OBGYN & Reproduction Week articles from April 2004

OBGYN & Reproduction Week archives from April 2004

Study suggests arsenic exposure alters estrogen signaling.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exposure of pregnant mice to arsenic results in the development of a range of tumor types, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), in their adult offspring that are similar to those induced in adult...

Vitamin A supplements may increase risk of vertical HIV transmission.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vitamin A supplements may increase the risk of vertical HIV transmission. According to recent research from the United States, "[m]icronutrient status has been associated with shedding of human...

Emergency cesareans should occur within 75 minutes of decision, study says.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research questions the accepted standard that emergency cesarean sections should be carried out within 30 minutes of making the decision for intervention. Evidence that delay causes harm is not...

In utero gene delivery prevents congenital blindness in murine pups.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In utero gene delivery prevents congenital blindness in murine pups. According to a study from the United States, "the congenital retinal blindness known as Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) can be...

Young female bone marrow recipients have high risk of ovarian damage.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bone marrow transplantation in young girls is associated with a heightened risk of ovarian damage and androgen deficiency in puberty. In a study from Finland, "[o]varian function and sex hormone...

Study: Inhaled steroid therapy does not reduce fetal growth.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inhaled steroid therapy by pregnant women with asthma does not lead to a restriction in fetal growth, according to a new study. In the largest sample to date examining the potential effects that...

Vitamins reduce risk for congenital anomalies other than neural tube defects.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vitamin supplements reduce the risk for congenital anomalies other than neural tube defects. "Randomized trials, supported by many observational studies, have shown that periconceptional use of...

Perinatal estrogens alter major systems in female offspring.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Perinatal estrogens alter major systems in female offspring. "We investigated the effects of two diets, differing in phytoestrogen contents, on the phenotypic changes induced in the...

Lactating mammary glands respond to changes in extracellular calcium levels.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lactating mammary glands respond to changes in extracellular calcium levels According to published research from the United States, "the transfer of calcium from mother to milk during lactation is...

Rats exposed to both PCBs and methylmercury in utero experience neurotoxicity.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rats exposed to both PCBs and methylmercury in utero experience neurotoxicity. "Epidemiological and laboratory studies indicate that polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and methyl mercury (MeHg) may...

The uterine volume of most adolescents is smaller than that of older women.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The uterine volume of most adolescents is smaller than that of older women. "The objective of the present study was to determine the uterine volume of adolescents by ultrasonography, and to...

Common reference values for blood proteins aren't usable in late pregnancy.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Common reference values for blood proteins are not usable in late pregnancy. "During pregnancy, significant changes occur in the hemostatic system and in the plasma levels for several plasma...

Previous Rh incompatible pregnancies raise schizophrenia risks in later births.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Previous Rh incompatible pregnancies raise schizophrenia risks in later births. "Rh incompatibility disease (i.e. Rh hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn) has been implicated as a risk factor...

Fewer, but more advanced, colon cancers occur in postmenopausal women on HRT.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Get a routine colonoscopy whether or not you are taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after menopause. That's the primary message women should take away from the latest study from the Women's...

Endocrinologists issues position on termination of estrogen-alone study.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) has alerted its members about the recent U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announcement of the termination of the Women's Health...

Delaware house committee delays action on human cloning bill.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A House committee delayed action March 17, 2004, on a bill that would ban human cloning for reproductive purposes while allowing it for medical research. Members of the House Health and Human...

Parties reach agreement over pregnancy discrimination allegations.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The University of New Mexico (UNM) on March 17, 2004, settled allegations of discrimination against pregnant women who worked at UNM's Health Sciences Center. The university entered into a consent...

Novacept to be acquired in $325M cash transaction.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cytyc Corporation (CYTC) announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Novacept, a privately held company that manufactures and markets the NovaSure System. NovaSure is an...

Maternal smoking affects respiratory and arousal patterns in preterm infants.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Based on multichannel sleep studies in the first few weeks after birth, pediatric investigators found that preterm infants who were exposed to cigarette smoke in the womb showed a significant increase...

Factor V gene polymorphisms leave Finnish women vulnerable to preeclampsia.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Factor V gene polymorphisms leave Finnish women vulnerable to preeclampsia. According to research from Finland, "this study determines whether genetic variability in the gene-encoding factor V...

Midwifery rate declines in New York City.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The number of births attended by midwives in New York City is declining, according to figures from the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. In 2002, the latest year for which statistics...

Nitric oxide and lipid peroxides hail preeclampsia and eclampsia severity.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nitric oxide and lipid peroxides hail preeclampsia and eclampsia severity. According to recent research from Turkey, "the aim was to study the role of nitric oxide (NO), lipid peroxides (LPX), and...

Pregnant women can safely take Claritin, study reports.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Schering-Plough's widely used allergy drug Claritin (loratadine) does not cause genital birth defects in boys when taken by their mothers during early pregnancy, according to a study from the U.S....

Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke affects preterm infants' respiration.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Based on multichannel sleep studies in the first few weeks after birth, scientists found that preterm infants who were exposed to cigarette smoke in the womb showed a significant increase in the number...

Selective reduction eliminates an embryo embedded in a caesarean scar.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Selective reduction eliminates an embryo embedded in a caesarean scar. "Ectopic pregnancy situated in a caesarean section scar is a rare but potentially life-threatening event. Because of its...

Periacetabular osteotomy has differential effects on sexuality and childbirth.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Periacetabular osteotomy has differential effects on sexuality and childbirth. According to recent research from the United States, "the purpose of the current study was to determine the effect...

Bone-saving drug keeps working for at least a decade, study finds.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The widely used osteoporosis drug Fosamax (alendronate) keeps strengthening bones for at least a decade, a study has found, easing fears that the medicine might eventually boomerang and start making...

Effects of prenatal exposure to second-handsmoke hurt disadvantaged children.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The effects of prenatal exposure to second-hand smoke on mental development are exacerbated in children who experience socioeconomic hardships, such as substandard housing and inadequate food and...

Vatican condemns fertility treatments.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Roman Catholic Church's papal government issued a broad condemnation on March 16, 2004, of fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization, calling the destruction of embryos in the process a...

Texas woman gives birth to two sets of identical twins.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Houston woman has given birth to two sets of identical twins, something the couple said their doctor told them is only likely to happen in about 1 in 11 million pregnancies. Sheryl McGowen gave...

Proposed budget cuts would hurt pregnant, medically needy.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Deep cuts to a number of health programs in Florida emerged March 17, 2004, as early possibilities for balancing the state's budget, including moves to end Medicaid coverage of prenatal care for about...

Lead and cadmium cancel each other out in perinatal study models.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lead and cadmium cancel each other out in perinatal study models. "Lead acetate (300 mg/L) and/or cadmium acetate (10 mg/L) were administered as drinking water to pregnant Wistar rats from day 1 of...

Preimplantation exposure to estradiol or methoxychlor alters sexual development.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Preimplantation exposure to estradiol or methoxychlor alters sexual development. "Long-term effects of in vivo exposures to proestrogen methoxychlor (MXC) or estradiol-17beta (E) were studied during...

Survey reveals widespread misconceptions about UTI.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A national survey of 400 women in the U.S. who have experienced uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) revealed numerous misconceptions about the risk factors and treatment options for this...

Tampons won't compromise the efficacy of NuvaRing contraceptive vaginal rings.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tampons won't compromise the efficacy of NuvaRing contraceptive vaginal rings. According to researchers in the Netherlands, "we investigated the effect of tampon co-usage on systemic exposure to...

Fetal lungs provide a signal initiating labor, mouse study shows.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A protein released from the lungs of a developing mouse fetus initiates a cascade of chemical events leading to the mother's initiation of labor, researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern...

Hysterectomy has more immediate effect on QOL than other treatments.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hysterectomy has a more immediate positive effect on quality of life for women with abnormal uterine bleeding, but over time women's level of satisfaction doesn't differ between the surgical option and...

Program boosts rate of breastfeeding by mothers of very low-birth-weight babies.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A lactation program targeting mothers of very low-birth-weight (VLBW) babies can be successful in raising the rate of breastfeeding among this group Mother's milk is well documented to be the...

Clear information, privacy vital when informing women of fetal abnormalities.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women whose ultrasounds show fetal abnormalities want clear information about results as quickly and as empathetically as possible, study results show. "Unfortunately, we still see examples of bad...

Children exposed to cocaine in utero should be screened for anemia and lead.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children exposed to cocaine in utero should be screened for anemia and lead. "This longitudinal study investigated the rates of iron-deficiency (ID) and iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) among...

Pregnancies ending in abortion do not increase breast cancer risk.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of a major international collaboration investigating the relationship between abortion and breast cancer show that the totality of the worldwide evidence does not suggest any increase in the...

Troponin I levels predict myocardial ischemia in postpartum women.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Troponin I levels predict myocardial ischemia in postpartum women. "Our objective was to describe the change in the level of troponin I in patients who undergo a vaginal or cesarean delivery. We...

Fetal heart monitoring ineffective for diagnosing CP.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fetal heart monitoring does not identify babies who are diagnosed with white matter brain injury after birth, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers. The study, reported during the...

Education might lead to Latino women accepting emergency contraceptives.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Education might lead to Latino women accepting emergency contraceptives. According to published research from the United States, "the goal of this study was to assess factors associated with...

Female HRT may be used as a male contraceptive.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Preliminary studies find that compounds used in the female contraceptive pill and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) preparations could be future male contraceptives. At the 23rd Joint Meeting of...

Key interventions could overcome pill failure in rural Bangladesh.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Key interventions could overcome pill failure in rural Bangladesh. According to a study from Bangladesh, "the pill is the most popular family planning method in Bangladesh. However, the failure...

Legislation would require New Jersey insurers to pay for birth control.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Many women getting birth control at the Planned Parenthood in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, clinic don't have health insurance and pay what they can on a sliding scale. Some have insurance, but their plans...

Women on certain low-dose birth control pills report reduced sexual enjoyment.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women on certain low-dose birth control pills report reduced sexual enjoyment. According to recent research published in the journal Contraception, "the objective of this prospective study was to...

Magnetic resonance microscopy detects embryo resorption due to gene defects.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Magnetic resonance microscopy detects embryo resorption due to gene defects. According to a study from the United States, "appropriate temporal and spatial expression of osteopontin (OPN) in the...

Project aims to develop microbicides to protect women against HIV.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- While condom use remains the most effective protection against sexual transmission of HIV, it is clear that in many parts of the world women are not empowered to insist on it. The urgent need for...

Children, some women should limit fish intake, U.S. government says.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Worried that mercury in fish poses a hazard to youngsters - while still trying to stress the health benefits of seafood - the U.S. government issued new guidelines in March 2004 for eating fish. ...

Insecticides in umbilical cord blood may affect infant size.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Insecticides may adversely affect the size of babies born in upper Manhattan in New York, but new restrictions on the substances have coincided with a rebound in baby sizes in the area, according to a...

Study looks at uptake of phthalates, suspected factor in male infertility.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Phthalates, largely used as plasticizers, have long been suspected in connection with rising infertility rates, particularly among men. These substances are quite common and are considered highly...

Health risks of phthalates described.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Phthalates, largely used as plasticisers, have long been suspected in connection with rising infertility rates, particularly among men. Phthalates are quite common and are considered highly...

High cost of alcoholism in pregnant women can be prevented.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is increasingly recognized as a large public health concern with annual costs estimated at $3.6 billion, according to a study. The full study, led by Chuck Lupton of...

Persisting fetal microchimerism could interfere with criminal analysis.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Persisting fetal microchimerism could interfere with criminal analysis. "Forensic Y-chromosome typing applies Y-chromosomal polymorphisms to the analysis of male/female mixed stains such as...

Florida agency releases hysterectomy hospitalization report.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) has released its Hysterectomy Hospitalizations 1993-2002 report. The report presents data on hysterectomies in Florida for 2002 and examines...

Collagen level can impact risk of incontinence and prolapse in women.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Decreased collagen levels might make some women more susceptible to pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence, according to a new study by physicians at Temple University School of Medicine and...

Endometrial growth is linked to a case of cyclic sciatica.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Endometrial growth is linked to a case of cyclic sciatica. "Endometriosis, an important gynecological disorder of reproductive women, affects most commonly the ovaries and less frequently the...

Lim1 transcription factor is required for female reproductive tract development.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lim1 transcription factor is required for female reproductive tract development. According to published research from the United States, "Lim1 encodes a LIM-class homeodomain transcription factor...

Effects of HIV/TB coinfection of mothers in poor areas clarified.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The devastating effects of HIV/TB coinfection on mothers in resource-poor areas have been clarified. "Tuberculosis is the commonest HIV-1-related disease and the most frequent cause of mortality...

Michigan House panel debates conscience rights and health care.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmacists could refuse to fill a prescription for the morning-after pill and physicians and nurses could decline to perform or assist in an abortion under legislation considered March 23, 2004, by a...

Fertility health web site launched.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Serono, Inc., announced the launch of seronofertility.com, a newly designed web site for people who are concerned about their fertility health. Designed specifically for U.S. residents, the web...

Assisted human reproduction bill receives approval of Canada's Senate.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Canada's Senate in March 2004 adopted Bill C-6, An Act Respecting Assisted Human Reproduction and Related Research. The Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science, and Technology...

U.S. Senate passes fetus protection bill.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a major win for social conservatives, the U.S. Congress is sending to the president legislation that would expand the legal rights of the unborn by making it a separate crime to harm a fetus during...

Adaphostin and similar agents arrest VEGF receptor tyrosine kinases.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adaphostin and similar agents arrest VEGF receptor tyrosine kinases. According to recent research published in the journal Drugs of the Future, "angiogenesis is involved in many physiological and...

Fasting increases hypoglycemia risk for pregnant malaria patients.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fasting increases the risk of hypoglycemia for pregnant women with malaria infections. According to recent research from the Netherlands, "[h]ypoglycemia is a recognized complication of malaria in...

Stress reducers help women hospitalized for prolonged antepartum care.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Stress reducers help women hospitalized for prolonged antepartum care. "Our objective was to identify stressors in women requiring prolonged hospitalization following maternal-fetal transfer to a...

Main benefit of LNG-IUS over hysterectomy is lower cost.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study from Finland compared outcomes, quality-of-life issues, and costs of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) versus hysterectomy in the treatment of menorrhagia (abnormally...

Lesbian healthcare improved but still lagging.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a new study, healthcare access and health-related behaviors of lesbians has improved since a 1987 report, but use of screening and preventive care in this group still lags behind the...

Decidual CD83+ dendritic cells implicated in some recurrent miscarriages.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Decidual CD83+ dendritic cells may contribute to some cases of recurrent miscarriage. "Immunological factors have been postulated to play a role in the etiology of recurrent miscarriage as the...

Antenatal steroids do not delay neurodevelopment in triplet pregnancies.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antenatal steroids do not delay neurodevelopment in triplet pregnancies. According to recent research from England, "triplet pregnancies have increased as a result of infertility therapy. The...

Bacterial link to preterm birth substantiated in mice studies.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A bacterium - Fusobacterium nucleatum - found in periodontal disease enters the blood, specifically targets placentas and amniotic fluid of pregnant mice, and triggers preterm or term stillbirths as...

Data from new registry shows having a baby after organ transplant is safe.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Having a baby is a momentous occasion in a woman's life, but for women who've had organ transplants, deciding to have a baby can raise many important questions and concerns. Although these women...

FDA warns against nonmedical sonograms.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It is March 2004 and Shelly Bunker's due date is months away; but in an upscale shopping mall office last week, tucked among the hair salons and art galleries, she and her husband watched their baby...

No link between CYP2D6 genotype and pregnancy-related depression is found.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- No link between CYP2D6 genotype and pregnancy-related depression is found. "The aim of this exploratory was to investigate the theory of a relation between cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) genotype and...

Prenatal alcohol and stress exposures alter the way offspring adapt to stress.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prenatal alcohol and stress exposures alter the way offspring adapt to stress. According to new research from the United States, "this study examined the relationship between moderate-level...

SS-FSE magnetic resonance identifies bowel obstruction during pregnancy.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SS-FSE magnetic resonance identifies bowel obstruction during pregnancy. According to recent research from France, "bowel obstruction is a rare but serious complication of pregnancy for both the...

University of Michigan finds no abortion records to hand over.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The University of Michigan Health System will not provide any abortion records to a federal judge because none of its records meet the criteria in the judge's order, officials said March 25, 2004. ...

Gender and social risk factors correlate with deviant behavior in preschoolers.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gender and social risk factors correlate with deviant behavior in preschoolers. According to new research from Denmark, "the objective of this study was to examine whether social risk factors...

Oligosaccharides are important for glycodelin A activity.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oligosaccharides are important for glycodelin A activity. According to a study from India, "glycodelin A, also known as placental protein-14, is a multifunctional glycosylated protein secreted by...

Long-term pulmonary vasodilator therapy might manage pulmonary hypertension.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Long-term pulmonary vasodilator therapy might manage pulmonary hypertension. According to recent research published in the journal Acta Paediatrica, "pulmonary hypertension with elevated pulmonary...

Iowa bill authorizes study on stillbirth.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Iowa House passed a bill 98-0 March 23, 2004, that authorizes a study of the cause of stillbirths and other birth defects in Iowa and will look into ways to prevent them. The bill was proposed...

Quads born at Alabama hospital believed to be identical.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Naturally conceived quadruplet girls who were born in Alabama are believed to be identical, doctors at UAB Hospital said. The babies, who were born on March 17 [2004] to Kevin and Christine Webb...