BACKGROUND Several studies have shown a prolonged or increased susceptibility to malaria in the post-partum period. A matched cohort study was conducted to evaluate prospectively the susceptibility to malaria of post-partum women in an area where P.falciparum and P.vivax are prevalent. METHODS In an area of low seasonal malaria transmission on the Thai-Myanmar border pregnant women attending ...

Serotonin is known to regulate energy and calcium homeostasis in several mammalian species. The objective of this study was to determine if pre-partum infusions of 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), the immediate precursor to serotonin synthesis, could modulate energy homeostasis at the level of the hepatocyte in post-partum Holstein and Jersey dairy cows. Twelve multiparous Holstein cows and twelve ...

Post-partum haemorrhage is defined as being "excessive bleeding from any part of the genital tract after the birth of a child." Some authorities make a hair-splitting definition and describe intra-partum haemorrhage when excessive bleeding occurs before the placenta has been delivered, and confine the term post-partum haemorrhage to excessive bleeding after the completion of the third stage of ...

this study was conducted to investigate factors hindering the flow of breast milk, thus interfering with breast feeding during six weeks post delivery in women attending the health units associated with iran medical university in tehran (1993)   a total of 240 mothers were selected of whom 180 nursed their babies exclusively and 60 of them were giving addional helping formula.   based on the fi...