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Researchers Find Learning Ability Restored After Brain Injury With New Cells
According to Science News, a study conducted on mice showed that newborn nerve cells may help heal the brain after a traumatic injury. Researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center published in the Journal of Neuroscience a finding that could help treat brain injured patients with new nerve cells. Doctors have known that adult brains can make new neurons in two parts of the brain, but the role of those cells has not been clear. Some scientists suggest that generating new nerve cells may be a way to build a new brain during development and has no affect on the adult brain at all. Others argue that new wiring hooks up new brain cells and sometimes can cause seizures due to wire tangling. The new study suggests that newborn neurons made in the hippocampus are beneficial, at least in aiding recovery after a traumatic brain injury. The hippocampus…
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Study Finds Weight and IVF Treatment May Increase Miscarriages
According to MSNBC, a study found that overweight women have a much higher risk of a miscarriage after having in-vitro fertilization than slimmer women who had undergone the same procedure. British doctors tracked 318 women at a London clinic who became pregnant after having in-vitro fertilization from 2000-2009. The researchers then separated women by their Body Mass Index. Women who had a BMI of 18 to 24 were classified as normal. Women with a BMI of 25 or more were classified as overweight, and those over 30 as obese. The study also took into consideration factors such as age, smoking and medical history. With all those factors, the study found overweight and obese women were much more likely to have a miscarriage than thin women. Women within the normal weight range who had undergone in-vitro fertilization had a 22 percent miscarriage rate. Women who were considered overweight and obese had…
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Study Finds C-Sections Deliveries Are On The Rise
According to MSNBC, government scientists report that birth by C-Section will continue to increase, citing a study into the causes of a trend that may trouble maternal health experts. Researchers with the National Institutes of Health found that nearly one third of first-time moms deliver by C-section. A lead author of a study, Dr. Jun Zhang, researched 230,000 deliveries in 19 nationwide hospitals. Dr. Zhang reported the findings were surprising, especially that doctors found a woman who had already had a cesarean birth will always have a repeat c-section. The study referenced hospital policy to always repeat c-sections, also suggesting a link between chemically induced labor and higher chances of c-section. Women who had their labor induced were twice as likely to have a cesarean. It is unclear if medication or forcing Mother Nature to deliver a child had an effect on higher surgical deliveries. Medical experts argue that cesarean…
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