http://medicineworld.org/news/obgyn-news.html MedicineWorld.Org brings daily OBGYN news news from various sources to keep you updated on the latest events in the world on this topic. Medicineworld OBGYN news news service is the most comprehensive OBGYN news news service on the internet. We keep an archive of previous few days of news on this site. Please go down through the list to find the older news items. Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:59:16 GMT en-us http://medicineworld.org/images/uterus-and-ovaries.jpg http://medicineworld.org/news/obgyn-news.html 100 75 http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2011/help-women-fight-infections-during-pregnancy.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2011/help-women-fight-infections-during-pregnancy.html Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:59:16 GMT A normal but concerning consequence of pregnancy is the fact that pregnant women are more susceptible to infection. University of Minnesota Medical School scientists have identified the underlying mechanisms for this physiologic immune suppression that may lead to new therapies to help ward off infections during pregnancy........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2011/flaxseed-no-benefit-for-hot-flashes.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2011/flaxseed-no-benefit-for-hot-flashes.html Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:59:16 GMT Flaxseed provides no benefit in easing hot flashes among patients with breast cancer and postmenopausal women, as per a Mayo Clinic and North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) study. The randomized, placebo-controlled study was conducted on 188 women between October and December 2009 and found no statistically significant difference in mean hot flash scores between women taking flaxseed and those taking a placebo. Preliminary data published in 2007 by Mayo Clinic researchers suggested consuming 40 grams of crushed flaxseed daily might help manage hot flashes........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/anemia-in-postmenopausal-women.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/anemia-in-postmenopausal-women.html Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:59:16 GMT A newly released study reported in the April 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association indicates that inadequate nutrition is associated with a greater risk of anemia in postmenopausal women. "This study suggests that inadequate nutrient intakes are a significant risk factor for anemia in this population of older women and use of multivitamin/mineral supplements is not linked to lower rates of anemia," reports lead investigator Cynthia A. Thomson, PhD, RD, Associate Professor Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson. "Overall mortality is increased in relation to a diagnosis of anemia, and anemia, especially iron deficiency, has been linked to reduced capacity for physical work and physical inactivity, injury correlation to falls and hospitalizations, making this an important health care concern in the aging." The authors also point out that there have been few studies of anemia and diet of independently living women in the past 20 years........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/passive-smoking-increases-risk-to-unborn-babies.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/passive-smoking-increases-risk-to-unborn-babies.html Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:59:16 GMT Pregnant non-smokers who breathe in the second-hand smoke of other people are at an increased risk of delivering stillborn babies or babies with defects, a study led by scientists at The University of Nottingham has found. The study, reported in the April edition of the journal Pediatrics, found passive smoking increased the risk of still birth by almost one-quarter (23 per cent) and was associated with a 13 per cent increased risk of congenital birth defects........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/uterine-health-more-important-than-egg-quality.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/uterine-health-more-important-than-egg-quality.html Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:59:16 GMT For women seeking pregnancy by assisted reproductive technologies, such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF), a newly released study shows that the health of the uterus is more relevant than egg quality for a newborn to achieve normal birth weight and full gestation. This study, published in Fertility and Sterility, an international journal for obstetricians, offers new information for women with infertility diagnoses considering options for conceiving........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/losing-body-fat-before-pregnancy.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/losing-body-fat-before-pregnancy.html Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:59:16 GMT Obesity among women of childbearing age is increasing worldwide. Because babies of obese mothers are themselves predisposed to obesity, society can reasonably expect the epidemic of obese and overweight people to continue through future generations. In the midst of this trend, UT Health Science Center San Antonio obstetrics scientists are studying the question: If mothers lose body fat before pregnancy, does it improve the lifelong health of their children? This could be one way to break the transgenerational cycle. A collaborative study between scientists with the Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Research at the Health Science Center and the National Institute of Nutrition in Mexico City showed that if obese mothers lose weight before pregnancy, it confers health benefits on their offspring........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/teens-with-hiv-at-high-risk-for-pregnancy.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/teens-with-hiv-at-high-risk-for-pregnancy.html Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:59:16 GMT Teenage girls and young women infected with HIV get pregnant more often and suffer pregnancy complications more frequently than their HIV-negative peers, as per new research led by Johns Hopkins investigators. A report on the multi-center study, based on an analysis of records from 181 patients with HIV, ages 13 to 24, treated at four hospitals over 12 years, would be reported in the Feb. 2 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association....... ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2011/bacteria-possible-cause-of-preterm-births.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2011/bacteria-possible-cause-of-preterm-births.html Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:59:16 GMT The type of bacteria that colonize the placenta during pregnancy could be linked to preterm birth and other developmental problems in newborns as per research reported in the current issue of the online journal mBio�. "The fetal inflammatory response appears to contribute to the onset of preterm labor, fetal injury and complications, underlying lifetime health challenges facing these children," say the scientists from Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital of Boston. "Our data suggest that placental colonization by specific groups of organisms can increase or decrease the risk of a systemic inflammatory condition"........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2011/dont-reducing-diet-early-in-pregnancy.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2011/dont-reducing-diet-early-in-pregnancy.html Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:59:16 GMT Eating less during early pregnancy impaired fetal brain development in a nonhuman primate model, scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio reported today. The scientists found decreased formation of cell-to-cell connections, cell division and amounts of growth factors in the fetuses of mothers fed a reduced diet during the first half of pregnancy. "This is a critical time window when a number of of the neurons as well as the supporting cells in the brain are born," said Peter Nathanielsz, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Research in the Health Science Center School of Medicine........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2011/is-breast-only-for-first-6-months-best.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2011/is-breast-only-for-first-6-months-best.html Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:59:16 GMT Current guidance advising mothers in the UK to exclusively breast feed for the first six months of their baby's life is being questioned by child health experts on bmj.com today. The authors, led by Dr Mary Fewtrell, a consultant paediatrician at the UCL Institute of Child Health in London, have evaluated the evidence behind the current guidance and say the time is right to reappraise this recommendation........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2011/chemicals-in-pregnant-women.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2011/chemicals-in-pregnant-women.html Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:59:16 GMT The bodies of virtually all U.S. pregnant women carry multiple chemicals, including some banned since the 1970s and others used in common products such as non-stick cookware, processed foods and personal care products, as per a newly released study from UCSF. The study marks the first time that the number of chemicals to which pregnant women are exposed has been counted........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2011/mothers-key-to-college-age-women.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2011/mothers-key-to-college-age-women.html Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:59:16 GMT Even after young women reach adulthood, their mothers can play a key role in convincing them to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, new research suggests. A study observed that college-aged women were more likely to say they had received the HPV vaccine if they had talked to their mother about it........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/12-2010/fighting-flu-in-newborns-begins-in-pregnancy.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/12-2010/fighting-flu-in-newborns-begins-in-pregnancy.html Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:59:16 GMT A three-year study by Yale School of Medicine scientists has observed that vaccinating pregnant women against influenza is over 90 percent effective in preventing their infants from being hospitalized with influenza in the first six months of life. Reported in the December 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, the study builds on preliminary data the research team presented last year at the Infectious Disease Society of America in Philadelphia........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2010/citywide-smoking-ban-is-effective.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2010/citywide-smoking-ban-is-effective.html Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:59:16 GMT New research released recently takes a look at birth outcomes and maternal smoking, building urgency for more states and cities to join the nationwide smoke-free trend that has accelerated in recent years. As per the new data, strong smoke-free policies can improve fetal outcomes by significantly reducing the prevalence of maternal smoking........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2010/bed-rest-has-down-side-for-pregnant-women.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2010/bed-rest-has-down-side-for-pregnant-women.html Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:59:16 GMT Despite lack of evidence about bed rest's effectiveness, doctors annually prescribe it for roughly 1 million pregnant women to delay preterm births. Judith Maloni, professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, said a comprehensive review of more than 70 evidence-based research articles challenges whether this is healthy for mothers - or their babies........ ]]>