Pregnancy
A Diagnostic Blood Test for Preeclampsia May Soon Be Available
For women who have experienced preeclampsia during pregnancy, it is an extraordinarily stressful experience. Preeclampsia usually arises suddenly and requires constant monitoring because it’s a serious and potentially life-threatening condition. The complication interferes with blood flow to the placenta and possibly
The Nascent Link between Asthma, Treatment, and Women’s Fertility
Women are more likely to have asthma. But certain treatments could affect fertility. Fluctuations in female sex hormones could play a role in the development of allergies and asthma, a major review of evidence suggests. An analysis of studies involving
Scientists Culture Placenta Stem Cells, Look to Solve Pregnancy Complications
Researchers in Japan have set a course to better understand the human placenta by deriving and growing placenta stem cells for the first time, in the goal of better understanding the difference between healthy and complicated pregnancies. “Trophoblast cells play
New Study Compares Risks of C‑sections, Vaginal Deliveries
While C-section rates continue to rise around India and globally, women’s health activists are struggling to raise awareness among patients about the risks inherent in surgical deliveries. In India, C-sections are too often framed as the more convenient and predictable,
Why More Babies Get Made During the Holidays
Scientists at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Portugal, and Indiana University, USA, have found there is a specific mood associated with religious celebrations, a “loving mood” that can influence human reproductive behaviour. The research team, led by Joana Goncalves-Sa and
Report: Egg‑Freezing May Actually Be Reducing Women’s Reproductive Control
Fertility technology has opened avenues to women that weren’t previously available, leading to increased choice, autonomy, and empowerment for women around childbearing… Or has it? A new report in the journal Just Reproduction, “Freezing Eggs and Creating Patients: Moral Risks of
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