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Pregnancy / Obstetrics News From Medical News Today
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Videos Discuss Hispanic Teen Pregnancy, U.S. HIV/AIDS Strategy
The following summarizes selected women's health related videos. Hispanic Teens Talk Pregnancy Prevention: Last week, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy launched a series of public service announcements that are airing on MTV Tr3s, the network's channel for bicultural Hispanic youth...
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AU Summit Meetings To Focus On Maternal, Child Health
African Union (AU) summit delegates have started arriving in Uganda for a series of meetings ahead of the 15th AU Summit, which takes place July 19-27 in the capital of Kampala, the New Vision reports (Musoke, 7/14). The Pre-Summit on Gender will focus on maternal and child health issues, the Daily Monitor writes...
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New Poverty Index Finds More Poor People In Indian States Than In Poorest African Countries
There is a higher number of poor people in eight Indian states than in 26 of the poorest African countries, according to the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), which was developed by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative with support from the U.N., the BBC reports (7/13)...
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Research Finds Half Of Swine Flu Deaths Were In Previously Healthy People
Over half of UK swine flu hospital admissions and inpatient deaths occurred in people with no underlying health problems or obvious risk factors, research at the University of Liverpool has found. The data back up the Government's policy of prioritising pregnant women, the under-fives, and those with long-term respiratory problems for vaccination against swine flu...
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Report Proposes New Research Agenda On Pregnancy Intentions Of HIV-Positive Women In Resource-Limited Settings
A report issued by the Program on International Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health proposes a new research agenda to address the sexual and reproductive health and rights of HIV-positive women...
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Evidence Supports Screening For Fragile X Syndrome In Prospective Mothers
There's adequate research data to support population screening of women of childbearing age for fragile X syndrome-the most common inherited cause of cognitive impairment, according to a report in the July issue of Genetics in Medicine, the official peer-reviewed journal of The American College of Medical Genetics...
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Greater Risk For Infant Obesity And Pre-Diabetes When Mothers Consumed A High Fat Diet While Nursing; But Not During Pregnancy
The future health of offspring is more negatively impacted when their mothers consume a high fat diet while nursing compared with high-fat diet consumption during pregnancy, according to animal research at Johns Hopkins University...
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Miraculins Announces Issuance Of Important Preeclampsia Patent In United States
Miraculins Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MOM), a medical diagnostic company focused on developing and commercializing diagnostic tests for unmet clinical needs, is pleased to announce that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued US Patent 7,754,495 entitled "Methods for Early Diagnosing of an Increased Risk of Preeclampsia"...
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