Induced labor after 39 weeks in healthy women may reduce need for C section
NIH-funded study suggests this approach may also reduce risk of preeclampsia, need for newborn respiratory support. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - February 1, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Induced labor after 39 weeks in healthy women may reduce the need for cesarean birth
(Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine) In a study presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, researchers unveiled findings that suggest that induction of labor at 39 weeks of gestation among healthy, first-time mothers reduces the rate of cesarean birth as compared to expectant management among the same population. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Adding Misoprostol to Transcervical Foley Bulb Can Shorten Induced Labor Adding Misoprostol to Transcervical Foley Bulb Can Shorten Induced Labor
Cervical ripening using misoprostol combined with a transcervical Foley bulb effectively shortens the course of induced labor, new research shows.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 2, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news
Pregnancy Outcomes in Obese Women Better With Induced Labor Pregnancy Outcomes in Obese Women Better With Induced Labor
Most differences from expectant management were seen at 39 and 40, but not 41, weeks of gestation.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news
Subtle modifications to oxytocin produce ligands that retain potency and improved selectivity across species
In conclusion, [Se-Se]-oxytocin-OH is a novel probe for validating OTR as a therapeutic target in various biological systems and is a promising new lead for therapeutic development. Our medicinal chemistry approach may also be applicable to other peptidergic signaling systems with similar selectivity issues. (Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment)
Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment - December 5, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Muttenthaler, M., Andersson, A., Vetter, I., Menon, R., Busnelli, M., Ragnarsson, L., Bergmayr, C., Arrowsmith, S., Deuis, J. R., Chiu, H. S., Palpant, N. J., OBrien, M., Smith, T. J., Wray, S., Neumann, I. D., Gruber, C. W., Lewis, R. J., Alewood, P. F. Tags: STKE Research Resources Source Type: news
AKAP95-mediated nuclear anchoring of PKA mediates cortisol-induced PTGS2 expression in human amnion fibroblasts
Phosphorylation of the transcription factors cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element–binding protein (CREB) and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) by protein kinase A (PKA) is required for the cortisol-induced production of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in human amnion fibroblasts, which critically mediates human parturition (labor). We found that PKA was confined in the nucleus by A-kinase–anchoring protein 95 (AKAP95) in amnion fibroblasts and that this localization was key to the cortisol-induced expression of PTGS2, the gene encoding COX-2. Cortisol inc...
Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment - November 21, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Lu, J., Wang, W., Mi, Y., Zhang, C., Ying, H., Wang, L., Wang, Y., Myatt, L., Sun, K. Tags: STKE Research Articles Source Type: news
Inducing Older Moms at 40 Weeks May Lower Stillbirth Risk Inducing Older Moms at 40 Weeks May Lower Stillbirth Risk
Inducing labor at 40 weeks of gestation lowered the risk for perinatal death in babies of first-time mothers aged 35 years or older, a study found.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 14, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news
More Public Spending, Not Tax Cuts, for Sustainable, Inclusive Growth
Tax cuts do not magically improve economic growth. Instead, the government should focus on building more economic capacity with new investments in infrastructure, research and development (R&D), education, and anti-poverty programs. Credit: Amantha Perera/IPSBy Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame SundaramSYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 26 2017 (IPS)The Trump administration’s promise to increase infrastructure spending should break the straightjacket the Republicans imposed on the Obama administration after capturing the US Congress in 2010. However, in proportionate terms, it falls far short of Roosevelt’s New Deal effort to re...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 26, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Education Energy Featured Financial Crisis Global Global Governance Headlines Health Labour Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Trade & Investment Source Type: news
Mummy blogger Sophie Cachia had sex to induce labour
Popular Australian mummy blogger Sophie Cachia has written a candid post online - revealing how she and her husband tried sex as a way to help induce the birth of their second child. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
WATCH: Doctor takes break from having own baby to help other expectant mother
Dr. Amanda Hess was at the hospital to have her own labor induced but got out of her bed to help deliver another patient's baby. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 30, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: GMA Source Type: news
WATCH: Doctor in labor delivers patient's baby at Kentucky hospital
Dr. Amanda Hess was at the hospital to have her own labor induced but got out of her bed to help deliver another patient's baby. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 30, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: GMA Source Type: news
New study examines effectiveness of labor induction in India
(University of Liverpool) Researchers from the University of Liverpool with colleagues from Gynuity Health Care in New York and the Government Medial College, Nagpur, India, have published a major study of two different types of labour induction methods in The Lancet. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 29, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
36 weeks pregnant, Winnipeg woman accidentally given labour-inducing drug
A Winnipeg mother-to-be said she's scared and wants her complaints heard after she went for an ordinary appointment with her gynecologist and was given medication to induce labour by mistake. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - June 29, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Manitoba Source Type: news
Inducing labor: When to wait, when to induce
(Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed)
Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - June 20, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Glucose supplementation significantly reduces length of induced labor in childbirth
(Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine) In a study to be presented Thursday, Jan. 26, in the oral concurrent session at 1:15 p.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting , researchers with the Universit é de Sherbrooke in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, will present their findings in a study titled, Reduction of total labor length through the addition of parenteral dextrose solution in induction of labor in nulliparous: results of DEXTRONS prospective randomized controlled trial. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 23, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
