Fertility & Pregnancy News

Calcium is Important for Breast-feeding MomsReported September 16, 2007 Women who breast-feed may need to be watchful about getting enough calcium to keep their teeth and gums healthy, new animal research suggests. In experimentations with rats, researchers found that lactating rodents were mainly susceptible to the effects of low calcium intake on the bones that hold up … [Read more...]

Mom’s Diet Can Cause Asthma? Reported September 22, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A mother who has a diet rich in folate, an important prenatal supplement, could increase the chance that her infant will suffer from asthma after birth, according to a new Duke University study. Scientists gathered evidence in mice that had diets rich in methyl donors, one source of which is … [Read more...]

Pregnant Women With Bulimia Have More Anxiety And Depression, Study Finds Reported October 07, 2008 Women who have bulimia in pregnancy have more symptoms of anxiety and depression compared to pregnant women without eating disorders. A new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) shows that they also have lower self-esteem and are more … [Read more...]

Ovarian TransplantReported December 14, 2009 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- When a young woman hears the words "You have cancer," she probably can't think beyond the fight for survival. But now, some women are taking steps to protect their hormones, and possibly their future fertility from chemo. An ovarian tissue transplant helped one young cancer survivor … [Read more...]

Pregnancy Slows HIV ProgressionReported October 01, 2007 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It’s not just postpartum depression women need to worry about -- they should also watch for depression before and during pregnancy. A new Kaiser Permanente study reveals more than one-in-seven women are depressed at some time during the nine months before they become pregnant, during … [Read more...]

Procedure to Prevent MiscarriageReported January 26, 2009 CHICAGO (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- One day they're in the middle of a healthy pregnancy. The next, they're forced to deal with the loss of their babies. Thousands of women suffer from incompetent cervixes, but don't realize it until it's too late. There's a solution that's making dreams come true. Maryann Gates treasures … [Read more...]

Late motherhood and test-tube babies harm future generations 09-21-2005   When a 35 or 40-year-old woman decides to deliver her first baby with the help of IVF, she does not even realize that she harms her own baby genetically A lot of popular glossy magazines for women have developed a fondness for the subject of baby-boom … [Read more...]

Sell Your Health for Cash?Reported March 10, 2009 ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There has been a boom in willing donors of sperm, eggs, plasma and even hair. They are shocking trends that are a sign of our financial times. "This is the first time I've done this," Jamie told Ivanhoe. "I have donated four times," Melissa recalled to Ivanhoe. They are two women who are … [Read more...]

Spain to boost confidentiality guarantees for women having abortion Reported February 08, 2008 MADRID, Spain: Spain's Socialist government is to rush through legislation to strengthen confidentiality for women who have had abortions, and has pledged to further improve the abortion law if re-elected next month. "The government is not … [Read more...]

Study: Premature Births More CommonReported September 28, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Premature births in Scotland are nearly 10 times more common than they were 25 years ago, but survival rates of babies born early have improved dramatically, a study shows   The risk of neonatal death from premature birth more than halved during a 25-year period, and there has been an … [Read more...]

New test could 'save lives of premature babies by predicting labour'   Reported December 11, 2008 The test could allow doctors to prescribe drugs which help babies organs to develop faster in the womb, increasing their chances of survival. Around 80,000 children are born prematurely in Britain every year. Despite recent … [Read more...]

Timing of Cesarean Delivery CriticalReported January 12, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Research shows that repeat elective cesarean delivery performed before 39 weeks of gestation can have adverse effects on a baby's fetal lung development. The rate of cesarean delivery in the United States has increased dramatically, from 20.7 percent in 1996 to 31.1 percent in 2006; but … [Read more...]

New Campaign To Encourage Mums To BreastfeedJune 23, 2007 More mums are starting to breastfeed with breastfeeding rates at their highest level in England in decades. According to the latest statistics published at the start of National Breastfeeding Awareness Week and the launch of a new TV ad campaign to encourage more women to breastfeed. More … [Read more...]

Toxoplasmosis Tests Urged for All Pregnant Women, Newborns FRIDAY, Feb. 11 FRIDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- All pregnant women and newborn babies should be screened for toxoplasmosis infection, say the authors of a study in the February issue of the American Journal of … [Read more...]

Vitamin A Combats Infant Mortality Reported July 14, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A single dose of vitamin A at birth could be the difference between life and death for some newborns. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Md., studied 15,937 newborns from rural communities in Bangladesh, where over 90 percent of babies are born at home. … [Read more...]

Study links fertility and longevityReported May 05, 2009 Scientists say they've found a link between long life and late childbirth. A new study of genealogical records from Utah pioneers and settlers of Montreal, Canada, reveals that women who had babies naturally in their 40s and 50s lived longer than other women. The brothers of those women also lived longer. … [Read more...]

Breastfeeding has health benefit for moms: StudyReported June 11, 2009 Breast isn't just best for baby: mothers who don't breastfeed their babies may increase their risk of heart attacks and strokes decades later, new research suggests. The evidence comes from the massive Women's Health Initiative trial and involved nearly 140,000 women. Researchers found that women who … [Read more...]

Eating Nuts During Pregnancy Increases Child’s Asthma Risk Reported July 17, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – You may want to limit the amount of nuts you eat while you’re pregnant. A new study from the Netherlands finds expectant mothers who eat nuts or nut products – like peanut butter – every day increase their child’s risk of asthma by more than 50 percent compared to women … [Read more...]

Farm Living Could Mean no More Allergies Reported May 21, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Pregnant mothers who spend time on farms may be protecting their newborns from developing allergies. Researchers in Germany recently studied 18 farming mothers and 59 non-farming mothers and discovered that exposure to farms affects a baby’s T regulatory cells. These cells are now believed … [Read more...]

Flu in Utero Linked to Later Heart DiseaseReported October 01, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire ) -- Pregnant women have one more reason to be on the alert about the swine flu. Researchers found babies exposed to a similar strain of flu in utero during the 1918 pandemic were more likely to face a future of heart disease. A new study shows 100,000 individuals who were born during the … [Read more...]

How babies will live four years longer than the last generationReported May 28, 2009 Babies born in the UK today have a greater life expectancy than ever before, with boys likely to live to 77 while girls can expect to reach 82. Both sexes have seen life expectancy increase by four years over the last 17 … [Read more...]

Heart Attack Warning for Pregnant Women Reported July 11, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) Young pregnant women having heart attacks may be rare but it’s not impossible, especially for those already in high-risk categories. Just being pregnant can triple or quadruple the risk. “It’s extremely important that physicians who take care of women during pregnancy and after delivery be … [Read more...]

75 pregnant women die every day in UP Reported December 07, 2008 Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Government may boast of providing health services to people in rural areas, but the maternal mortality rate (MMR) in the state touches 517 for every one lakh pregnant women, against 301, the MMR of India. Everyday, 75 pregnant women die in UP. Many of them … [Read more...]

Only two in five abortions in India are safe, says reportReported October 14, 2009 NEW DELHI: Only two in five of the estimated 6.4 million abortions that take place annually in India are safe. The number of women aborting an unwanted child have dipped globally. But the rate of unsafe terminations continue to be almost as bad. Around 41.6 million women underwent abortions … [Read more...]

Woman pregnant twice Reported November 12, 2007 An Italian woman is due to give birth in a hospital in Rome this week to a baby girl - before returning three months later to have triplets. If both deliveries are successful, it is thought that this will be the first such case in history. Flavia D'Angelo, 20, denies suggestions that she might … [Read more...]

Maternal Mortality Leading Cause of Death for Women WorldwideJuly 13, 2007 More than 500,000 women died from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth in 2000, but 99% of those maternal deaths were preventable, according to the U.N. Population Fund's "State of World Population 2005" report released on Wednesday, BBC News … [Read more...]

Expectant Moms Should Wait Out Due Date for DeliveriesReported June 05, 2008 (HealthNewsDigest.com) - COLUMBUS, Ohio – Many parents become anxious toward the end of a pregnancy, when women are sleepless, fatigued and finding it difficult to perform their daily activities. Technology during the past 10 years has made labor induction easier and more successful, and now, … [Read more...]

Birth control pill that eliminates monthly period approvedReported December 20, 2007 (HealthDay News) -- Lybrel, a birth-control pill that does away with a woman's monthly period, was approved Tuesday by the U.S. The estrogen-progestin hormonal pill differs from traditional birth-control pills in that it does not include the "week off" of placebo pills that leads to a … [Read more...]

Formula, or milk?Reported November 24, 2007 Hospitals in San Bernardino County fall below the state average in terms of in-hospital breast-feeding rates, according a study recently released by the UC Davis Human Lactation Center. This is significant because mothers who don't breast-feed after giving birth at a hospital are unlikely to breast-feed once they check out. … [Read more...]

Maternal Exercise Boosts Heart Health of Unborn BabiesReported April 22, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Exercise during fetal growth may improve the cardiovascular health of an unborn baby. Researchers examined the effects of exercise on fetal breathing in 20- to 35-year-old mothers to be. Each exerciser participated in 30 minutes of aerobic exercise at least three times … [Read more...]