abstract background: pregnancy is associated with many physiological changes, which in some cases may cause serious risks such as preeclampsia, and fetal and maternal health threats. recent research has focused on the relationship between metabolic syndrome and preeclampsia. by identifying appropriate indicators for early diagnosis, maternal–fetal complications can be prevented. the present stu...

BACKGROUND Early environmental risk factors associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been increasingly suggested. Our study investigates the maternal, pregnancy, and newborn risk factors by gender for children prescribed stimulant medication for treatment of ADHD in Western Australia. METHODS This is a population-based, record linkage case-control study. The record...

objective: to assess the relationship between maternal uti during pregnancy and neonatal uti. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study included eighty neonates referred to ali-e-asghar hospital, tehran, iran, in 2011. the participants were divided into the study (with diagnosis of uti; n = 40) and the control (without this type of infection; n = 40) groups. the mothers were asked about...

the age of 40 is reduced compared with the peak reproductive years, a small number of women continue to be fertile even into their early 50s. Women over 40 have a higher risk than younger women of having fetal abnormalities as well as pregnancy-related complications. At least one in four pregnancies in women older than 40 ends in abortion. Anecdotally, women may underestimate their fertility an...

the present work was carried out to study the variation in biochemical properties of cervico-vaginal mucus of pregnant and non pregnant animals which could help to design suitable tool in future for early pregnancy diagnosis in buffaloes. cervico-vaginal mucus samples were obtained from 30 buffaloes (12 pregnant and 18 non pregnant) and some biochemical parameters were compared. means of ph, so...