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Can Kimchi Help Flush Out Microplastics? A New Study Reveals A Surprising Gut Health Solution
A new study pinpoints that consuming kimchi could help mitigate the risk of microplastics on the gut. Here is why this study matters, and whether you can consume kimchi daily.
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Eating Vegetables During Pregnancy Could Influence Your Child's Food Choices: Study
Eating a variety of foods may also help expose babies to a wider range of flavours naturally. The new study suggests that vegetable exposure during pregnancy may influence how children respond to certain foods years later.
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Scientists Grow 'Mini-Organs' To Monitor And Treat Congenital Conditions Before Birth
Gaining insights into the cause and progression of malformations, researchers explore the creation of organoids from cells in amniotic fluid.
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In Rare Occurrence, US Woman Gives Birth To 'MoMo' Twins
'MoMo' twins shared the same placenta, amniotic sac and fluid and such pregnancies have a high risk of fetal complications.
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Amniotic Fluid Index: An Important Pregnancy Health Tool
Amniotic fluid index calculation plays an important role during pregnancy
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7 Common Causes For Preterm Labour Every Woman Should Know
Labour is called premature when it starts at least 3 weeks before your due date. While doctors can do to postpone an early delivery, there are high chances that preterm labour can lead to an early birth.
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Calcium Deposits May Cause Premature Births
The calcium deposits in the amniotic fluid -- the fluid surrounding a foetus -- is the leading cause behind the rupture of the foetal membranes, commonly known as water breaking, and lead to premature birth of a baby, a study has found.
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Study Suggests Zika Can Cross Placenta, Adds To Microcephaly Link
In what experts describe as another piece of evidence linking Zika with the risk of birth defects, researchers on Wednesday reported finding the virus in the amniotic fluid of two pregnant women whose foetuses were diagnosed with microcephaly.
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How a child's food preferences begin in the womb
Tests have shown that what a woman eats during her pregnancy is easily detectable in her amniotic fluid, and the foetus develops a taste for familiar flavoursIt may be a survival mechanism that's come back to bite us on the bum, but human beings are...
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Amniotic fluid infection linked to preterm birth
Women who acquire amniotic fluid infection during pregnancy are at an increased risk of delivering preterm.
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"Breaking the water" may not shorten labour
Intentional rupture of the amniotic membranes during labour does not strengthen or accelerate contractions or shorten the length of labour.
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Amniotic fluid detects pregnancy complications
Doctors can predict when women are at the risk of delivering preterm and whether the infant is at a risk for infection by testing the amniotic fluid.
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Prevention of premature births
A recent study has identified biomarkers in amniotic fluid that could help lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment of womb infections often to blame for premature births.
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Can Kimchi Help Flush Out Microplastics? A New Study Reveals A Surprising Gut Health Solution
A new study pinpoints that consuming kimchi could help mitigate the risk of microplastics on the gut. Here is why this study matters, and whether you can consume kimchi daily.
-
Eating Vegetables During Pregnancy Could Influence Your Child's Food Choices: Study
Eating a variety of foods may also help expose babies to a wider range of flavours naturally. The new study suggests that vegetable exposure during pregnancy may influence how children respond to certain foods years later.
-
Scientists Grow 'Mini-Organs' To Monitor And Treat Congenital Conditions Before Birth
Gaining insights into the cause and progression of malformations, researchers explore the creation of organoids from cells in amniotic fluid.
-
In Rare Occurrence, US Woman Gives Birth To 'MoMo' Twins
'MoMo' twins shared the same placenta, amniotic sac and fluid and such pregnancies have a high risk of fetal complications.
-
Amniotic Fluid Index: An Important Pregnancy Health Tool
Amniotic fluid index calculation plays an important role during pregnancy
-
7 Common Causes For Preterm Labour Every Woman Should Know
Labour is called premature when it starts at least 3 weeks before your due date. While doctors can do to postpone an early delivery, there are high chances that preterm labour can lead to an early birth.
-
Calcium Deposits May Cause Premature Births
The calcium deposits in the amniotic fluid -- the fluid surrounding a foetus -- is the leading cause behind the rupture of the foetal membranes, commonly known as water breaking, and lead to premature birth of a baby, a study has found.
-
Study Suggests Zika Can Cross Placenta, Adds To Microcephaly Link
In what experts describe as another piece of evidence linking Zika with the risk of birth defects, researchers on Wednesday reported finding the virus in the amniotic fluid of two pregnant women whose foetuses were diagnosed with microcephaly.
-
How a child's food preferences begin in the womb
Tests have shown that what a woman eats during her pregnancy is easily detectable in her amniotic fluid, and the foetus develops a taste for familiar flavoursIt may be a survival mechanism that's come back to bite us on the bum, but human beings are...
-
Amniotic fluid infection linked to preterm birth
Women who acquire amniotic fluid infection during pregnancy are at an increased risk of delivering preterm.
-
"Breaking the water" may not shorten labour
Intentional rupture of the amniotic membranes during labour does not strengthen or accelerate contractions or shorten the length of labour.
-
Amniotic fluid detects pregnancy complications
Doctors can predict when women are at the risk of delivering preterm and whether the infant is at a risk for infection by testing the amniotic fluid.
-
Prevention of premature births
A recent study has identified biomarkers in amniotic fluid that could help lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment of womb infections often to blame for premature births.
