Pregnancy and Birth

Neurologic improvement detected in rats receiving stem cell transplant

9 Feb 2012

( Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine ) In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report that early transplantation of human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells into the lateral ventricles of neonatal rats with birth-related brain damage is possible, and that the donor cells can ...

Study finds preterm labor diagnostic markers not universal, diagnosis and interventions should not be generalized

9 Feb 2012

( Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine ) In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report findings that indicate that preterm birth interventions should be tailored for underlying risk factors and pathways.

Pregnant women with breast cancer can have chemotherapy and surgery and still give birth safely

9 Feb 2012

It is not necessary for hospitals to deliver the baby early or delay treatment for the disease, said doctors writing in The Lancet medical journal (file picture).