Pregnancy outcomes are under the influence of maternal characteristics and environmental factors, diet being most important. The benefits Mediterranean on all health indicators, including pregnancy, well documented, placing at top world’s healthiest diets. aim was to investigate whether pregnant women living in part Croatia have better pregnancy comparison continental region. Observational long...

We carried out a descriptive analysis on the pregnancy outcome in 313 pregnant women abused, 160 non-abused). Abuse was statistically significantly correlated with mean weight gain during pregnancy, mean frequency of the prenatal care, prolonged labour (dystocia), premature rupture of membrane, low mean birth weight and mean gestational age at birth. Given the high likelihood that a woman will ...

human fasciolosis is deemed as an emerging/re-emerging infection, hence making it an important human parasitic disease. in contrast to northern parts of iran, human cases of fasciolosis in southern iran are rare and sporadic. we report a sporadic case of fasciolosis in southern iran (fars province) who presented with prolonged fever. our report could suggest that there might be new foci emergin...

INTRODUCTION The impact of previous pregnancy outcome on future fertility in Nigeria has not been appreciated, hence the continued neglect of the adoption of safe motherhood measures in this sub-region. The objective of this study was to compare the past pregnancy outcomes among fertile and infertile patients in a Nigerian population. METHODS An institutional-based comparative case-controlled...

BACKGROUND There are no data on the metabolic consequences of post-term birth (≥42 weeks gestation). We hypothesized that post-term birth would adversely affect insulin sensitivity, as well as other metabolic parameters and body composition in childhood. METHODS 77 healthy pre-pubertal children, born appropriate-for-gestational-age were studied in Auckland, New Zealand: 36 born post-term (18 ...

BACKGROUND The use of low-molecular-weight heparins (LMWHs) during pregnancy is increasing. In vitro studies and small clinical studies support the hypothesis that LMWH treatment during pregnancy may reduce duration of labor. The aim of this study was to investigate if use of LMWH is associated with a reduced risk of diagnosis of prolonged labor, after taking maternal, fetal and other delivery ...