OBGYN & Reproduction Week articles from May 2003

OBGYN & Reproduction Week archives from May 2003

Prenatal exposure to alcohol may be a risk factor for problems later in life.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prenatal alcohol exposure may be a risk factor for the development of drinking problems as an adult. Several determinants have been identified as risk factors for alcoholism, but prenatal exposure...

The microenvironment controls ovarian capillary degeneration and angiogenesis.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The microenvironment controls ovarian capillary degeneration and angiogenesis. "Angiogenesis and capillary degeneration are both evident during ovarian follicle growth. However, the characteristics...

Growth factors regulate endometrial hyperpermeability during early pregnancy.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Growth factors regulate endometrial hyperpermeability during early pregnancy. "Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its specific receptors FLT-1 and FLK-1 represent an important...

Ventricular geometry gives prognostic information, improves followup and therapy.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ventricular geometry gives prognostic information, improving clinical ability to followup and treat patients with gestational hypertension. According to a study from Italy, "In the past, an adverse...

Pregnancy alters hemodynamic responses to hemorrhage in conscious rabbits.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pregnancy alters hemodynamic responses to hemorrhage in conscious rabbits. According to recent research published in the American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, "Pregnant...

Cortisol potentiates NE-mediated contractions differentially in NUA and PUA.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cortisol potentiates norepinephrine-mediated contractions differentially in nonpregnant uterine arteries (NUA) and pregnant uterine arteries (PUA). According to a study from the United States,...

Lack of male accessory sex glands produces embryo failure in animal models.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lack of male accessory sex glands produces embryo failure in animal models. "To account for reproductive failure induced by surgical deletion of paternal accessory sex glands in the golden hamster...

Generic Microgestin oral contraceptive launched.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (WPI) announced it has launched Microgestin (norethindrone acetate and ethinyl estradiol tablets), a generic version of the oral contraceptive Loestrin, marketed by Pfizer....

Caelyx - a novel agent in the fight against metastatic breast cancer.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Caelyx (pegylated liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride) is a novel anthracycline that was specifically designed to address the side effects associated with conventional anthracyclines, including the risk...

Mutation of p53 appears to be unrelated to the presence or absence of HPV.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mutation of p53 appears to be unrelated to the presence or absence of human papillomavirus (HPV). "Functional loss of the tumor suppressor p53 by alterations in its TP53 gene is a frequent event in...

New approaches to cervical screening may lead to clinical benefit.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New approaches to cervical screening may lead to clinical benefit. "Screening programs for cervical cancer using the current test - the Pap smear - have markedly reduced the incidence of the...

Supplement reduced chemotherapy induced fatigue.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study using the CTF (Chemotherapy Fatigue) nutritional supplement protocol during chemotherapy demonstrated that a properly administered nutritional protocol materially enhanced chemotherapy...

Study offers potential explanation of complications from birth control pills.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- When women think about birth control, estrogen, and cardiovascular risk, they often assume that there are no answers. They would appear to be correct. On the one hand, new pharmacological...

IL-1 receptor antagonist IL1RN*3 allele predisposes for spontaneous abortion.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some women with recurrent spontaneous abortions have the IL1RN*3 allele of the IL1 receptor antagonist gene. According to a study from Finland, "Genetic factors may contribute to the development of...

Biosynthesis of MUC1 mucin is modulated by estradiol and tamoxifen.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An in vitro study has shown that "MUC1 biosynthesis in human endometrial adenocarcinoma cells (Ishikawa line) is stimulated by estradiol hormone and inhibited by tamoxifen." "Polymorphic epithelial...

High blood pressure in pregnancy increases risk of later heart disease.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who have hypertension during pregnancy have an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease in later life, concludes a new study. The study involved three groups of women, selected from...

Some MLH1 mutations may be a source of human infertility.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some, but not all, MLH1 mutations may be a source of human infertility. "To test whether missense mutations in the cancer susceptibility gene MLH1 adversely affect meiosis, we examined 14 yeast...

Genotypes are evidence that these cytokines are important in pathogenesis of RPL.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genotypes are evidence that these cytokines are important in pathogenesis of recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). "Since certain cytokines may play a role in unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL)...

Formoterol inhibits proinflammatory cytokine production.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Formoterol, a beta2-adrenoceptor agonist, has inhibitory effects on proinflammatory cytokine production that possibly could be exploited for preventing premature births, scientists say. Formoterol...

Avlimil Responds to Medical Community Groundswell.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) and sexual well-being issues, which affect as many as 43% of all women, are driving changes in the medical community. After years of debate, this coming June, the...

Shipment of strep B assays for expectant women initiated.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cepheid (CPHD) has initiated shipment of the IDI-Strep B assay for the rapid detection of the presence of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) infection in expectant women. Cepheid will market the assay...

A levonorgestrel metabolite has estrogenic activity via ER-alpha binding.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A metabolite of levonorgestrel used in contraceptives does activate estrogen dependent transcription through the estrogen receptor alpha, but not beta. According to recent research from Mexico,...

Immune cells play a pivotal role in protecting the embryo from maternal response.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immune cells play a pivotal role in the maintenance of pregnancy. According to recent research published in the journal Autoimmunity, "The human uterus is generally considered to be an...

Inhaled corticosteroid therapy safe for pregnant women.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Asthma therapy with the inhaled corticosteroid budesonide has been shown to have no negative effects on the outcome of pregnancy, according to a study in the April 2003 Journal of Allergy and Clinical...

Web site available for oral contraceptive information.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Healthcare professionals and consumers can now access reliable information, educational brochures, clinical resource materials, and other online resources for oral contraceptives with the help of a...

Postpartum hypomagnesemia may have role in causing ventricular tachyarrhythmia.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Postpartum hypomagnesemia has possible role in causing ventricular tachyarrhythmia. According to published research from Japan, "A 28-year-old Japanese woman who had received continuous intravenous...

Male offspring appear to have higher soluble HLA-G in amniotic fluid.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At one and a half months of pregnancy, sampled amniotic fluid had higher soluble HLA-G for male offspring. According to recent research from Netherlands, "Although HLA-G is thought to play a...

Metastasis to the ovaries is rare but possible.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bladder adenocarcinoma was found to metastasize to the ovaries and bone. According to published research from Japan, "We report a urachal adenocarcinoma metastatic to both ovaries in a 50-year-old...

Autofluorescence spectroscopy of malpighian epithelial cells may detect cancer.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Autofluorescence spectroscopy of malpighian epithelial cells may detect cervical cancer. "A spectroscopic analysis of autofluorescence was investigated within the cell cytoplasm from cervical...

Papillomavirus E6 requires E6AP to form a complex to degrade p53.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human papillomavirus type 16 requires E6AP (a ubiquitin ligase) to complex with 16E6 and P53 to degrade P53. "E6 oncoproteins from human papillomavirus type 16 (16E6) and Bovine Papillomavirus...

Company asks to sell morning-after pill without prescription.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The maker of a morning-after pill has applied for U.S. government permission to begin selling the emergency contraceptive without the doctor's prescription now required. The maker of Plan B pills...

New women's condom available at 20,000 German pharmacies.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Three months after its worldwide debut on World AIDS Day in Germany, the world's first and only latex women's condom, V-Amour, is now available to women at over 20,000 pharmacies throughout that...

Ovarian endometriomas treated without pseudocapsule excision may recur later on.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ovarian endometriomas treated without pseudocapsule excision may recur later on. "A systematic review was undertaken to determine whether coagulation or laser vaporization of endometriomas is...

Federal waiver allows Rhode Island to expand prenatal care.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rhode Island is one of the first two states that will use federal money to provide prenatal care to low-income pregnant women. Waiving current federal regulations, the U.S. Department of Health...

Lupus erythematosus alters pregnancy.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pregnancy alters lupus erythematosus, and the study of both conditions may reveal information on how the other works. According to published research from the United States, "Pregnancy markedly...

Higher Leydig cell micronodules and luteinizing and FSH appear responsible.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Impaired spermatogenesis in men is associated with greater Leydig cell micronodules and lower testosterone to luteinizing and follicle stimulating hormone ratios. A study from Denmark assessed...

Poorly nourished women may deliver early.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Babies conceived by undernourished mothers may be at high risk of premature birth, according to a study of ewes and their lambs. The study found that restricting the diet of ewes for 60 days...

Cell-cycle regulatory proteins Rb, p21(WAF1), and cyclin E are altered.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Strong retinoblastoma protein and cyclin E expression and weak p21 are linked with poor prognosis in ovarian cancer. According to a study from Germany, "To investigate the role of cell-cycle...

Low- and high-grade serous carcinomas develop through independent pathways.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Low- and high-grade serous ovarian carcinomas develop through independent pathways. According to recent research from the United States, "Activating mutations in KRAS and in one of its downstream...

Lysophosphatidic acid is an excellent therapeutic target.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human lipid phosphate phosphatase-3 decreases the growth, survival, and tumorigenesis of ovarian cancer cells, since it hydrolyzes lysophosphatidic acid. According to published research from the...

New treatment studied at MCG.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An agent that stimulates the immune system to identify and eliminate abnormal cells may give women with the most common type of ovarian cancer new hope, says a Medical College of Georgia (MCG)...

Benign lipoleiomyoma of the uterus can be found in the lungs.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Benign lipoleioma of the uterus can appear as lung nodules, and they can type identically, even though they may not have metastasized, but appeared synchronously. According to a study from Japan,...

K-RAS mutations are common in ovarian and extraovarian lesions.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Serous tumors and lesions of the ovary often have K-RAS mutations, and even contralateral tumors were found to have identical mutations, although a few tumors had none. "K-RAS mutations are the...

Preemies born to moms sickened by SARS.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Their stories might be the most heartbreaking to have emerged from Hong Kong's SARS crisis - three babies delivered prematurely to mothers infected by the disease. And the babies themselves may be...

Progesterone implicated in gestational diabetes mellitus.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have suggested that progesterone may be involved in the development of gestational diabetes. According to a study from Belgium and Romania, "Insulin resistance is one of the metabolic...

Activation of complement in pregnancy results in fetal loss.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Complement inactivation is a requirement for pregnancy; if complement becomes activated, there is fetal loss. According to a study from the United States, "In the United States, between 1-3% of...

Bacterial vaginosis is not associated with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bacterial vaginosis is not associated with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. According to a study from England, "Previous research has produced conflicting results regarding the association of...

In utero treatment with double pigtail bladder stent is possible around 16 weeks.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pleural effusions around the age of 16 weeks in the in utero fetus may treatable by use of a double pigtail bladder stent, as fetus is too small for the double pigtail pleuroamniotic shunt. ...

Insulin-like growth factors and gonadotropin synergize for ovarian angiogenesis.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Insulin-like growth factors and gonadotropin synergize for ovarian angiogenesis. "The midcycle gonadotropin surge promotes vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) production by granulosa...

Patients have agonistic autoantibodies against the angiotensin II AT(1) receptor.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Agonistic autoantibodies against the angiotensin II AT(1) receptor were found in all women with preeclampsia. According to recent research from Germany, "Sera from patients with preeclampsia...

Human papillomavirus viral load and HPV16 are associated with high grade lesions.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High grade intraepithelial lesions and condylomas are associated with higher viral loads and HPV Type 16. According to recent research published in the International Journal of Gynecological...

A subset of dysplastic cervical lesions are not detected by the Pap test.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A subset of dysplastic cervical lesions are not detected by the Pap test. "Meta-analyses of studies examining the sensitivity of the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear have revealed that up to 50% evade...

Cervicography is more sensitive than PAP test in detecting inflammatory lesions.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cervicography is more sensitive than PAP test in detecting inflammatory lesions. According to recent research published in the journal Collegium Antropologicum, "Analysis of evaluation of early...

Oxytocin improves long-lasting spatial memory in maternal mice.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oxytocin improves long-lasting spatial memory in maternal mice. "Oxytocin is an essential hormone for mammalian labor and lactation. Here, we show a new function of oxytocin in causing plastic...

Two-thirds of unplanned pregnancies in women using protection.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A survey on contraception by French researchers has found that a third of the pregnancies among women in their study were unplanned and that two-thirds of these pregnancies occurred in contraception...

C-kit+ endometrial adenocarcinoma may benefit from tyrosine-kinase-inhibitors.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients with c-kit-positive advanced endometrial adenocarcinoma might benefit from tyrosine-kinase-inhibitor therapy. According to a study from the United States, "The proto-oncogene c-kit is a...

Treatment decisions for endometriosis-associated pain can be difficult.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Treatment decisions for endometriosis-associated pain can be difficult. According to recent research published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America, "Pain may be caused...

A novel Q3034R BRCA2 germline mutation is identified.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel Q3034R BRCA2 germline mutation is identified. "Fallopian tube cancer (FTC) accounts for .1%-.5% of all gynecological malignancies, so that very few studies have demonstrated a significant...

Corticotropin-releasing hormone induces fas-mediated activated T cell apoptosis.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) creates fetal immunotolerance through increased apoptosis of activated T cells. According to a study from Greece, "The hypothalamic neuropeptide CRH is...

Recombinant factor VIIa ameliorates massive bleeding after caesarean section.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recombinant factor VIIa ameliorates massive bleeding after caesarean section. "A case of a 31-year old woman who underwent emergency caesarean section (CS) following suspicion of the hemolytic...

Male reproductive endothelial cell turnover is regulated by testicular factors.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Male reproductive endothelial cell turnover is regulated by testicular factors. According to recent research from Sweden, "endothelial cells in the intact adult are, apart from those in the female...

Factors influencing African American views of contraception explored.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oregon State University public health researchers conducted a small survey of African Americans "to explore the relationship of birth control conspiracy beliefs and perceived discrimination to...

ACOG recognizes California section for emergency contraception initiative.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) gave its annual Wyeth Section Award to its California Section 2 for its efforts to make emergency contraception (EC) easily accessible to...

Immunotherapy is a form of treatment based on stimulating the immature host.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- There are many ways of attempting to treat neonatal sepsis, and immunotherapies to stimulate the immune system are reviewed. "Neonatal sepsis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in...

ANDA approvals granted for generics; finances reported.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- American Pharmaceutical Partners, (APPX) announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) of dexamethasone sodium...

Intensive in-hospital monitoring reduces premature delivery of monoamniotic twins.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- With intensive and constant in-hospital fetal monitoring of monoamniotic (MA) twins, delivery can be delayed to beyond 34 weeks, and the live discharge rate can approach that of other twin pregnancies....

Treatment considerations for HIV-infected pregnant women reviewed.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent article in Obstetrics and Gynecology considered the obstetrician's challenge in treating their pregnant patients who are also infected with HIV. "The transformation of the human...

Family history of ovarian and other cancers increases risk of ovarian cancer.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Family history of ovarian and other cancers increases risk of ovarian cancer. "The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between history of cancer in first-degree relatives and ovarian...

Infection with chlamydia may be a risk factor for ovarian cancer.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Infection with chlamydia may be a risk factor for ovarian cancer. "Pelvic inflammatory disease has been inconsistently linked with ovarian cancer," researchers in the United States report. "We...

Neutral endopeptidase/CD10 is expressed in stroma of most tumors except adenoma.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ovarian cancer other than mucinous appears to have increased expression of neutral endopeptidase in the stroma. According to recent research published in the International Journal of Gynecological...

Brenner tumor of the ovary has striking microcystic change.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Brenner tumor of the ovary can have striking microcystic change. "An ovarian Brenner tumor from a 39-year-old woman exhibited striking microcystic change that was so extensive it largely obscured...

The new Bethesda 2001 Classification System is simplified.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The new Bethesda 2001 Classification System for cytologic reporting of Papanicolaou smears is simplified. "In 1989, a National Cancer Institute workshop resulted in the development of the Bethesda...

Researchers describe possible mechanism.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of a preliminary study suggest that there may be future tests to determine whether pregnant women are at risk of developing pre-eclampsia, a serious disorder of late pregnancy. Up to 8% of...

Pregnant women would volunteer for clinical trials if their babies benefited.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pregnant women would volunteer for clinical trials if their babies benefited. "The objective of this study is to investigate the willingness of pregnant women to participate in a randomized...

Animal cloning efficiencies increase with uniform oocytes and donor cells.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Animal cloning efficiencies increase with uniform oocytes and donor cells. According to recent research published in the journal Biology of Reproduction, "the low efficiency of somatic cell cloning...

Clonogenic culture of normal spermatogonia opens new avenues for gene therapy.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Clonogenic culture of normal spermatogonia opens new avenues for gene therapy. "The stem cell properties of neonatal germ cells have recently been demonstrated by in vivo transplantation....

Placental receptor has an IgG like interaction with S. aureus protein A.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Placental transcobalamin II receptor is an IgG-like molecule that is involved in ligand internalization. "Purified human placental transcobalamin II receptor (TC II-R) dimer of molecular mass 124...

The Haultain procedure performed abdominally is preferred for uterine sarcomas.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Haultain procedure performed abdominally is preferred for uterine sarcomas. According to recent research from South Africa, "Non-puerperal uterine inversion due to uterine sarcoma is a rare...

Type 1 diabetes increases pregnancy adverse outcome rates.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Problems encountered during pregnancy, such as miscarriage and perinatal mortality, were more common among mothers with type 1 diabetes than among...

Intestinal malrotation in Hawaii is more common among non-white women.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Intestinal malrotation in Hawaii is more common among non-white women. According to published research from the United States, "malrotation of the intestines occurs as a result of failure of...

Expertise is required for managing congenital malformations of the genital tract.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Expertise is required for managing congenital malformations of the genital tract. According to recent research published in the journal Best Practice & Research in Clinical Obstetrics &...

Reasons for premature weaning of breastfeeding investigated.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The reasons why mothers wean their children from breastfeeding prematurely is discussed in a recent article in the Archives de Pediatrie. Investigators in France conducted a study to "describe the...

Level of placental Na+/H+ exchanger protein lower in diabetic placentas.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The level of placental Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE-1) protein was lower in diabetic placentas, which indicates that NHE-1 may contribute to an adequate provision of nutrients to the fetus. According to...

Immune components concentrations in human milk are finely tuned during lactation.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immune components concentrations in human milk are finely tuned during lactation. "Immunoglobulin A (IgA), immunoglobulin Al (IgA1) and immunoglobulin A2 (IgA2) subclasses, K and immunoglobulin...