Pregnancy And Birth

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Male survivors of childhood cancer are only about half as likely as their siblings to sire a pregnancy, according to a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study in the November 30th issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.  

After giving birth, many women choose to have the placenta tossed out by hospitals. Some women are choosing less conventional ideas... British designer Alex Green is taking people's placentas and turning them into teddy bears. "I was very interested in how it was discarded unceremoniously as medical waste, why it's discarded and how we could bring it back…" said Green, who thought placentas deserved a symbolic treatment whether they're...  

Placenta Previa is an uncommon pregnancy complication that causes bleeding in the second trimester of pregnancy. It can lead to severe bleeding during delivery or up to several hours after delivery.Contributor: Laura QuintilePublished: Dec 09, 2009  

Background: This study takes an in depth look at embryonic development, implantation, pregnancy and live birth rates with frozen epididymal and testicular sperm from obstructed (OA) and non-obstructed (NOA) patients. Methods: Paternal effect of sperm source on zygote formation, embryonic cleavage, and genomic activation were examined. Additional outcome parameters monitored were clinical pregnancy rate (CPR), implantation rate (IR) and live...  

When we're pregnant we all worry about the health of our baby. We usually change how we eat, we take prenatal vitamins and we seek prenatal care from a midwife or doctor. One of the screenings that we do in pregnancy to check on the health of most pregnancies is the midpregnancy ultrasound, also known as the fetal anatomy survey. This test is one that many women and their families look forward to their whole pregnancy for a variety of...