Compounds found in fish oil prevent pregnancy complications, including preterm birth, neonatal death, and stillbirth, in mice when the complications
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Maternal depression and natural disaster-related stress may affect infants’ temperament
A new Infant Mental Health Journal study demonstrates that prenatal maternal depression has important consequences for infant temperament. Furthermore, the
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Birth study empowers pregnant women: Factors promoting and inhibiting natural birth
Research led by QUT Associate Professor Yvette Miller, from the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, asked almost 6000 women
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Artery hardening and thickness not affected by stopping hormone therapy
Heart disease is still the number one killer of US women, and hormone therapy remains a top treatment for menopause
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Mechanisms of genetic diversification in major fungal pathogen of humans
Candida albicans is one of the most formidable fungal species, causing infection in humans. Investigating the structure and reproduction methods
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No link found between oral antifungal drug and stillbirth
New research from a Swedish and Norwegian team of researchers led from Karolinska Institutet does not support a suggested link
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Blood test for pregnant women can predict premature birth
A new blood test for pregnant women detects with 75-80 percent accuracy whether their pregnancies will end in premature birth.
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La Trobe’s infection-busting discovery: Scientific discovery could led to development of new class of antibiotics
A team of scientists from Melbourne’s La Trobe University has shown a protein found in a tobacco plant has the
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Effective drugs to stop bleeding after childbirth
New evidence from a Cochrane review published today, led by a University of Birmingham scientist, suggests that alternative drugs may
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