Womb
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What babies learn before they're born
CNN: Women's Health &bull Dec 11, 2011
Editor's note: Annie Murphy Paul is the author of "Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives." She's now working on a book about learning, and writes a weekly column at Time.com called "Brilliant: The Science of Smart." TED is a nonprofit organization dedicated to "Ideas worth spreading," which it distributes through talks posted on its website. As I explain in the talk I gave at TED, learning starts much earlier than many of us would have imagined:… Full Story »
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More thoughts on digging deep
FamilyEducation Blogs &bull Dec 7, 2011
When I posted yesterday's column to my Facebook page I was happy to get quite a bit of feedback/commiseration/perspective back (thank you everyone who posted there, and here, too!). Many parents are struggling with the same issues: trying hard to teach self-motivation to their growing children, making numerous trips up and down stairs to rouse slumbering middle schoolers; cajoling and threatening (and bribing) their kids to get ready… Full Story »
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Poorly contracting uterus in diabetic women increases risk of caesarean birth, researchers find
Science Daily: Pregnancy and Childbirth News &bull Dec 6, 2011
In the past 10 years the prevalence of births complicated by diabetes has increased by approximately 50%. There has, however, been very little research undertaken to understand why only a quarter will have a normal vaginal delivery. Scientists at the University, working with the Liverpool Women's Hospital, studied more than 100 biopsies of the uterus from pregnant women with and without diabetes. They found that contractions in… Full Story »
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MedUni Vienna: Development Of The Brain Network In The Foetus Now Measurable For The First Time In The Womb
Pregnancy News & Obstetrics News from Medical News Today &bull Nov 25, 2011
A team of researchers at the MedUni's Clinical Department of Neuroradiology and Musculoskeletal Radiology has demonstrated for the first time ever that there are foetal brain developments that can be measured using functional magnetic resonance tomography in the womb. This… Full Story »
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Development of the brain network in the fetus now measurable for the first time in the womb
Science Daily: Pregnancy and Childbirth News &bull Nov 24, 2011
This means, says study leader Veronika Schopf, that pathological changes to brain development will be detectable earlier than they are currently -- and appropriate measures can be taken in good time. In the study, 16 foetuses between the 20th and 36th weeks of pregnancy were… Full Story »
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Coffee May Cut Endometrial Cancer Risk
WebMD: Women: Pregnancy &bull Nov 22, 2011Nov. 22, 2011 -- Long-time coffee fans who drink four or more cups a day of caffeinated coffee may be reducing their endometrial cancer risk by 30%, a new study shows. And if you prefer decaf, drinking two or more… Full Story »
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Survey: U.S. doctors disagree on pregnancy start (Reuters)
Yahoo! News: Parenting/Kids News &bull Nov 18, 2011
The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG), the leading organization for this field of medicine, defines pregnancy as beginning when the fertilized egg implants in the uterus, roughly a week after fertilization. Physicians who responded that they were religious… Full Story »
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When does pregnancy begin? Doctors disagree
Yahoo! News: Pregnancy Search &bull Nov 17, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Though most doctors will give you a definition of when pregnancy begins, it's not always the same one, according to a new survey. Most of the polled obstetrician-gynecologists believe pregnancy begins when the sperm fertilizes… Full Story »
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Many Teens Rely on the Pill for Non-Sexual Reasons (LiveScience.com)
Yahoo! News: Parenting/Kids News &bull Nov 16, 2011
Many women are popping the pill for more than its pregnancy-prevention benefit, according to a study by the Guttmacher Institute. The study finds 33 percent of U.S. teens and 14 percent of all U.S. women taking the oral contraceptive are… Full Story »
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Sensing Mom's Psychological State From Within The Womb
Pregnancy News & Obstetrics News from Medical News Today &bull Nov 13, 2011
As a fetus grows, it's constantly getting messages from its mother. It's not just hearing her heartbeat and whatever music she might play to her belly; it also gets chemical signals through the placenta. A new study, which will be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the… Full Story »
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Obesity And Heart Risk Partially Pre-Determined Whilst In The Womb
Pregnancy News & Obstetrics News from Medical News Today &bull Nov 10, 2011
According to a new investigation from Warwick Medical School, the risk of developing diabetes, obesity and heart conditions is partially pre-determined whilst in the womb. Pregnant women who improve their diet and increase their vitamin intake can lower the likelihood… Full Story »
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Week Thirty Two
Families.com: Pregnancy Blog &bull Nov 9, 2011
As my thirty second week of pregnancy began, I realized that my pregnancy will be over before I know it. While I seem to be growing larger by the day, I am still trying to enjoy this pregnancy to the… Full Story »
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Extra brain cells may be key to autism: study (Reuters)
Yahoo! News: Parenting/Kids News &bull Nov 8, 2011
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Children with autism appear to have too many cells in a key area of the brain needed for communication and emotional development, helping to explain why young children with autism often develop brains that are larger than… Full Story »
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BPA Exposure In Womb Linked To Behavior Problems In Young Girls
Pregnancy News & Obstetrics News from Medical News Today &bull Oct 24, 2011
The study is the work of researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia. BPA stands for bisphenol A, a chemical used in the manufacture of plastic containers and other consumer products. It can be… Full Story »
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Battle between the placenta and uterus could help explain preeclampsia
Pregnancy Health Center &bull Oct 11, 2011
A battle that brews in the mother's womb between the father's biological goal to produce the biggest, healthiest baby possible vs. the mother's need to live through delivery might help explain preeclampsia, an often deadly disease of pregnancy. The fetus must be big enough to thrive, yet small enough to pass through the birth canal. In a new study, Yale researchers describe the mechanism that keeps these conflicting goals in balance. The battle is waged between the mother's uterus and… Full Story »
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Placenta-uterus battle could help explain deadly pregnancy disease
Yahoo! News: Pregnancy Search &bull Oct 11, 2011
Washington, Oct 11 (ANI): Yale scientists have suggested that a battle that brews in the mother's womb between the father's biological goal to produce the biggest, healthiest baby possible against the mother's need to live through delivery might help explain… Full Story »
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Preeclampsia Appears To Be Caused By A Battle Between The Placenta And Uterus
Pregnancy News & Obstetrics News from Medical News Today &bull Oct 11, 2011
A battle that brews in the mother's womb between the father's biological goal to produce the biggest, healthiest baby possible vs. the mother's need to live through delivery might help explain preeclampsia, an often deadly disease of pregnancy. The fetus must be big enough to thrive, yet small enough to… Full Story »
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DES daughters (and bummmer, I'm one) have some raised health risks
Chicago Tribune &bull Oct 6, 2011
Millions of women alive today were exposed to a chemical called DES - diethylstilbestrol - in their mother's uterus. The chemical, an early synthetic estrogen, was administered to some pregnant women before 1971 to help reduce risk of miscarriages and… Full Story »
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DES daughters face cancer, reproductive problems
CNN: Women's Health &bull Oct 5, 2011
While pregnant with Ginny in the mid-1960s her mom had taken a synthetic estrogen known as diethylstilbestrol (DES), which at the time was prescribed to prevent miscarriages and complications. Later that decade, however, doctors connected the drug to a rare form of vaginal cancer that was turning up in young women exposed to DES in the womb. Bank's first Pap test came back abnormal. Over the next several decades she endured countless abnormal results,… Full Story »
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Jessica Simpson holds baby, wears sweatshirt, is pregnant?
Yahoo! News: Pregnancy Search &bull Oct 4, 2011
Jessica Simpson has been plagued by pregnancy rumors since the beginning of her time in the spotlight. But the most recent speculation about the status of a singer/actress's womb has reached a new level of silliness. At a recent in-store… Full Story »
