Psychology & Psychiatry
Babies learn to anticipate touch in the womb
Babies learn how to anticipate touch while in the womb, according to new research by Durham and Lancaster universities.
Oct 7, 2013
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Neuroscience
Complexity of brain activity found to decrease with fetal maturation and to continue decline after birth
A team of neurologists and biotechnicians at University Hospital and University of Tübingen, working with a colleague from Imperial College London, reports that brain complexity decreases during fetal maturation and continues ...
Health
Walking, sex and spicy food are favored unprescribed methods to bring on labor
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 ...
Jun 16, 2011
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Medical research
Fetuses yawn in the womb, according to new research
The 4D scans of 15 healthy fetuses, by Durham and Lancaster Universities, also suggest that yawning is a developmental process which could potentially give doctors another index of a fetus' health.
Nov 21, 2012
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Medical research
Study may identify new cause of brain bleeds in fetuses and newborns
A newly discovered bodily process in mice may explain why some human fetuses who have different antigens than their mothers suffer life-threatening brain bleeds, according to a new study.
Mar 23, 2015
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Medical research
Highly exposed to phthalates as fetuses, female mice have altered reproductive lives
Female mouse fetuses exposed to very high doses of a common industrial chemical that makes plastics more pliable develop significant reproductive alterations and precancerous lesions as they grow up, according to a new toxicology ...
Mar 16, 2012
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Genetics
New prenatal genetic test is much more powerful at detecting fetal abnormalities
A nationwide, federally funded study has found that testing a developing fetus' DNA through chromosomal microarray (CMA) provides more information about potential disorders than does the standard method of prenatal testing, ...
Feb 9, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Killer US cantaloupes expected to infect more people
Cantaloupes infected with listeria have sparked the deadliest US foodborne disease outbreak in over a decade and are likely to claim more victims in the weeks ahead, officials said Wednesday.
Sep 28, 2011
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Data contradict fears of COVID-19 vaccine effects on pregnancy and fertility
New experiments conducted in mice add to mounting evidence in opposition to a popular claim that COVID-19 vaccination during early pregnancy may cause birth defects or fetal growth problems. The study also counters claims ...
May 24, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Isolated chorionic bump tied to fetal aneuploidy
(HealthDay)—In high-risk fetuses, sonographically isolated chorionic bumps are associated with fetal aneuploidy, according to a study published online Nov. 3 in the Journal of Clinical Ultrasound.
Nov 9, 2016
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