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NameLab With Tools for Choosing Baby Names Featured on Popular Parenting Site Boston, MA (PRWEB) March 1, 2011 Pregnancy is an exciting time for new moms- and dads-to-be, but it can also be confusing as the expectant mother sees changes in her body and needs to make decisions about everything - from what to eat to how to outfit a nursery. The popular parenting site FamilyEducation.com is jam-packed with tools, including a pregnancy timeline that allows pregnant women to track their...

Pregnant women whose sisters had condition are 17 times more likely to have itApproximately 60,000 pregnant women are hospitalized each year due to hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), an extreme form of nausea and vomiting that endangers their lives and often forces them to reluctantly terminate their pregnancies.And for women with sisters, mothers and grandmothers on either side of the family who have experienced extreme morning sickness during pregnancy, the risk of HG may be heightened, according...

To view the B-Roll Video, please enter the following address in your web browser. http://cnw.pathfireondemand.com/viewpackage.action?packageid=387 MONTREAL, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ - In the latest issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a group of American and Canadian researchers report on the effectiveness of Diclectin(R) (the delayed-release formulation of doxylamine and vitamin B6) for morning sickness. Morning sickness affects up to 80% of pregnant women, and many...

There are currently no reliably safe and effective treatments for morning sickness, according to Cochrane researchers who conducted a systematic review of the available evidence. There was very limited evidence for all pharmaceutical and alternative medicines tested.Morning sickness is the term used to describe vomiting and feelings of nausea in pregnant women. Symptoms can in fact occur at any time of the day and affect more than half of all women in the early stages of pregnancy. Due to...

Norwegian researchers say that pregnant women are three times more likely to suffer from severe morning sickness if their mothers did. About 2 percent of women suffer from excessive nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, which can require hospital treatment. However, a study of 2.3 million births showed threefold higher numbers if mothers had moms that suffered the same condition. Experts said the results might help women better understand their risk. Hyperemesis is an excessive sickness that...

A British man Sunday said he will protest the government's refusal to compensate victims of the drug Thalidomide, administered to their mothers while pregnant. Gary Skyner, 49, of Liverpool, England, who was born with limb deformities because his mother was prescribed the anti-morning sickness drug, plans to begin a hunger strike in eight days, The Sunday Times of London reported. Skyner said the government refuses to provide additional compensation in addition to the annual compensation...

Researchers in Israel have shown that the anti-nausea drug metoclopramide does no obvious harm to the fetus in pregnant women. This discovery may lead more doctors to prescribe the drug for those women suffering from morning sickness, The Associated Press reported.As of now, there are no approved drugs in the U.S. for morning sickness, which many women experience during the first three months of pregnancy "” even all day for some. Up to 80 percent of pregnant women have at least one episode...

Thalidomide victims once snubbed by the German government are being offered compensation for birth defects caused by the drug, officials say. The German family ministry has announced it will temporarily waive a 26-year-old ban on considering thalidomide relief claims from foreign countries until the end of 2010, thus enabling victims from around the world to collect damages on the drug formerly made by the German company Grunenthal, The Sunday Times of London reported. Germany since 1983 has...

Thalidomide victims in Britain say the government is denying them financial aid as they age and their health worsens. It's estimated more than 450 people whose mothers took thalidomide during pregnancy are nearing 50 and suffering physical breakdowns, The Sunday Times of London reported. Thousands of British mothers were prescribed thalidomide as a cure for morning sickness, and gave birth to babies who then died or grew up with drastically stunted arms and fingers and no shoulder joints....

By Marisa Duffy TO SPRAY or not to spray? Last week pregnant women were lumbered with another piece of research to weigh up. This time it concerned the use of perfume and scented lotion which has been linked to male infertility in rats. It comes hot on the heels of a steady stream of conflicting dos and don'ts for expectant mums. Annette Briley, a research midwife with Tommy's, a charity that provides expectant parents with information on pregnancy, was sceptical about the dangers of...