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Pregnancy :: Prenatal multivitamins for undernourished women reduce risk of low birth weight

Undernourished women who take a vitamin and mineral supplement while pregnant may be less likely than women taking only iron and folic acid supplements to have babies weighing less than 2,500 grams, and their newborns may be less likely to have morbidity in the first seven days of life, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Pregnancy :: Spanish woman oldest mother of twins

A 67-year-old Spanish woman gave birth to twins according to hospital officials in Barcelona, becoming the world’s oldest mother. The woman became pregnant after fertility treatment in Latin America.

Stem Cell :: Role of Rb in mammalian stem cells

In the January 1 issue of G&D, Drs. Gustavo Leone and Michael Robinson (Ohio State University) and colleagues uncover a stem-cell specific role for the well-known tumor suppressor gene, Rb, in the developing mammalian embryo.

Fertility :: New IVF treatment IVM safe, cheaper

A new method of assisting couples to bear children known as “in vitro maturation” (IVM) has been introduced by Dr. S. Lindenberg, Fertility Unit, Herlev University, Copenhagen. An alternative to the standard approach is to collect immature oocytes from medium sized follicles during midcycle and to then mature the ova in the laboratory (IVM).

Pregnancy :: Fish oil during pregnancy – better comprehension, vocabulary, co-ordination of unborn child

Taking fish oil or omega-3 fatty acids during pregnancy can benefit unborn child and increases the child’s hand-to-eye co-ordination, revealed by an Australian research study, published in the British journal Archives of Disease in Childhood.

Pregnancy :: Inflammatory bowel disease doubles pregnancy complications

Inflammatory bowel disease roughly doubles the chances of pregnancy complications, reveals research published ahead of print in Gut. Inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD for short, is an umbrella term for the inflammatory disorders of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.

Pregnancy :: Protection against cancer begins during pregnancy, eat broccoli and cabbage

Pregnant and nursing women who eat generous amounts of cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and cabbage could help protect their children from cancer, both as infants and later in life. A new study done with laboratory mice found that phytochemicals found in certain vegetables provided a very high level of protection against leukemia and lymphoma in young animals, and also significantly protected against lung cancer during the rodent’s equivalent of middle age.

Pregnancy :: Anti-smoking kit for pregnant women

Pregnant women will be helped to give up smoking under a new Australian Government initiative.

Pregnancy :: Embryonic selection of sex avoids conceiving blind children

The Assisted Reproduction Unit at the Quir?n Hospital in Donostia-San Sebasti?n has managed, for the first time in the Basque Country, to successfully carry out an embryonic sex selection in a woman who is a carrier of the disease Retinosis Pigmentaria, linked with the X chromosome — in order to avoid giving birth to a male child.

Pregnancy :: Noninvasive diagnostic test for serious infections in pregnancy

Scientists have discovered the basis for a noninvasive test to diagnose common infections in pregnant women that are a major cause of premature births and infant deaths. The University of Washington?s Michael G. Gravett and colleagues are reporting identification of protein biomarkers for these hard-to-diagnose infections of the amniotic fluid, which surrounds the fetus prior to birth.