Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
Apart from protecting a newborn infant from flu for four months, the flu vaccine does not raise the risk of miscarriage, Kathleen Neuzil, MD, member of the Infectious Disease Society of America's Pandemic Influenza Task Force explained at their 49th Annual Meeting. Various presentations at the meeting are showing that ...
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
A pregnant Iowa woman has become the first to suffer to a miscarriage after contracting a listeria infection tied to tainted cantaloupe, underscoring the seriousness of the ongoing outbreak in vulnerable people, state health officials said.
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Treating pregnant cancer patients with powerful chemotherapy drugs appears not to harm their unborn children, but pre-term delivery to avoid subjecting them to chemotherapy does, according to a study by cancer experts on Tuesday.
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Saturday, September 10th, 2011
Out of 347 pregnant women in 2009 with severe pandemic flu, 75 died, and 272 were admitted to an ICU and survived the illness, according to a MMWR report by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The authors stressed that pregnant mothers with influenza have a higher risk ...
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Friday, August 12th, 2011
Northern California pregnant women have higher PBDE flame retardant levels than any other pregnant women worldwide, a new study published in Environmental Science & Technology reports. The authors added that they also found evidence that some flame retardants could be undermining thyroid hormone signaling during pregnancy - something which might ...
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