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Melbourne’s Monash University has commenced a Phase 1 clinical trial to test a novel inhaled powder designed to prevent postpartum hemorrhage, a serious complication of childbirth that causes tens of thousands of deaths worldwide.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Breath of life: A simple inhaler could cut postpartum hemorrhage deaths
Preeclampsia is a potentially deadly condition that affects 4% to 8% of pregnant women worldwide, but the condition can be difficult to diagnose. Now, a team of Australian researchers has developed a quick and accurate new test using nanoparticle-based… Continue reading Novel biomarkers enable new rapid test for preeclampsia
Preeclampsia is a potentially deadly condition that affects 4% to 8% of pregnant women worldwide, but the condition can be difficult to diagnose. Now, a team of Australian researchers has developed a quick and accurate new test using nanoparticle-based… Continue reading Novel biomarkers enable new rapid test for preeclampsia
Life-saving intensive-care incubators play a critical role in a newborn’s start to life, but researchers have found that they may also be exposing babies to louder, resonating sounds that increase the risk of damaging their sensitive hearing.Continue R… Continue reading Scientists sound the alarm on incubator risk to babies’ ears
Gestational diabetes, a potentially dangerous medical condition affecting pregnant women, has been seeing a worrisome spike in recent years. New research shows that the reason may have to do with how much excess light a woman encounters before sleeping… Continue reading Pre-sleep light exposure linked to gestational diabetes
Once again naked mole-rats have dealt scientists an exciting blow, with new research suggesting their anomalies in mammalian reproduction could hold the key to preserving human fertility.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Fertility, Reprod… Continue reading Hope for humans in naked mole-rat’s age-defying fertility
According to a recent large, multi-country clinical trial, the risk of postpartum sepsis and death in women who plan to deliver vaginally can be reduced by one-third by administering a single dose of the antibiotic azithromycin.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Maternal sepsis and death greatly reduced by single-dose antibiotic
Two recently published studies have highlighted the potential impact of SARS-CoV-2 infections during pregnancy. The studies found placental abnormalities and fetal haemorrhages could be associated with COVID during pregnancy. Researchers are now monitoring children exposed to the virus prenatally to investigate whether there are long-lasting neurodevelopmental effects.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Pregnancy, Baby, Brain, Neuroscience, King’s College London
Continue reading COVID during pregnancy linked to placental damage and fetal haemorrhages
The EctoLife Artificial Womb Facility envisages a controversial new way to be pregnant, with the baby growing in an idealized, but completely inhuman environment: transparent “growth pods” arranged by their hundreds in human baby farming operations.Con… Continue reading Womb with a view: EctoLife baby farm eliminates pregnancy and labor
After decades of research a long-awaited vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) may finally be here. Preliminary Phase 3 data has revealed maternal immunization with a new vaccine delivered extraordinary protection from severe disease in bab… Continue reading “Remarkable” results for new maternal RSV vaccine in Phase 3 trial