Pregnancy News

Embryonic Parasitic Twin Removed From 9-Year-Old Girl's Stomach
Doctors at the General Hospital in the Greek city of Larissa said yesterday, Thursday, that they had successfully removed an embryonic parasitic twin from the stomach of a 9-year-old girl.The girl, whose family asked that she not be named, was suffering from stomach pains, which the doctors established were due to a tumour growing on the right side of her belly. She has since made a full recovery, said the hospital authorities.
Opinion Piece Highlights Group's Efforts To Reduce Maternal Mortality In Haiti, Rwanda
The fact that 500,000 mostly low-income women worldwide die during childbirth every year is "[o]bscene," but the experiences of staff from the nongovernmental organization Partners in Health in Haiti show how a "vast improvement" can be made, PIH founder Paul Farmer and PIH Executive Director Ophelia Dahl write in a
28M U.S. Women At Risk Of Unintended Pregnancy, Guttmacher Report Finds
About 28 million women in the U.S. are at risk of an unintended pregnancy annually because of incorrect or inconsistent contraceptive use, according to a study released Tuesday by the Guttmacher Institute, Reuters reports.
A New Analysis Method Can Determine The Sex Of The Baby From The Second Month Of Pregnancy
The spin off of the University of Granada Lorgen, in collaboration with the Foetal Medicine Unit of the Maternity Hospital Virgen de las Nieves of Granada, has managed to develop a genetic trial that identifies the sex of the foetus from the eighth week of pregnancy separating the DNA found in the plasma of the pregnant woman.
Survival Rates For Infants Born Before 24 Weeks' Gestation In U.K. Unchanged, Study Finds
The survival rate of infants born before 24 weeks' gestation in the United Kingdom did not change from 1994 to 2005, according to a study published Friday in the journal BMJ, Reuters UK reports.
Lack Of Support Means Premature And Sick Babies Are Missing Out On Their Mothers' Milk, UK
New research released by BLISS shows that some new mothers of premature or sick babies are unable to breastfeed because they do not receive the advice and support they need. 38% of mothers that took part in a BLISS survey did not breastfeed, even though almost all of them were aware of the benefits of breast milk for their baby, and most of them expressed milk to begin with.
Pre-Eclampsia Gene Trigger Suggested By Tests On Mice
Using laboratory mice, researchers in the US have discovered a possible way that the pregnancy disorder pre-eclampsia may be triggered by the COMT gene, already known to play a role in schizophrenia.The study also suggests that the steroid molecule 2-ME could be a useful marker for diagnosing the dangerous pregnancy condition, and serve as a basis for treatment.
A New Gene Trigger For Pregnancy Disorder Identified
The COMT gene - known already for its role in schizophrenia - has been found to play a role in preeclampsia, according to a report in today's advance on-line issue of Nature.Led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), the study further suggests that a steroid molecule, 2-ME, may serve as both a diagnostic marker and therapeutic supplement for the treatment of this dangerous pregnancy disorder.

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