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Even if caesarean delivery is common, it has not been outlined yet which can be the damages caused to foetus by this method. An evaluation by NIH's Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network has been recently performed for data concerning 37110 caesarean deliveries performed in 13 University Centres in [...]
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It is not clear if substitutive hormone therapy (SHT) in menopause is associated to an increased risk of ovarian cancer. In order to investigate this possible association, more than 98000 women (between 50 and 71) were examined through two questionnaires, in 1995-1996 and in 1996-1997. In a [...]
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The cause of pelvic floor chronic pain is still little clear, and this pain is not often relieved by usual medical therapies. Some researchers in Australia have now evaluated the efficacy of type-A botulin toxin (Botox) in the treatment of pelvic myalgia through a double-blind, randomized, [...]
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Female obesity is associated with maternal and fetal risks, but the importance of weight gain between two pregnancies has not been studied yet. The effects of BMI change between the first and the second pregnancy were studied in more than 151.000 Swedish women who had had two consecutive [...]
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We know that a low body weight before starting a pregnancy is more frequently associated with a preterm birth (< 37 weeks), but we don’t know if this risk is present also in women with a weight loss between pregnancies. 1241 women were then examined who had give birth at least twice after at least [...]
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From 1985 to 2002, neonatal mortality in the USA has decreased of 34%, while births of dead fetuses have decreased of only 18%. In the same period of time, the percentage of births from less young mothers (more than 35) has almost tripled. Data from the National Center for Health Statistics (more [...]
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Obesity in adult pregnant women is associated to a high maternal and neonatal risk, but too few studies have been performed in adolescence. In a retrospective, case-control study the outcomes of pregnancies were examined of girls (under 19 years of age) who had gave birth to a child after at least [...]
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Cervical cancer is a common disease among women older than 65, but still nowadays it is advised to interrupt PAP-test screening after the age of 65 (or to continue it at longer intervals), in women with previous normal examinations. An analysis was performed using data from the wide Women’s Health [...]
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The prevalence of spontaneous abortion is of about 10%-15% of all pregnancies and the risk increases with maternal age. Using the data of the Jerusalem Perinatal Study (1964-1976), some researchers tried to verify whether the abortive risk can me related to the age of the father too. 1506 women [...]
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The presence of uterine myomas and fibromas is one of the most frequent indications to hysterectomy, even if new techniques are available (ablation through ultrasounds, embolization of the uterine artery). Some English researchers wanted to evaluate the efficacy of a magnetic-resonance-guided [...]