摘要:” Postpartum Incontinence Affects Quality of LIfe In the study, researchers surveyed 1,247 women in Utah who experienced analincontinence at least once in the two years following childbirth。
10-03-25摘要:4 million newborns were delivered surgically in 2007 -- a 53%increase from the mid-1990s, when rates started to climb after remaining steadyfor several years。 Rates rose for both older and youn...
10-03-25摘要:March 10, 2010 - Hospitals and professional societies should end?bansthat that keep many women who‘ve had a C-section from opting for a naturalbirth in later pregnancies, an NIH advisory panel tod...
10-03-12摘要:Ovarian transplants might also help women whose fertility is impaired bytreatments for other diseases such as autoimmune diseases, Andersen tellsWebMD。
10-02-25摘要:23, 2010 -- Sexduring pregnancy: What do women really do。 Sexual intercourse is safe throughout a normal pregnancy。“ The Pauleta study appears in the February issue of The Journal of Sexua...
10-02-25摘要:22, 2010 -- Women who gain more weight than is recommendedearly in pregnancy have an increased riskfor developing gestational diabetes later on, astudy shows。 Excess weight gain, especially in ...
10-02-24摘要:Feb。 9, 2010 -- Pregnant women who drink plenty of milk may be protectingtheir child from developing multiple sclerosis (MS) in the future。 MS is a nervous system disease that attacks the ma...
10-02-11摘要:5, 2010 -- Pregnancy and motherhood don‘t cause women to have memorylapses and other cognitive problems, even though the concept of ‘‘pregnancybrain‘‘ and ‘‘momnesia‘‘ are widely accepted...
10-02-07摘要:“I knew I was going to have a C-section,“ Spencer tells WebMD。 Spencer‘s situation is increasingly common: Today, C-sections represent31。 In fact, in the last decade, therate of C-sections ...
10-02-06摘要:“Delayed lactation is very common in the United States, but we don‘t reallyunderstand the reasons for it,“ researcher Nelson D。 Lactation specialist Laurie Nommsen-Rivers, PhD, tells WebMD t...
10-01-28摘要:21, 2010 -- Birth weights of full-term babies in the United Statesdecreased from 1990 to 2005, a new study says。 Birth weights were even lower for babies born to women considered to be atlow ri...
10-01-23摘要:“ Eating and Drinking: ‘Let Women Decide‘ In the newly published review, conducted for the nonprofit CochraneCollaboration, researchers examined five studies in which a total of 3,130women...
10-01-23摘要:31, 2009 -- How do common medications affect pregnancy。 What data now exists comes from two sources: Pregnancy registries, mostly maintained by drug makers, that collectreports from p...
10-01-01摘要:Teen births increased 5% between 2005 and 2007, following a 34% drop between1991 and 2005。 Teen Births a ‘Cause for Concern’ Although the rate of increase in births among teenagers was sim...
09-12-22摘要:Dec。 8, 2009 -- An inexpensive new newborn screening method can detect arare blood disorder that affects the immune system and causes life-threateningcomplications if left untreated。 A new st...
09-12-10摘要:What Your Skin Says About Your Health。
09-11-19摘要:17, 2009 -- Seven states improved their grades and two dropped a letterto “F“ in the 2009 March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card, in which theU。 State-by-State Report Card Here‘s ...
09-11-18摘要:“Get yourself into optimal health,” says Joel Evans, MD, author of TheWhole Pregnancy Handbook and founder of the Center for Women’s Health inStamford, Conn。
09-11-07摘要:Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live Births Here are infant mortality rankings, showing the U。2? Preterm Births Driving Infant Mortality Rate MacDorman tells WebMD “the climate of medica...
09-11-04摘要:“ Half of Pregnant Women Overweight Nearly half of pregnant women in the United States today are eitheroverweight or obese -- up from about 25% four decades ago。 Putting Pregnant Women o...
09-10-22摘要:2 pregnancies per 1,000women ages 15-44, compared to a rate of 115。8 pregnancies per 1,000 women ages15-44 in 1990。 Pregnancy rates dropped by 8% for married women and by 11% for unmarriedwo...
09-10-16摘要:BPA and Behavior In the newest one, researchers followed 249 women during pregnancy untiltheir children were 2 years old。
09-10-08摘要:“Congenital heart defects are the most common types of birth defect, andamong all birth defects, they are a leading cause of illness, death, andmedical expenditures,“ Edwin Trevathan, MD, MPH, di...
09-10-03摘要:30, 2009 -- Treating pregnant women who have even mild gestationaldiabetes helps reduce the risk of complications in infants and the women‘s ownrisk of blood pressure problems, according to a ne...
09-10-02摘要:Sept。 25, 2009 -- The media have been buzzing with reports of a pregnantwoman in Arkansas getting pregnant again, with her babies conceived two and ahalf weeks apart。 Her case might be a rare...
09-09-26摘要:Sept。 24, 2009 -- New research adds to the evidence that babies born towomen who take antidepressants during pregnancy have a small increased risk fora specific heart defect。 The Danish stud...
09-09-26摘要:They may think it’s a normal part ofpregnancy。 How do you know which symptoms during pregnancy warrant immediate medicalattention and which can wait until your next prenatal visit。 But the ex...
09-09-01摘要:Aug。 21, 2009 -- Women who take antidepressants face a difficult choice whenthey become pregnant, and for many the risks vs。 benefits of continuingtreatment are not clear, a joint report from t...
09-08-22摘要:and other developed countries are waitingsignificantly longer before having their first children than new moms of ageneration ago, shows a study by the CDC。 The average age of first-time mother...
09-08-14摘要:10, 2009 -- Women with a family history of breast cancer who have ever breastfed reduce their risk of getting premenopausal breast cancer by nearly 60%, according to a new study。 ‘‘For wome...
09-08-14摘要:Every woman who is expecting a child ponders pregnancy weight gain。 Some take pregnancy as license to eat as much as they want。 Others regard pregnancy pounds with disdain and worry that puttin...
09-07-22摘要:Metabolic syndrome is diagnosed when people have at least three of the following traits: Large waist size: 40 inches or larger for men。Metabolic syndrome was rarer among women who...
09-06-12摘要:Pregnancy “is not a time to eat twice as much, but twice as well,“?Thornton says。 Pregnancy Weight Study Thornton‘s study included 232 New York state women who were obese when they got pr...
09-06-03摘要:New Pregnancy Weight Guidelines Here are the guidelines for pregnancy weight gain, based on a woman‘s BMI ( body mass index) before becoming pregnant with one baby: Underweight: Gain...
09-05-29摘要:Proponents say that these girdle-like garments -- which have names like the Belly Bandit and the Taut -- essentially shrink wrap the tummy and as a result may help reduce the swelling of the uterus...
09-05-14摘要:, 12 European countries, and Japan。
09-05-14摘要:Her Fertility Booster: Weight Control Being underweight or overweight can delay the time it takes a woman to conceive, research suggests。 The study was published in Fertility and Sterility in ...
09-05-01摘要:Air pollution, especially pollution from car exhaust, was linked to smaller birth weight in the newly published study even after researchers controlled for known risk factors。 Air Pollution and...
09-04-10摘要:March 27, 2009 -- New research shows that babies conceived in the spring and early summer have a higher risk for a wide range of birth defects, including Down syndrome, cleft palate, and spina ...
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