The Good Side of Viruses
While we have extensively studied the role of bacteria that call our bodies' home, we have yet to achieve that level of understanding with viruses. In fact, the study of the populations of viruses that exist in the human body, the virome, is in its infancy. We generally consider viruses an enemy that can cause diseases from the common cold to Ebola. New viruses are discovered regularly and scientists are beginning to appreciate the diversity of viruses and their roles in nature. Some don't infect people at all, while others are actually beneficial members of the human microbiome. The microbiome is the collection of micro...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 3, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Pre-eclampsia in pregnant women can be diagnosed exactly through a blood test
Pre-eclampsia is a serious illness associated with pregnancy, which develops after twenty weeks and is associated with defective ingrowing of the placenta within the mother. The dangerous illness is both the second most frequent cause of death in pregnant women, and the reason for severe complications for mother and child, especially during premature births. Now scientists have succeeded, as part of an international research group, in identifying biomarkers, which - with one simple blood test - can be a very reliable help in predicting the emergence of pre-eclampsia in pregnant women as a sign of the illness. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 25, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Paternal depression linked to premature birth
ConclusionThis study has found a link between depression in expectant fathers and an increased risk of preterm birth in their babies. It was based on large, independent sources of data, and the researchers adjusted their figures to take account of many factors that could have skewed the results. However, it's worth noting a few uncertainties.The main measure of depression was whether people took antidepressants. People take antidepressants for many reasons, including anxiety and chronic pain. Also, many people with depression don’t take antidepressants, and men in particular are less likely to come forward for any type o...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Pregnancy/child Source Type: news
Blood Test May Help Rule Out Pregnancy Complication
Women with suspected pre-eclampsia are often hospitalized
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy, Laboratory Tests (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - January 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Weight gain between pregnancies linked to stillbirth
ConclusionThis study has a number of strengths. Firstly, it covers a large number of births thanks to the Swedish system of recording pregnancies, births and deaths. The researchers took account of several factors that could have skewed their results, such as the mothers' age at second birth and whether or not they smoked. The results show risk rose in line with the amount of weight gained, which strengthens the chances this finding represents a causal relationship.But cohort studies can never prove cause and effect. Weight gain might be a marker for something else that affected the outcomes. For example, the women who gai...
Source: NHS News Feed - December 3, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy/child Obesity Source Type: news
Nigeria: What Women Should Know About Eclampsia
[Daily Trust] Kano -The 'dark room' which is known in Hausa as (dakin duhu) is a well known place for women that attend hospitals. It is a room every pregnant woman and her relatives dread. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - November 3, 2015 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Well: Pre-eclampsia Tied to Heart Defects in Newborns
Defects in all parts of the heart were more common among newborns whose mothers had pre-eclampsia, a frequent complication of pregnancy. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - October 28, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: Family Babies and Infants Preeclampsia Love Parenting Featured Source Type: news
Well: Pre-eclampsia Tied to Heart Defects in Newborns
Defects in all parts of the heart were more common among newborns whose mothers had pre-eclampsia, a frequent complication of pregnancy. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: Family Babies and Infants Preeclampsia Love Parenting Featured Source Type: news
Well: Pre-eclampsia Tied to Heart Defects in Newborns
Defects in all parts of the heart were more common among newborns whose mothers had pre-eclampsia, a frequent complication of pregnancy. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - October 28, 2015 Category: Nutrition Authors: NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: Family Babies and Infants Preeclampsia Love Parenting Featured Source Type: news
High BP In Pregnancy Tied to Newborn Heart Defects
But researchers stress the risk is still very low when women have pre-eclampsia (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - October 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Charlotte Fairlie's memory is wiped by a stroke after giving birth to twins
Charlotte Fairlie, 34, from Monmouth, suffered a stroke caused by pre-eclampsia that has also left her partially paralysed. Now her husband Rob, 40, hopes to raise £40,000 to help her recover. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Blood filter could stop pre-eclampsia mums giving birth too early
The blood cleansing treatment could help stop women with dangerously high blood pressure from giving birth early. Premature births are the world's biggest killer of newborns. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 25, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Premature baby dies on her mother's chest after after feeding tube error
Isabella Hope Hill had to be delivered early at Liverpool Women's Hospital when her mother developed pre-eclampsia. Staff failed to take X-rays which would have picked up on the misplaced tube. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pravastatin could save pregnant women from potentially fatal high blood pressure
Experts, including researchers at Aston University in Birmingham, hope the discovery will lead to a new treatment for pre-eclampsia, which is linked to one in 20 stillbirths. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 8, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Blood test for pregnancy pre-eclampsia risk
Writing in BJOG, Mexican researchers identify a biomarker in the blood that may signal a woman having a higher risk of developing pre-eclampsia in pregnancy.
WebMD (Source: Society for Endocrinology)
Source: Society for Endocrinology - July 23, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
