Medical Notes: Week of February 26, 2017
Pregnancy and baby aspirin, obesity and education, toxic snow.
Pregnancy and Child Birth Sub-categories:
- Fertility (15)
- Fertility Rates (9)
- Miscarriage (7)
- Surrogacy (1)
- Teen Pregnancy (6)
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Experts explain how better prevention efforts for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder could greatly reduce a wide variety of social problems.
SCAD: The Under-the-Radar Heart Attack
Experts discuss heart attacks, known as SCAD, that are caused by arteries splitting open rather than blockages.
Egg Freezing
Freezing eggs in their 30's allows women to preserve fertility well into their 40's. Experts discuss the procedure and its uses.
The Psychology of Egg Donation (2016)
An author and journalist who has donated twice with vastly different results discusses the technology and what to look out for when approaching egg donation.
Zika Virus
Mosquito-transmitted Zika virus has arrived in Central and South America, and while most people are not affected by it, the virus has been linked to microcephaly, a severe birth defect. Experts discuss the virus, how it's transmitted, its spread to the US, and how to protect yourself from it.
Recharging Old Eggs
Infertility is often due to poor egg quality, or chromosomal damage. Some of this damage may occur in the egg's mitochondria, the cell's powerhouse. A new procedure seeks to replace mitochondria in old eggs with fresher mitochondria to improve egg quality. However, some doctors say there haven't been enough studies to know if the procedure is either safe or …
Maternal Mortality
The death rate surrounding pregnancy in the U.S. has been climbing to the point it compares with some third world countries rather than the western European nations we once compared to. Experts discuss possible reasons for the increase and one possible way to reverse it.
Multiple Births in IVF
More than five million children have been born as a result of in-vitro fertilization, but many are born as twins, triplets and even quadruplets. Experts discuss the challenges that result in multiple births and new technology that promises to reduce the number of multiples in IVF.
