A new screening technique could double the success rate for some women undergoing IVF, experts have claimed.
Researchers at the Colorado Centre for Reproductive Medicine carried out a study on the technique – called comparative genomic hybridisation (CGH) – involving 23 patients aged between 30 and 42 years.
All of the women had been undergoing infertility [...]
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New IVF screening method could double success rate
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mental health linked to stillborn babies
Posted in Uncategorized on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Women with a history of serious mental illness are at least twice as likely to give birth to babies that are stillborn or die within the first month of life, according to research.
Researchers at the University of Manchester found women with affective disorders such as schizophrenia were more than twice as likely to give [...]
Breastfeeding may reduce asthma risk
Posted in Uncategorized on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
They found that children who were breastfed for at least four months had better lung function by the age of ten and were less likely to develop asthma, even if their mothers suffered from asthma or allergies
Researchers at Southampton University and the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University studied data on nearly 1,500 [...]
Bacteria used to reduce hospital infections
Posted in Bacteria used to reduce hospital infections, HEALTH NEWS, tagged health on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A report published in the journal Critical Care today claims that applying bacterial solution in place of normal antiseptics can be effective in preventing the most common cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).
The authors claim the probiotic bacterium, Lactobacillus plantarum 299, can be used to ‘out-compete’ the other dangerous bacteria.
‘We hypothesised that swabbing the mouth with [...]
