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600,000 Nepali women afflicted from uterus problem
XINHUANET Sat, 10 May 2008 05:21:26 GMT
KATHMANDU, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 600,000 Nepali women ...
Spiders attract mates with UVB rays
PRESSTV Mon, 05 May 2008 11:05:08 GMT
Arachnologists have revealed that the jumping spider is the only species that has the capability to detect Ultraviolet B ray and talk through it.
Maternity units 'facing meltdown'
BBC Fri, 02 May 2008 05:55:17 GMT
Maternity services in Northern Ireland face "complete meltdown" if planned cuts go ahead, it is claimed.
U.S. study: more women get pregnant with diabetes
XINHUANET Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:35:55 GMT
BEIJING, April 28 (Xinhuanet) -- More American women are ...
Soaring diabetes rates may bring wave of childbirth problems
GUARDIAN Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:01:17 GMT
Number of pregnant women with diabetes more than doubles in six years, according to health survey
High calorie diet linked to boys
BBC Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:12:10 GMT
A woman's diet around the time of conception may influence the gender of her baby, research suggests.
Crusaders 'left genetic legacy'
BBC Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:36:37 GMT
Scientists have detected the faint genetic traces left by medieval crusaders in the Middle East.
Women warned not to drink alcohol in first 3 months of pregnancy
GUARDIAN Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:02:21 GMT
NHS watchdog overturns earlier guidelines and rules 'a glass of wine a week safe during later stages'
Folate 'may keep sperm healthy'
BBC Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:39:47 GMT
A diet rich in the vitamin folate may protect men against producing abnormal sperm, a study suggests.
Maternity units closed to mothers
BBC Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:29:54 GMT
Many hospitals across England report having to turn away women in labour last year because they were full.
STDs rife among US teenage girls
BBC Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:08:57 GMT
At least one in four teenage girls in the US has a sexually transmitted disease, a study finds.
Kissing cousins 'have more kids'
BBC Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:36:41 GMT
Marrying a distant relative could mean a larger family, according to Icelandic genetic researchers.
Drive to cut pregnancies by half
BBC Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:13:40 GMT
A drive is under way to reduce the number of teenage pregnancies in Derby by more than half.
Pregnancy 'does cause memory loss'
GUARDIAN Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:08:05 GMT
Psychologists reveal 'baby brain' is not a myth and new mothers suffer forgetfulness for years
Folic acid may cut premature births by 70%
GUARDIAN Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:07:11 GMT
· Study: supplement could save thousands of lives · Research adds weight to calls to fortify flour
Coffee increases miscarriage risk
PRESSTV Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:27:08 GMT
A new study suggests that drinking two cups of coffee each day may significantly increase the risk of miscarriage in pregnant women.
U.S. scientists: 1st mature cloned human embryos created
XINHUANET Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:50:19 GMT
Scientists at a small California company claimed they have created the first mature cloned human embryos from single skin cells taken from adults.• Scientists clone monkey embryos for first time• U.S. scientists find embryonic stem cells from skin
US team makes embryo clone of men
BBC Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:59:31 GMT
US scientists say they have produced embryos that are clones of two men, in a step towards producing patient-specific stem cells.
Dinosaurs 'grew fast, bred young'
BBC Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:03:37 GMT
Dinosaurs bred as early as age eight, long before they reached adult size and maturity, fossil evidence suggests.
'I was given no help at all'
BBC Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:10:18 GMT
NHS fertility treatment for cancer patients must be improved, leading doctors say.
U.S.: more women taking folic acid, more need to
XINHUANET Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:51:57 GMT
BEIJING, Jan. 14 (Xinhuanet) --More American women are ...
Mother died after clerical error
BBC Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:08:55 GMT
A first-time mother died in childbirth due to a clerical error by the hospital, a corner's court hears.

Procedures had since been changed and referrals were now sent to a central office to prevent mix-ups she told the court.
British scientist toys with theory of a Jewish gene for genetics
HAARETZ Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:35:04 GMT
Did Jewish mothers put Israel at the forefront of genetics with their zeal for successful children? At a debate here last month, acclaimed British geneticist and television personality Dr. Armand Leroi said he is willing to entertain this theory. ...
Independent Appeal: The unluckiest baby in the world - Sierra Leone, only six hours from London, has the world's worst infant mortality rate. And for this new-born child and her young mother, the fight is only just beginning
INDEPENDENT Mon, 24 Dec 2007
In the dark of a one-room shack, a new-born baby sleeps in the arms of a young mother. It could be a biblical scene. The glow from a kerosene lamp gives the mother a halo. Add an ox, a lamb and a manger, and this could be the story of Christmas, a painting of the Madonna and Child from the Middle Ages, or the living crib assembled by St Francis in the 13th century.
Mothers 'are happier' having job
BBC Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:42:14 GMT
Working women with children are significantly happier than stay-at-home mothers, a survey says.
American teen pregnancies rise
GUARDIAN Fri, 07 Dec 2007
Bush administration under attack for diverting funds from sex education to abstinence programmes
Gaps in maternity care 'worrying'
BBC Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:24:43 GMT
Thousands of women are being left alone during and shortly after labour, leaving them feeling at risk.
'Woman miscarried while suffering work-related stress'
GUARDIAN Tue, 27 Nov 2007
· Arts centre manager was refused flexitime request· Employers deny gender bias and victimisation
Pregnancy smoking fertility link
BBC Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:16:31 GMT
Smoking while pregnant reduces the fertility of boys, according to Aberdeen researchers.
Childbirth crisis: From the cradle to the grave
INDEPENDENT Sat, 27 Oct 2007
In one sense we do not need these remarkable pictures. The sheer numbers alone almost tell the story. Every year in South Asia an estimated 188,000 women die from complications during pregnancy and childbirth. That something so natural, something so basic, should carry such a lethal risk ought to shock and upset.
Warning issued over egg freezing
BBC Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:07:18 GMT
Egg freezing should not be offered to women who want to put off having a family purely for lifestyle reasons, say experts.
Two-signature rule on abortions should be abandoned, say doctors
GUARDIAN Thu, 11 Oct 2007
Women should no longer have to obtain the signatures of two doctors to have an early abortion, and the upper time limit for the procedure should remain at 24 weeks, doctors' leaders said yesterday.
To find partner of optimal age means having more kids
XINHUANET Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:26:58 GMT
A study in Europe shows to have the most children, men should find a partner six years younger and women a mate four years older, media reported Wednesday.

For both men and women, having a partner of the optimal age meant having an average of 2.2 children compared with 2.1 children when they picked partners of the same age -- a significant number in evolutionary terms that accumulates over time, said Martin Fieder, anthropologist of Vienna University in Austria.
Amnesty ends abortion neutrality
BBC Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:45:48 GMT
Human rights group Amnesty confirms it will back women's rights to have an abortion under certain circumstances.
Thousands denied fertility treatment as half of England's health authorities fail to honour pledge
GUARDIAN Mon, 06 Aug 2007
· Government survey finds huge local variations · 'One full cycle for all' was promised by April 2005
'Yo-yo' weight warning to mothers
BBC Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:45:50 GMT
Mothers who gain or lose lots of weight between pregnancies could be putting their baby at risk, say experts.
Parents win $21 mln for "wrongful birth" in Florida
XINHUANET Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:00:41 GMT
A jury awarded more than 21 million U.S. dollars to a couple for lifetime care of their 2-year-old son and for their own pain and suffering after a doctor's misdiagnosis, according to media reports Wednesday.

The couple, Daniel and Amara Estrada, claimed that Boris Kousseff, who works for the University of South Florida failed to diagnose their first son Aiden's genetic disorder called Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome, which resulted in them having a second sick child Caleb who was diagnosed with the similar problems within an hour of his birth.
Call to Brown over fathers' role
BBC Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:42:00 GMT
Gordon Brown must help to remove barriers stopping fathers playing a more active role with their children, a report says.
Mothers in Hepatitis C warnings
BBC Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:23:57 GMT
More than 700 women who gave birth at a Kent hospital are sent letters after it is discovered a health worker had the Hepatitis C virus.
Aspirin may reduce pregnancy problems
XINHUANET Thu, 17 May 2007 05:50:47 GMT
Taking aspirin may reduce risk of giving birth prematurely and of potentially fatal complications for mothers-to-be.
Fortify 'bread with folic acid'
BBC Thu, 17 May 2007 12:53:28 GMT
Bread should be fortified with folic acid via flour to cut birth defects such as spina bifida, a watchdog says.
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