-clinical factors can affect whether women go on to have a vaginal delivery after having a caesarean, according to two major reviews published in the August issue of the Journal of Advanced ...
Jul 27, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pregnant women with COVID-19 face high mortality rate
In a worldwide study of 2,100 pregnant women, those who contracted COVID-19 during pregnancy were 20 times more likely to die than those who did not contract the virus.
Apr 22, 2021
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