Category: News
HIV home tests coming soon?
Many people are too scared or intimidated to go to a doctor to get tested for HIV. In the US, a panel has made a decision that brings us a step closer to the availability of an over the counter, at-home HIV test called the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test.
Hospitals hub for spread of MRSA
Hospitals are meant to be places to get better, not to catch some deadly superbug that doesn’t react to antibiotics. Unfortunately, a research team from Edinburgh University in the UK says, this is exactly what’s happening. Large city hospitals breed MRSA, and then spread the superbug to other hospitals when patients are transferred.
Implanon after delivery prevents repeat teenage pregnancies
Around 50 percent of teenagers and young women who got pregnant and gave birth conceive again within a year! A lot of those women faced an unplanned pregnancy the first time round, and are obviously at a very high risk of this happening again. According to new research, giving these girls and women birth control [...]
First IVF clinic opens in Namibia
IVF is very much a reality of modern reproductive life in the west, to the extent that it’s not all that uncommon for couples to think they have time to wait before having kids as they can “always have IVF later”. It’s a totally different story in the southern African country of Namibia, where infertility [...]
Mom gives birth after 22 years of infertility
British mom Paula Lackie just had a baby after 22 years of infertility! She gave to her daughter Isla at 43, after being told she would never have kids at 21. Paula and her husband Grant from Haddington, East Lothian adopted two kids and still hoped they would conceive one day — and it happened, after [...]
Men and women can’t be friends without sex getting in the way
One pretty old cliche may be true after all! Heterosexual men and women can’t be friends without sexual attraction getting in the way, according to a new American study.
Test could increase IVF success rates by 65 percent?
IVF success rates could improve dramatically with the help of a new test that examines the genetic material in embryos during the preimplantation stage. The test, developed by British company Blue Gnome, could increase IVF pregnancy rates by as much as 65 percent. A study probing into the test was just published in the journal Molecular [...]
Overdue babies at risk of behavioral problems
Babies who stay in the womb beyond 42 weeks of pregnancy are at risk of health conditions and behavioral problems, according to a new study. The researchers published their findings in the International Journal of Epidemiology, and conducted their research in the Netherlands, where postdates pregnancies were rarely induced until very recently.
Premature births kill a million babies a year
As many as one in 10 babies are born prematurely each year all over the world, according to a report led by the World Health Organization. That amounts to 15 million babies, one million of whom pass away soon after they are born. According to the report, as many as three fourths of those deaths [...]
Parents eat less healthy diets than childless people
Is having children a good motivation to eat a healthy and balanced diet? Not according to American researchers, who say that the amount of saturated fats in most people’s diet actually increases after they have kids. The study team followed folks with and without kids for a total of seven years before coming to this [...]
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