DREW MEMORIAL HIRES DR. KELLY SHRUM Sep 3, 2009
Jane W. Duke, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced June 23 that federal investigators had found intrauterine devices that were manufactured in Europe and were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration in Shrum s office ... DHS spokeswoman Julie Munsell said Wednesday the division reached an agreement with Shrum July 30 allowing him to again receive Medicaid payments for services, except those related to the use of intrauterine contraception products ... The... (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Weight-loss Surgery Can Break A Family's Cycle Of Obesity Sep 2, 2009
Previous studies of obese pregnant women have shown that obesity and its co-morbidities can be transmitted to their children, which indicates that the intrauterine environment may determine whether a child at birth is already destined to become obese. "Our study confirms previous research showing that the intrauterine environment may be more important than genes and the post-natal environment when it comes to the association between maternal obesity and childhood obesity," said John Kral, MD,... (Science Daily)
Labor Induction Need Not Increase Cesarean Risk Aug 21, 2009
The researchers also observed that women whose labor was electively induced were half as likely to have meconium-stained amniotic fluid, a sign of fetal intrauterine stress. Both findings suggest elective inductions may be safer than continuing pregnancy past 41 weeks. (Science Daily)
Induced Labor May Prevent Need for Cesarean Section Aug 20, 2009
In addition, women whose labor was electively induced were half as likely to have meconium-stained amniotic fluid, which is a sign of fetal intrauterine stress. The findings suggest that elective induction of labor may be safer than continuing pregnancy past 41 weeks, according to the researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). (MEDLINEplus)
Dr. Jeff Hersh: Hip dysplasia in infants is common, treatable Aug 19, 2009
Although dysplasia most commonly affects only one hip (more commonly the left due to intrauterine positioning), bilateral hip dysplasia can occur. Hip dysplasia may be suspected based on your infant's risk factors (such as family history or breech delivery) or from their physical examination. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Biologists ID Molecular Basis Of High-altitude Adaptation In Mice Aug 16, 2009
15, 2009) Biologists have long known how adaptive evolution works. New mutations arise within a population and those that confer some benefits to the organism increase in frequency and eventually become fixed in the population. (Science Daily)
Some Birth Control Pills Safer Than Others Aug 15, 2009
Both studies found that the risk decreases with the length of time a woman takes a combination pill, and that progestogen-only pills and the use of hormone-releasing intrauterine devices are not associated with an increased risk. The Dutch study, which compared 1,524 women under the age of 50 who had deep venous thromboembolisms with 1,760 women with no such history, found a fivefold increased risk in oral contraceptive users. (MEDLINEplus)
Medical Products Firm Hopes Birth Control Method Will Catch On Aug 13, 2009
Take the intrauterine device, or IUD. It may work for some but not others. IUDs can cause pain, bleeding and infection. (Investors Business Daily)
5 Unhealthy College Habits to Avoid This Fall Aug 5, 2009
Other contraceptive choices include hormonal methods, such as the birth control pill, patch, or ring, and more long-term methods such as an intrauterine device (IUD), although those do not protect against STDs. As the school year begins, it is important for college students to focus in on the effects of their behavior. (Fox News)
Yale scientists develop 'gas gauge' to prevent pregnancy loss Aug 3, 2009
Fetal death, or intrauterine fetal demise (IUFD), affects 30,000 women each year in the United States. Until now, there has been no easy way to determine how much gas is left in the placentas tank. (EurekAlert!)
Pregnant Women with Drug Addictions... Aug 1, 2009
Intrauterine growth retardation is likely to result in a low birth-weight baby and babies born too soon risk severe health problems or even death. Cannabis. (Suite101.com)
Poor sleep in children may have prenatal origins Aug 1, 2009
The authors report that small body size at birth may function as a crude marker of disturbances in the fetal environment, and it is associated with prematurity, intrauterine growth retardation, prenatal alcohol exposure and poorer sleep quality in children and young adults. Results demonstrate that among children born healthy and at full-term, a linear relationship exists between smaller body size at birth and poorer sleep quality eight years from birth. (EurekAlert!)
Fetuses, Brewskis, and Senate Haiku Aug 1, 2009
The tiny, T-shaped intrauterine device got a bad rap after women died from using it in the 1970s. But the modern version is safe, 99 percent effective, and frequently used overseas. (Slate)
China Performs 13 Million Abortions Each Year Report Jul 31, 2009
Sterilization and the use of intrauterine devices, or IUDs, for women are widely promoted - and subsidized - forms of contraception for married women. Condoms and birth control pills are also used. (Newsmax)
Researchers Look To Imprinted Genes For Clues To Fetal Growth Restriction In Cloned Swine Jul 27, 2009
ScienceDaily (July 27, 2009) Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), which results in low birth weight and long-term deleterious health effects in cloned swine, is linked to a type of gene - known as an imprinted gene - found only in placental mammals ... "As long as the balance is kept, everything is fine, but if one set of genes isn't working well, the offspring's size and health are affected. In the case of cloned pigs, we see a... (Science Daily)
Women With Cystic Fibrosis Can Have Safe And Successful Fertility Treatment Jul 24, 2009
However, a pregnancy can be achieved by the use of intrauterine insemination (IUI) or in vitro fertilisation (IVF). Fertility treatment has to depend on the woman s pulmonary and nutritional status, and there are ethical concerns about the welfare of the child whose mother might become severely ill, have to receive a lung transplant or die. (Science Daily)
Study explains potential failure of oral contraceptives with obese women Jul 15, 2009
"Although our research has found this interaction between obese women and oral contraceptives, we don't have enough information yet to recommend changes in clinical practice, other than choosing a contraceptive option that works better for both normal weight and obese women, like an intrauterine device," Edelman said. For future work, she said, studies of contraception would be more useful if they included participants that reflect the general population, including women with different body mass... (EurekAlert!)
Fertility Drug Combo Promising in Older Women Jul 7, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The combination of two drugs -- Femara (letrozole) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) -- could be of benefit in infertile women of advanced reproductive age undergoing intrauterine insemination, results of a study indicate. In infertile women, FSH is often used to stimulate the ovaries to produce several eggs, followed by intrauterine insemination (injection of sperm into the uterus) ... Dr. Mohamed A. Bedaiwy from the Toronto Center for Advanced Reproductive... (MEDLINEplus)
Accelerated Fertility Treatment Leads To Shortened Time To Pregnancy And Cost Savings Jul 6, 2009
Eligibility criteria included: trying to conceive for 12 months without prior fertility treatment (excepting up to three cycles of clomiphene without intrauterine insemination (IUI)); a female partner 21 to 39 years old with sufficient ovarian reserve and without pelvic pathology; and adequate sperm concentration in the male partner. Couples enrolled in the study followed either a conventional course of treatment or an accelerated course until they achieved pregnancy or elected to stop... (Science Daily)
Contest eaters face obesity, other health risks Jul 5, 2009
Instead, the hot dogs sat in his stomach and "protruded enough to create the distinct impression of a developing intrauterine pregnancy," the doctors wrote. One sample is not conclusive, lead author Marc S. Levine said. (CNN)
Maternal Diet Affects Infant's Long-Term Bone Health Jul 3, 2009
"Our data add to evidence that environmental influences during intrauterine life alter the trajectory of skeletal development in the offspring," study presenter Dr. Zoe Cole of the University of Southampton told Reuters Health. When the researchers assessed the diets of 198 pregnant women, two general patterns began to emerge. (MEDLINEplus)
Early pregnancy problems warning Jun 29, 2009
An accumulation of blood in the womb - intrauterine haematoma - increased these risks further. Extreme early morning sickness was associated with a three times higher risk of premature delivery and a nearly three-fold risk of low birth weight. (BBC News)
Complications early in pregnancy or in previous pregnancies adversely affect existing or subsequent pregnancies Jun 29, 2009
These risks were further increased after detection of an intrauterine haematoma ... Dr van Oppenraaij said: "While it is true that most conditions are difficult to prevent, with improved monitoring in high risk pregnancies it is possible to reduce perinatal or postnatal foetal complications. For example, in pregnancies with increased risk of preterm or very preterm delivery or intrauterine growth restriction, extra ultrasonic measurement of the cervical length and foetal growth can provide a... (EurekAlert!)
STATE SUSPENDS MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO PB DOCTOR (919) Jun 27, 2009
The State of Arkansas has suspended Medicaid payments to a Pine Bluff doctor who is the subject of a federal investigation after unapproved intrauterine devices were found at his office last week. Dr. Kelly Shrum of the Arkansas Center for Women at 1609 W. 40th Ave. was notified by the Arkansas Department of Human Services Division of Medical Services of the action in a certified letter June 19. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Treatment Option Shortens Path to Pregnancy Jun 23, 2009
The advantages came when the researchers eliminated one step in the fertility treatment -- the gonadotropin-stimulated intrauterine insemination cycle ... Women in one group underwent conventional treatment -- three cycles of intrauterine insemination (IUI) using clomiphene citrate to stimulate ovulation, followed by three gonadotropin-stimulated IUI cycles, then up to six cycles of in vitro fertilization (IVF). (MEDLINEplus)
Bacterial Biofilms Cities of Slim... Jun 22, 2009
Biofilms can also be formed on the inert surfaces of implanted devices such as catheters, prosthetic cardiac valves, joint prostheses, and intrauterine devices. Biofilms on prostheses (implants) are now recognized a serious and growing health problem. (Suite101.com)
Houston Couple Expecting Sextuplets Jun 20, 2009
Couple Conceived Through Intrauterine Insemination ... They failed twice before in their effort to have children through intrauterine insemination. (Click2Houston, TX)
Baird unit invests in Interlace Medical Jun 16, 2009
Proceeds from the Series C financing will be used to begin commercialization of the MyoSure system, a minimally invasive treatment to remove intrauterine fibroids and polyps, Baird and Framingham, Mass. -based Interlace said Monday. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
Men urged to undergo vasectomy May 28, 2009
He advised couples to go in for long term methods of contraception such as Intrauterine Contraceptive Devices and Jadelle implants which are noted for their effectiveness. Dr Atimpo said men often do not take issues of family planning seriously and advised them to change that attitude. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Fertility-treatment twins face extra problems May 25, 2009
CAUTIONS: The study relied on records of births from only three kinds of assisted reproductive technology - in vitro fertilization, gamete intra-fallopian transfer, and intracytoplasmic sperm injection of eggs followed by in vitro fertilization - excluding such treatments as ovulation induction or intrauterine insemination. WHERE TO FIND IT: Human Reproduction, online May 20. (Boston Globe)
Animal art joins 'Milly' paintings May 22, 2009
Milly Naeger, 17, was diagnosed with cancer (intrauterine embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma) in August of 2007 and only recently completed chemotherapy treatments. Over the last several weeks numerous furry friends have modeled for the artist's photographic studies from which she works. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Treating Infertility May 20, 2009
Childless couples can treat infertility through the use of fertility drugs, surgery, intrauterine insemination and assisted reproductive technologies ... Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) ... Usually, couples are advised to undergo less invasive and cheaper treatment options such as fertility drugs, surgery and intrauterine insemination. (Suite101.com)
In China, quake losses lead to bittersweet baby boom May 17, 2009
The government is paying for fertility counseling, operations to reverse vasectomies, and tubal ligations, as well as removal of intrauterine devices, the most common form of birth control in China. The motives are not purely humanitarian. (Boston Globe)
BUSM researchers find prenatal cocaine exposure may compromise neurocognitive development May 2, 2009
(Boston) Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that heavier intrauterine cocaine exposure (IUCE) is associated with mild compromise on selective areas of neurocognitive development during middle childhood ... After controlling for contextual variables including intrauterine exposures to other licit and illicit substances, level of IUCE was not significantly associated with either assessment scores. (EurekAlert!)
Vical Updates Lead Vaccine Programs At NFID Vaccine Research Conference and Addresses Potential Response to H1N1 Swine Influenza Outbreak Apr 28, 2009
CMV is the most common intrauterine infection of fetuses and congenital CMV is the leading infectious disease cause of birth defects in the United States, similar to rubella in the '40s and '50s before an effective vaccine was available. Congenital CMV infection affects one out of every hundred infants, and causes severe consequences in about 3,600 infants and death in about 400 each year in the United States. (Primezone Releases)
The New 'Epigenetics:' Poor Nutrition In The Womb Causes Permanent Genetic Changes In Offspring Apr 15, 2009
Epigenetics: intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) modifies the histone code along the rat hepatic IGF-1 gene. FASEB J., DOI. (Science Daily)
The new 'epigenetics:' Poor nutrition in the womb causes permanent genetic changes in the offspring Apr 14, 2009
Epigenetics: intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) modifies the histone code along the rat hepatic IGF-1 gene. FASEB J. doi:10. (EurekAlert!)
World's Biggest Generic Drugmaker Adds Muscle With Acquisition Apr 9, 2009
Branded products include Seasonique oral contraceptive and the Paragard intrauterine device. Avg. (Investors Business Daily)
Fertility treatments fraught with risks Apr 7, 2009
Multifetal reductions developed in the mid-1980s, alongside the rise of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and artificial, or intrauterine, insemination (IUI), which brought scores of women pregnant with multiples to high-risk ob/gyns. Already, doctors had a method to reduce a baby in utero if they detected a condition such as Down syndrome in one of a pair of twins. (MSNBC -- Health)
Low Birth Weight Linked To Heart Disease And Diabetes Risk In Adulthood Apr 4, 2009
(May 11, 2008) Intrauterine growth retardation results in a baby having a low birth weight and has been linked to the development of type 2 diabetes in adulthood. It has been suggested that IUGR alters the. (Science Daily)
IVF: Newer 'eSET' procedure cuts risk of multiple births Mar 4, 2009
" She delivered daughter Dylan a month ago at a birthing center, as her husband, Keith, and daughter, Grasyn, 3, looked on, and returned home a few hours later. Bleignier-Baker conceived Grasyn after one fresh embryo was transferred to her uterus and the others were frozen. Three years later, one of those embryos was thawed, transferred and grew into Dylan. Bleignier-Baker says she and her husband still have "a couple" of frozen embryos and hope to add to their family someday. Of course,... (USA Today)
Exercising while pregnant Feb 27, 2009
It is recommended that you abstain from exercising if you have a variety of pregnancy-related conditions, for example, placenta praevia, pre-eclampsia or intrauterine growth retardation. If you have a history of spontaneous abortions or an insufficient cervix, it may also be recommended that you not exercise. (iAfrica.com)
Mexico's shrinking families Feb 22, 2009
Doctors also suggested women use intrauterine devices, or IUDs. As soon as a child was born, the doctors wanted to put the device in my wife, said Mr. Viramontes. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Quintuplets coming home to Steiner next month Feb 14, 2009
They struggled with fertility problems before using intrauterine insemination to conceive their first child and then last summer, their quintuplets. The pair never imagined they would have quintuplets but believed God created the babies for a reason, Ethan said. (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)
House calls: Infertility evaluation and treatment Feb 11, 2009
If there is an issue with the male diagnosed, then intrauterine insemination is recommended during ovulation. If the female partner is diagnosed with bilateral blocked fallopian tubes, the indicated treatment is in-vitro fertilization, which involves the administration of medication to induce the development of multiple follicles/eggs. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Woman files federal suit against Rio Rancho clinic, practitioner Feb 8, 2009
A local woman is suing a nurse practitioner and a Rio Rancho clinic that she says removed her intrauterine birth-control device without permission. The plaintiff, represented by the Law Office of Robert Cooper in Albuquerque, filed a civil suit against Presbyterian Medical Services Rio Rancho Family Health Center and a nurse practitioner on Jan. 13 in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. (Rio Rancho Observer, NM)
Women's donated blood yields lifesaving RhoGAM Feb 8, 2009
Intrauterine transfusions are tricky, he says, and the fetal death rate was as high as 50% in the beginning. People with Rh-negative blood don't have a certain protein, called the Rh factor, on the surface of their red blood cells. (USA Today)
Freezing Can Preserve Semen from Cancer Patients Feb 7, 2009
A number of different techniques were employed including intracytoplasmic sperm injection, in vitro fertilization, cryo-embryo transfer and intrauterine insemination. In all, 25 children were born; 19 single infants and 3 sets of twins. (MEDLINEplus)
