ScienceDaily (Feb. 6, 2010) — Children from urban areas whose mothers suffer from depression during pregnancy are more likely than others to show antisocial behavior, including violent behavior, later in life. Furthermore, women who are aggressive and disruptive in their own teen years are more likely to become depressed in pregnancy, so that the moms' history predicts their own children's antisocial behavior.
That's the conclusion of a new longitudinal study conducted by researchers at Cardiff University, King's College ...
ScienceDaily (Feb. 6, 2010) — Researchers at Yale School of Medicine believe they may have discovered how the hormone progesterone acts to prevent preterm birth.
The findings will be presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) in Chicago by Errol Norwitz, M.D., professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale.
Preterm birth -- delivery prior to 37 weeks gestation -- has become increasingly common over the past 40 years. Currently, one ...
ScienceDaily (Feb. 7, 2010) — New research on Type 2 diabetes by Trinity College Dublin researchers could benefit young adults (aged 18-25 years) with the condition. The research led by Professor John Nolan of Trinity College Dublin and St James's Hospital, Dublin, has just been published online in the leading international journal, Diabetes Care.
The study findings demonstrate new mechanisms in muscle cells that may explain severe insulin ...
Fibroid tumors are benign uterine growths that may affect as many as 77 percent of women in the United States. African-American women are disproportionally affected. Although many ...
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Research published in the January 22, 2010 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry describes how vitamin D could help ...
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In an article published online on January 4, 2010 in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Robert Krikorian of the University of Cincinnati, along with ...
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Associated Press Writers
OSLO, Norway—Aker University Hospital is a dingy place to heal. The floors are streaked and scratched. A light layer of dust coats the blood pressure monitors. A faint stench of urine and bleach wafts from a pile of soiled bedsheets dropped in a corner.
Look closer, ...
