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Blood test could predict postpartum depression

Pregnant women could soon take a blood test to determine whether or not they are at risk for postpartum depression, scientists say.

300,000 day-old babies die each year in India

More than 300,000 babies die within 24 hours of being born in India each year from infections and other preventable causes, a report said Tuesday, blaming a lack of political will and funding for the crisis. India accounts for 29 percent of all newborn deaths worldwide, according to the charity Save the Children which published the findings at the launch of its annual State of the World's Mothers report. The report on 186 countries showed South Asia -- which accounts for 24 percent of the world's population -- recording 40 percent of the world's first-day deaths.

Worlds first womb transplant woman is pregnant

The first woman ever to receive a uterus from a deceased donor, is two-weeks pregnant following a successful embryo transplant, her doctors said on Friday. The 22-year-old Derya Sert was revealed to be almost two-weeks pregnant in preliminary results after in vitro fertilisation at Akdeniz University Hospital in Turkey's southern province of Antalya, her doctor Mustafa Unal said in a written statement. "She is doing just fine at the moment," Unal said.

Researchers find unprecedented cache of 200 dinosaur eggs

Dinosaurs grew in the egg in a similar fashion to modern birds, a study suggests. Scientists made the discovery after examining a cache of more than 200 fossilized bones from embryonic dinosaurs. They were found strewn among fragments of eggshell and are all believed to belong to the same species, the 26-foot long-necked sauropod lufengosaurus.

Egg white may help lower blood pressure: study

Scientists offered new evidence on Tuesday that a component of egg whites, already popular as a substitute for whole eggs among health-conscious consumers concerned about cholesterol in the yolk, may have another beneficial effect in reducing blood pressure. Their study was part of the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society, which continues in New Orleans through Thursday. "Our research suggests that there may be another reason to call it 'the incredible, edible egg,'" said study leader Zhipeng Yu o

New birthing station opens in Pampanga town

A P5-million newly-constructed birthing station that would cater to the pregnant women and their newborn babies at the Sta Lucia Resettlement in this town was formally inaugurated on Thursday.Governor Lilia Pineda, during the inauguration, said the new birthing station would greatly help in preventing cases of maternal and child deaths as the facility will serve as forerunner of medical services to pregnant women in the area."No mother should die for giving birth and this is the reason why we have been pushing for the construction of more birthing stations and renovation of d

After 55 years, Ohio's Easter Eggshelland comes to an end

By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - After more than 50 years, loyal fans have one last chance to visit the Easter bunny and other Easter-themed mosaics made of thousands of brightly coloured eggs on a lawn in an eastern suburb of Cleveland. The displays have drawn thousands of visitors each year to the sprawling lawn of Betty and Ron Manolio in Lyndhurst, Ohio, but the 55th annual event this year will be the last.

Texas woman has two sets of identical twins in one day

Feb 18 (Reuters) - A Texas mother had a one-in-70-million kind of Valentine's Day this year when she gave birth to two sets of identical twin boys, a Houston hospital announced on Monday. The four brothers were delivered at 31 weeks to Tressa Montalvo, 36, via Cesarean section at The Woman's Hospital of Texas in Houston, according to a news release from the hospital.

California targets Chinese 'maternity tourism'

Six pregnant Asian-looking women cross the road. Two others cross in the opposite direction. In a nearby store, about 10 compare baby clothing. Something is happening in the suburbs of Los Angeles. Nearby, a string of so-called "maternity hotels," where Asian women -- often Chinese and Taiwanese -- come to give birth to babies who will automatically acquire a US passport -- has recently drawn the attention of authorities.

Birth defects in multiples is on the rise: study

Feb 8 (Reuters) - The number of birth defects among multiple births such as twins and triplets increased nearly two-fold in a score of European countries over a 24-year-period, according to an international study. Researchers writing in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology used data on more than 5.4 million births occurring between 1984 and 2007 to find that congenital defects rose from around 6 in every 10,000 multiple births to about 11 in every 10,000 multiples.
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