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Study Finds Women With Rheumatoid Arthritis Have Issues Conceiving
According to MSNBC, a study by the Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute in Oakland California found that rheumatoid arthritis may hinder conception in some women. The study published in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism, included 68,000 Danish women who became pregnant between 1996 and 2002, of those 112 had been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis before pregnancy. The lead researcher Dr. Damini Jawaheer said that women who are trying to become pregnant are often told to stop using disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs such as methotrexate and infliximab as some can cause birth defects. The research team said it is unclear if the condition or stopping medication causes a flare-up in rheumatoid arthritis that somehow hinders a woman’s ability to conceive. In general, women with rheumatoid arthritis take longer to conceive and are less likely to get pregnant within 2 months of trying. During the study, 48 percent of women without RA conceived…
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Study Finds No Acupuncture Benefit to Women in Labor
According to MSNBC, a study published in the obstetrics journal BJOG found evidence that acupuncture may not ease the pain of childbirth. The findings found that among 105 first-time moms having labor induction showed no benefit from acupuncture given to them before contractions started. The study warns new moms-to-be that acupuncture may not be the answer for a drug-free labor. Out of 105 first-time moms, two-thirds ended up requesting epidural pain medication during labor compared to 56 percent of women who received a placebo version of the procedure and 77 percent of those given no acupuncture treatment at all. This study followed two research studies in South Korea and the UK, which analyzed 10 previous clinical trials of acupuncture for labor pain and found no evidence that the procedure eases pain during birthing. The lead researcher on the current study said that he believed overwhelming research done by different groups…
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Researchers Link Down Syndrome Through More Accurate Blood Tests
According to MSNBC, researchers in Europe have been able to find Down syndrome prenatally through a blood test to pregnant women, perhaps lessening the need for more extensive procedures used to detect the condition. A report published in the Journal Nature Medicine is the latest of studies that suggests Down syndrome diagnosis through fetal DNA that has been shed in the mother’s bloodstream. Other research groups in Cyprus, Greece and England conducted blind tests in which they were able to correctly identify 14 cases of Down syndrome through a blood test and 26 normal fetuses. Down syndrome results in cognitive delays and is a chromosomal condition caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome . Currently, a pregnant woman must go through blood tests and ultrasound to find out if the fetus is at risk for Down syndrome. The condition is estimated at 1 in…
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