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, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:17 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/11-2009/exercising-up-to-the-end-of-pregnancy.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/exercising-up-to-the-end-of-pregnancy.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:17 GMT Contrary to more conservative customs, exercising up to the end of pregnancy has no harmful effect on the weight or size of the foetus. This is what has been indicated in a study carried out by scientists of the Universidad Politcnica de Madrid (Polytechnic University of Madrid), which also shows the positive relationship between the weight of sedentary mothers before pregnancy and the body size of their babies. The conclusions appear in the International Journal of Obesity....... ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/healthy-babies-by-the-numbers.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/healthy-babies-by-the-numbers.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:17 GMT When a fetus is smaller than expected for the number of weeks of pregnancy, due to associated problems like a poorly developed heart, health concerns as severe as brain damage can result. The condition, known as Intra-uterine growth restriction (IUGR), prompts doctors to use ultrasound to track a baby's health and determine the best time for delivery. But these measurements are often incomplete, and obstetricians have had to rely on educated guesses about the strength of a fetus's circulatory system........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/benefit-from-oral-contraceptives.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/benefit-from-oral-contraceptives.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:17 GMT New research shows that during natural menstrual cycles, women with asthma who were not taking oral contraceptives (OC) had lower exhaled nitric oxide levels (eNO), a marker of airway inflammation linked to asthma, than women who were taking OC. Scientists from McMaster University in Hamilton, ON, Canada, studied 17 women with asthma during their menstrual cycles. Results showed that individuals not using oral contraceptives (OC) had higher mean eNO levels than women using OC........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/flu-vaccine-to-women-during-pregnancy.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/flu-vaccine-to-women-during-pregnancy.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:17 GMT Infants born to women who received influenza vaccine during pregnancy were hospitalized at a lower rate than infants born to unvaccinated mothers, as per preliminary results of a research study that's ongoing by scientists at Yale School of Medicine. The team presented the study October 29 at the 47th annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America in Philadelphia........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/pregnant-women-using-psychiatric-medications.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/pregnant-women-using-psychiatric-medications.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:17 GMT The odds triple for premature child delivery pregnant women with a history of depression who used psychiatric medication, as per a newly released study. Scientists at the University of Washington, University of Michigan and Michigan State University observed that a combination of medicine use and depression either before or during pregnancy was strongly associated with delivery before 35 weeks' gestation........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/hormone-replacement-therapy.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/hormone-replacement-therapy.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:17 GMT Hormone replacement treatment (HRT) to treat menopausal estrogen deficiency has been in widespread use for over 60 years. Several findings based on observation over the years showed that HRT use by younger postmenopausal women was linked to a significant reduction in total mortality; available evidence supported the routine use of HRT to increase longevity in postmenopausal women. However, the 2002 publication of a major study, the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), indicated increased risk for certain outcomes in older women, without increasing mortality. This sparked debate regarding potential benefits or harm of HRT. In an article reported in the November 2009 issue of The American Journal of Medicine, scientists conducted a meta-analysis of the available data using Bayesian methods and concluded that HRT almost certainly decreases mortality in younger postmenopausal women........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/protect-unborn-child-against-diabetes.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/protect-unborn-child-against-diabetes.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:17 GMT New evidence is emerging for how important it is for pregnant women to eat good, nutritious food. Expecting mothers who eat vegetables every day seem to have children who are less likely to develop type 1 diabetes, a newly released study from the Sahlgrenska Academy has revealed. The study waccording toformed in collaboration with Linkoping University, which is conducting a population study called ABIS (All Babies in Southeast Sweden). The results have been reported in the journal Pediatric Diabetes........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/smoking-during-pregnancy-is-risky.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/smoking-during-pregnancy-is-risky.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:17 GMT Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms in their teenage years. New research reported in the recent issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry shows a link between maternal tobacco use and psychotic symptoms. Scientists from Cardiff, Bristol, Nottingham and Warwick Universities studied 6,356 12-year-olds from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. All the children completed an interview for psychotic-like symptoms, such as hallucinations or delusions. Just over 11% of the children (734) had suspected or definite symptoms of psychosis........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/9-2009/pregnant-women-need-flu-shots.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/9-2009/pregnant-women-need-flu-shots.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:17 GMT Pregnant women should be sure to get all their flu shots as soon as the vaccines become available this year to protect them against both the seasonal flu and the H1N1 (swine) flu, as per eight leading national maternal and infant health organizations. The eight organizations the March of Dimes, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Nurse-Midwives, the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses, the Infectious Disease Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine today partnered to issue a joint statement because the H1N1 virus has proven to be particularly dangerous to pregnant women........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/9-2009/developing-the-metabolic-syndrome.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/9-2009/developing-the-metabolic-syndrome.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:17 GMT Childbearing is associated directly with future development of the metabolic syndrome - abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, insulin resistance and other cardiovascular disease risk factors - and for women who have had gestational diabetes, the risk is more than twice greater, as per a co-author of studyed by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) scientists reported in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/9-2009/key-factor-in-regulating-placenta-and-fetal-growth.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/9-2009/key-factor-in-regulating-placenta-and-fetal-growth.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:17 GMT Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have shown that a common biological protein molecule called SHP-2 is crucial for encouraging placenta growth. The research is published recently in Endocrinology Dr Melissa Westwood, one of the team at the University of Manchester said: "For fetuses to grow well in the womb they need to get nutrients and oxygen from their mother. These come via the placenta and so as the fetus grows and its demand on mum increases, the placenta also must increase in size. If the placenta doesn't grow properly, the fetus is unable to receive all it needs from the mother and its growth is restricted. This can impact seriously on the health of the newborn. Furthermore we have learned recently that it dramatically increases the risk of ill health in adult life"........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2009/women-with-abnormal-paps.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2009/women-with-abnormal-paps.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:17 GMT Less than half of Ontario women with abnormal Pap tests receive recommended and potentially life-saving follow-up care, as per a new women's health study by scientists at St. Michael's Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). What's more, low-income women are less likely to be screened for cancer in comparison to their high-income counterparts........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2009/gas-gauge-to-prevent-pregnancy-loss.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2009/gas-gauge-to-prevent-pregnancy-loss.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:17 GMT New Haven, Conn. To combat the a number of fetal deaths that occur annually because the placenta is too small, scientists at Yale School of Medicine have developed a method to measure the volume of the placenta, which provides nourishment to the fetus. Limits in current technology keep doctors from being able to monitor the growth of the placenta, which, like the gas tank of a car, is the source of fuel for the fetus. The placenta can be so small that the fetus literally runs out of food and oxygen and dies, as per main author Harvey J. Kliman, M.D., a research scientist in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. He and colleagues published the results of their findings in the August 3 issue of the American Journal of Perinatology....... ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2009/amniotic-fluid-level-deficiency.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2009/amniotic-fluid-level-deficiency.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:17 GMT BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL -- July 30, 2009 Pregnant women have a higher occurence rate of insufficient amniotic fluid levels (oligohydramnios) in the summer months due to dehydration, as per a research studyconducted by scientists at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). The retrospective population-based study was reported in the recent issue of Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics The main objective of the study was to determine whether the summer season is a risk factor for oligohydramnios, by comparing the frequency of amniotic fluid loss during the summer months versus its frequency during the rest of the year........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2009/mothers-need-infant-feeding-information.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2009/mothers-need-infant-feeding-information.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:17 GMT A systematic literature review of mothers' experiences with bottle-feeding observed that while mothers recognize the benefits of breastfeeding, those who bottle-feed with infant formula do not receive adequate information and support from their healthcare providers and thus, ultimately put their baby's health at risk. "While it is important to promote breastfeeding," the authors conclude, "it is also necessary to ensure that the needs of bottle-feeding mothers are not overlooked"........ ]]>