(AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-06 16:58 UK small caps close up; 1st Dental Laboratories climb on offer approach (Interactive Investor)

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - UK smalls caps closed Wednesday's session higher, as the wider market reversed midday losses after Wall Street recovered its opening deficits, with 1st Dental Laboratories surging after receiving a cash approach.

Plague of the pregorexics: Women diet and work out at the cost of their baby (Daily Mail)

The woman next to me on the exercise bike was pedalling furiously, sweat running down her face. Cycling beside her my eyes were drawn to her hugely pregnant stomach.

Birth Control (New York Times)

Unveiled in 1960, the birth control pill revolutionized contraception . Yet despite an abundance of birth control options today, almost half the pregnancies in this country are unintended, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , more than in any other developed nation.

Epsom salts prevent fatal convulsions in pregnancy: study

Injections of an inexpensive drug can halve the risk of life-threatening convulsions in pregnant women with a high blood pressure condition, an international study has found.

Pregnancy complication could be sign of problems to come

As anyone who has been pregnant can attest, the nine months spent carrying a baby can feel like a marathon.

Pregnancy Complication Could be a Sign of Problems to Come

As anyone who has been pregnant can attest, the nine months spent carrying a baby can feel like a marathon.

Tests for predicting complications of pre-eclampsia: A protocol for systematic reviews

Pre-eclampsia is associated with several complications. Early prediction of complications and timely management is needed for clinical care of these patients to avert fetal and maternal mortality and morbidity.

Protherics PLC announces Research Update

CHESHIRE, UK, August 6 / MARKET WIRE/ -- Protherics PLC DEEP results in pre-eclampsia to be presented at leading conference London, UK; Brentwood, TN, US; 6 August 2008 - Protherics PLC , the international ...

Serum Screening with Down's Syndrome Markers to Predict Pre-eclampsia ...

Reliable antenatal identification of pre-eclampsia and small for gestational age is crucial to judicious allocation of monitoring resources and use of preventative treatment with the prospect of improving ...

Pre-eclampsia may be autoimmune disease

Biochemists at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston say they are the first to provide pre-clinical evidence that pregnancy-induced high blood pressure or pre-eclampsia may be an autoimmune disease.

Blocking hypertension in pregnant moms

Learning she was pregnant was wonderful news for Laquetta Turner. Several months into her pregnancy, Turner started feeling different.

Pre-Eclampsia In Mice Research Have Important Implications For Humans

In a new March of Dimes-funded study of pre-eclampsia, a serious and potentially deadly disorder that affects about 5 percent of pregnancies, researchers have found results in mice that may have important ...

Pre-Eclampsia May Be Autoimmune Disease

Main Category: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Also Included In: Hypertension ; Immune System / Vaccines ; Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 29 Jul 2008 - 2:00 PDT Biochemists at The University of Texas Medical ...