The Claim: Fetal Heart Rate Can Predict the Babyâs Sex
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Is there any connection between a unborn babyâs gender and the rate of the fetal heartbeat?
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A collection of genes involved in early development may help explain why black babies are more at risk of sudden infant death syndrome than other US groups, researchers said on ...
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Jay Kallio knew at age 4. For Justine Nicholas, the revelation came in kindergarten. Nature had dealt them a confusing anatomy. The genders they were assigned at birth were all wrong.
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Should women who seek abortions be  required to hear about possible fetal pain?
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Researchers are discovering that major illnesses like heart disease and lung cancer are influenced by gender and that perhaps treatments for women ought to be slightly different than for men.
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US researchers say they have developed a more accurate way of predicting heart disease risks in women.
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By Hannah Duguid reports AT 16 weeks pregnant, Isobel Lockwood had an ultrasound and was told she was carrying a baby girl. Soon afterwards, DNA taken from the foetus during an amniocentesis showed it was a boy.
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Blood from a baby's umbilical cord could help doctors predict which children will suffer from allergies and asthma later in their lives, British and American scientists said on Thursday.
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Women evolved curvier spines than men to stop them wobbling under the weight of pregnancy, say researchers.
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Children who do not conform to gender norms are being supported in their choice by parents and doctors.
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High levels of testosterone in foetuses are linked to a higher chance of developing autistic traits, scientists say.
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"Our results show that females who had a male cotwin have reduced fitness compared to those who had a female cotwin, but the success of males is unaffected by the sex of their cotwin"  Women who have a male twin are less likely to marry and have children, perhaps because of being exposed to their brother's testosterone for nine months in the womb, researchers reported on Monday. via Reuters
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Doctors may be able to predict which women are at high risk of miscarriage, say researchers.
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NEW YORK  - Treating high-risk pregnant women with a progesterone hormone during the second and third trimester to prevent preterm birth seems to be safe for the fetus, according to a report in Obstetrics & Gynecology.
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Boys who were repeatedly exposed to cocaine while in their mother's womb are more likely than girls or non-exposed children to be hyperactive or have other problem behaviors at six or seven years of age, new study findings show.
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Measuring oxygen levels in the blood of a fetus during labor with tiny sensors manufactured by medical device maker Nellcor does little to prevent complications or Caesarean sections, a study said.
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A simple urine test during pregnancy could someday predict which women are likely to develop dangerously high blood pressure called pre-eclampsia, a condition that kills hundreds of mothers-to-be each year in the United States and leads to 15 percent of all premature births, researchers say.