Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have found that older mothers with normal, full-term pregnancies ? particularly first-time older mothers ? were more likely to undergo Caesarean delivery than were younger women with similarly low-risk pregnancies.
If both partners in a couple are overweight or obese, they are more likely to have to wait longer before successfully conceiving a child, according to new research published online in Europe?s leading reproductive medicine journal, Human Reproduction, today (Wednesday 7 March).
Despite the high prevalence of musculoskeletal pain during pregnancy, few women in underserved populations receive treatment for their low back pain, according to a February 2007 study in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT).
The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, launched during a FITMOM Canada class in Ottawa, a five-week national Healthy Pregnancy Campaign to raise awareness of the health considerations for a healthy pregnancy.
Joslin researchers discover a surprising culprit in the search for causes of diabetic birth defects. protein makes it possible for high blood glucose to enter embryonic cells.
A Deakin University study has unlocked one of the many mysteries of pregnancy — how the trace element copper is transported across the placenta. The findings provide a lead to the possible cause, treatment and prevention of a number of potentially fatal conditions.
Women who smoke during pregnancy can cause permanent vascular damage in their children ? increasing their risk for stroke and heart attack, researchers said at the American Heart Association?s 47th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention.
Researchers found a 69 percent increase in the rate of the disease in Ontario between 1995 and 2005 — far beyond the 60 percent global predicted increase for 2030 and above rates projected for Canada by then, reported by Reuters Canada.
Australia’s efforts to reduce gender disparities in developing countries have been boosted today with the release of the aid program’s new policy, Gender equality in Australia’s aid program-why and how.
Babies born to South Asian women are at a higher risk of perinatal mortality (death before, during or shortly after birth) than babies born to black or white women, concludes a study published online by the BMJ today.