News articles tagged with 'placenta'
ADAM-12 gene could hold key to cancer, arthritis and cardiac treatments
— 9 Mar 2011 18:47 | HealthADAM-12 is not only the name of a 1970's television police drama - it's also the gene that University of Missouri researchers believe could be an important element in the fight against…
Brain function linked to birth size in groundbreaking new study
— 19 Feb 2011 10:36 | HealthScientists have discovered the first evidence linking brain function variations between the left and right sides of the brain to size at birth and the weight of the placenta. The finding…
Gene that regulates immune system linked to preeclampsia
— 15 Feb 2011 16:09 | HealthResearchers at North Carolina State University have discovered that the placentas of women who suffer preeclampsia during pregnancy have an overabundance of a gene associated with the…
Sex in pregnancy: A primer
— 1 Feb 2011 21:03 | HealthSex in pregnancy is generally safe, with few complications, states a new primer for physicians to counsel patients wondering about sex in pregnancy, published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical…
Bacteria possible cause of preterm births
— 28 Jan 2011 16:00 | HealthThe type of bacteria that colonise the placenta during pregnancy could be associated with preterm birth and other developmental problems in newborns according to research published…
Length of pregnancy influenced by placenta structure
— 17 Nov 2010 09:51 | HealthThe nine-month pregnancy in humans is influenced by the structure of the placenta, according to new research into the evolution of reproduction in mammals which ends a 100-year mystery…
Increased risk of miscarriage or stillbirth in pregnant women with inherited thrombophilia is small
— 16 Jun 2010 12:44 | HealthResearch published this week in PLoS Medicine finds that pregnant women with an inherited condition that makes them more likely to form blood clots only face a small increase in the…
Even healthy pregnant women need to worry about oral bacteria
— 11 May 2010 05:54 | HealthEven healthy pregnant women can be at risk for pregnancy problems caused by oral bacteria. Researchers from Case Western Reserve University began to understand which bacteria from the…
Breakthrough by Danish scientists in preventing maternal malaria
— 7 Feb 2010 15:50 | HealthResearchers at the University of Copenhagen have become the first in the world to synthesise the entire protein that is responsible for life-threatening malaria in pregnant women and…
MRI helps detect life-threatening pregnancy complication
— 2 Dec 2009 13:56 | HealthA study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) revealed that MRI is a highly accurate means of identifying placenta accreta, a potentially…