Archive: 25/04/2017

Prenatal screening for Down's syndrome seen as 'routine practice'

Optional prenatal screening for Down's syndrome has become a 'normal' part of pregnancy, with consequences for women and their partners, according to new research by Cardiff University.

Apr 25, 2017

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Pelvic floor training in pregnancy could help prevent the need for 'barbaric' vaginal mesh surgery

For millions of women, childbirth is a somewhat daunting yet thoroughly rewarding process. In the western world, many years of medical research and professional experience mean that women have access to expert care before, ...

Apr 25, 2017

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Genetic surveillance and why it's critical in the fight against antimalarial drug resistance

Efforts to tackle malaria infections over the past decades have yielded impressive results across the tropics, so much so that full elimination is now a public health priority for many malaria endemic countries.

Apr 25, 2017

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Mosquito discovery sheds light on how malaria is spread in South Africa

Across the world there are limited tools available for controlling mosquitoes. The two most successful and widely used initiatives are indoor house spraying and the use of insecticide treated bed nets. These target mosquitoes ...

Apr 25, 2017

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What Africa still needs to do to eliminate malaria

Malaria is one of the oldest and deadliest infectious diseases affecting man. It is an ancient and modern disease – descriptions of illnesses similar to malaria are found in ancient texts from China, India, the Middle East, ...

Apr 25, 2017

Workings of protein hold keys to new cancer treatments

Though cancer treatments have advanced somewhat in our time, the methods still commonly used on patients are very harsh. These include invasive surgeries and chemotherapy.

Apr 25, 2017

Dopamine control of prolactin secretion

In women, a major role of prolactin is to initiate and sustain pregnancy and lactation. During pregnancy, prolactin secretion from the pituitary gland is important for pregnancy maintenance and prolactin levels are correlated ...

Apr 25, 2017

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Geophagy—eating soil could harm babies

Up to 80 percent of people in Africa, especially women, regularly eat clayey soil – this habit is known as geophagy. A previous study conducted at MedUni Vienna has already shown that it is a form of craving. Now researchers ...

Apr 25, 2017

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How brains process facial expressions

Have you ever thought someone was angry at you, but it turned out you were just misreading their facial expression? Caltech researchers have now discovered that one specific region of the brain, called the amygdala, is involved ...

Apr 25, 2017

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Indian doctors defend 500kg Egyptian's weight loss amid row

Indian doctors on Tuesday angrily rejected claims that they had lied about the amount of weight an Egyptian once believed to be the world's heaviest woman had lost following surgery.

Apr 25, 2017

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Archive: 25/04/2017

Prenatal screening for Down's syndrome seen as 'routine practice'

Pelvic floor training in pregnancy could help prevent the need for 'barbaric' vaginal mesh surgery

Genetic surveillance and why it's critical in the fight against antimalarial drug resistance

Mosquito discovery sheds light on how malaria is spread in South Africa

What Africa still needs to do to eliminate malaria

Workings of protein hold keys to new cancer treatments

Dopamine control of prolactin secretion

Geophagy—eating soil could harm babies

How brains process facial expressions

Indian doctors defend 500kg Egyptian's weight loss amid row

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