MRI reflects greater accuracy than Ultrasound in Pre term Birth cases: Study savita thakur thakur22 March 2016 11:50 AM ISTFor mothers-to-be, going for an MRI of the cervix area can give more accurate results than ultrasound to predict if some women will give a preterm...
Premature Babies At Higher Risk Of Developing Autism supriya kashyap kashyap3 April 2016 11:41 AM ISTTokyo : Premature babies are more likely to show lack of interest in social skills than infants born full-term, reveals a study adding that such...
Weight gain during pregnancy may lead to preterm birth supriya kashyap kashyap20 Aug 2016 12:04 PM ISTWashington : Abnormalities in interval between pregnancies, mother's body mass index (BMI) prior to pregnancy and the amount of weight gain in...
Women with hearing loss more likely to have preterm or low birth weight babies supriya kashyap kashyap27 Sept 2016 9:30 AM ISTThe first study of birth outcomes in women with hearing loss finds significant differences when compared to women without hearing loss, scientists...
Poor foetal growth, key reason for stunted growth: Study supriya kashyap kashyap3 Nov 2016 2:42 PM ISTPoor foetal growth preterm birth and low birth weight is the leading cause behind stunting among 25 per cent children in the developing countries, the...
Calcium deposits in womb linked to preterm births: Study supriya kashyap kashyap15 Nov 2016 5:32 PM ISTWashington : Researchers have uncovered a surprising possible trigger for some preterm births: calcium buildup in the womb, similar to the kind that...
Low Accuracy Found for Tests Used to Predict Risk of Spontaneous Preterm Birth for Women Who Have Not Given Birth Before supriya kashyap kashyap15 March 2017 9:21 AM ISTThe use of two measures, fetal fibronectin (a protein) levels and transvaginal cervical length, had low predictive accuracy for spontaneous preterm...
Outdoor Air Pollution linked with one million preterm births per year in India: New Research Ruby khatun khatun7 Jun 2017 3:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: The research, led by a team from The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) at the University of York, found that in 2010, about 2.7 million...
Microfluidic chip predicts risk of preterm birth Anjali Nimesh Nimesh12 July 2017 10:40 AM ISTPreterm birth is the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Among the many underlying causes of pregnancy-associated complications, it is...
Test of cervical mucus may predict risk of early labor in pregnancy Anjali Nimesh Nimesh6 Sept 2017 9:25 AM ISTUp to 18 percent of babies born worldwide arrive before they are full-term, defined as 37 weeks of gestation. About 1 million of those babies do not...
Endometriosis increases risk of complications during pregnancy and delivery Anjali Nimesh Nimesh15 Sept 2017 10:14 AM ISTA new meta-analysis shows that pregnant women with endometriosis are at greater risk for a host of complications during pregnancy and at delivery,...
Vaginal progesterone reduces preterm birth and neonatal complications in women Anjali Nimesh Nimesh20 Nov 2017 7:22 PM ISTPrematurity is the main complication of pregnancy, and 15 million babies are born preterm worldwide each year.Progesterone is a natural hormone...
