Tag Archives: womb

Womb cancer deaths ‘are rising’

Posted on April 6, 2012 by kwc

BBC News The number of women dying from cancer of the womb – known as uterine cancer – has increased by nearly 18% in the past decade, according to the charity Cancer Research UK. Data showed that more cases are … Continue reading →

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Babies treated in the womb for obesity: Overweight mothers-to-be get diabetes pill to cut the risk of having a fat child

Posted on April 3, 2012 by kwc

Julie-anne Barnes & Fiona Macrae Daily Mail Babies are being medicated in the womb in an attempt to prevent them from being born obese. In a world first, dangerously overweight mothers-to-be in four British cities have started taking a diabetes … Continue reading →

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British woman who had sex change has given birth

Posted on February 18, 2012 by kwc

Jared Yee BioEdge The distinction between sex and gender has become even more complex, with Britain’s first transgendered “male mother” believed to have given birth. The person is thought to have had the baby last year, while living as a … Continue reading →

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Obesity & pesticides: The untold story

Posted on December 4, 2011 by kwc

Source: Panna Get your kids to exercise, eat right, and control their portions — these steps can help combat childhood obesity, we’re told. But new research on persistent chemicalspoints to the fact that as parents, we’re not getting the whole … Continue reading →

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Fetal gene screening comes to market

Posted on October 26, 2011 by kwc

Source: Nature News Non-invasive procedure could make prenatal testing easier, but it comes with ethical problems. Until last week, scrutinizing a fetus’s DNA for indications of genetic abnormalities meant tapping into the mother’s womb with a needle. Now there’s a … Continue reading →

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Gender-bending chemical that ‘makes girls as young as three aggressive and hyperactive’

Posted on October 25, 2011 by kwc

Source: Daily Mail A common chemical used in products ranging from baby bottles to CD cases could be causing girls as young as three to become hyperactive and aggressive, researchers have claimed. A study by leading U.S. scientists has found … Continue reading →

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2011 BBC Horizon: The Nine Months That Made You

Posted on September 27, 2011 by kwc

An exploration of theories pioneered by British scientist Professor David Barker, who believes that the time people spend in the womb is so profoundly important that it could affect every area of their subsequent development, from health and personality to … Continue reading →

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Diabetes rate ‘double that of 1980’

Posted on June 26, 2011 by kwc

Source: Mirror Rates of diabetes have exploded in the past three decades, meaning an estimated 350 million people in the world now have the disease. In almost every region of the planet diabetes prevalence has risen or at best remained … Continue reading →

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GM food toxins found in the blood of 93% of unborn babies

Posted on May 21, 2011 by kwc

Daily Mail Sean Poulter Toxins implanted into GM food crops to kill pests are reaching the bloodstreams of women and unborn babies, alarming research has revealed. A landmark study found 93 per cent of blood samples taken from pregnant women … Continue reading →

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Obese mothers-to-be get a pill to prevent fat babies in NHS trial

Posted on May 11, 2011 by kwc

Source: Daily Mail Hundreds of mothers-to-be are being given drugs to stop them from having obese babies as part of a controversial NHS trial. The overweight women will take the diabetes pill, metformin, up to three times a day during … Continue reading →