Child's early life decides its health in future

Child's early life decides its health in future London: The first thousand days of a child's life are of paramount importance, for they determine what sort of health condition the baby will have in lateral life, a British study has suggested. According to a growing body of research, what happens during this period - the nine months in the womb and the first two years out of it - shapes a child's chances of everything from developing diabetes...
12:25 PM, Aug 18, 2011

Scan spots womb cancer before symptoms show up

Scan spots womb cancer before symptoms show up London: A test that can detect womb cancer in women months or even years before any symptoms show up has been developed. The ultrasound scan can pick up the first signs of tumours in patients who feel perfectly healthy. A study of 96 women found this method was 80 percent effective in picking up womb cancer before sufferers had any symptoms, such as bleeding, reports the journal Lancet Oncology. Researchers...
04:17 PM, Dec 13, 2010
Scientists close to tracing autism in pre-natal stage

Scientists close to tracing autism in pre-natal stage

Certain autistic kids have an extraordinary grasp of facts. ...
02:54 PM, Jan 30, 2009

An artist in The Golden Womb

An artist in The Golden Womb Artist Seema Kohli says the concept of the Hiranyagrabha or the ‘golden womb’ is her source of inspiration. ...
08:20 AM, Apr 03, 2007

US doctors plan 1st womb transplant

US doctors plan 1st womb transplant Doctors are screening women who would have a chance to bear children so that they can carry out womb transplant. ...
11:48 AM, Jan 16, 2007

Womb transplant may be a reality one day

Womb transplant may be a reality one day Organ donors supplying human wombs for transplantation can now also treat infertility, says study. ...
06:11 PM, Jan 09, 2007

Triplets for woman with two wombs

Triplets for woman with two wombs Hannah Kersey gave birth to the girls - two identical twins delivered from one womb and a single baby from the other. ...
08:36 AM, Dec 23, 2006

Not rite: women trampled, crushed

Not rite: women trampled, crushed Deep inside a district in Chattisgarh, men crush prostrate women as part a fertility ritual. ...
12:34 AM, Dec 12, 2006

Repair your heart before you are born

Repair your heart before you are born Scientists have grown human heart valves using stem cells from the fluid that cushions babies in the womb. ...
06:40 PM, Nov 16, 2006
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