«These results indicate that the higher autism risk may be due mainly to the large
numbers of multiple births and complications of pregnancy and delivery among children conceived with ART,» said Christine Fountain, assistant professor of sociology at Fordham University and affiliated researcher at Columbia University.
Recent history has also seen increasing
numbers of multiple births.
Charles Coddington, MD, President of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) remarked, «Physicians agree that we need to reduce
the numbers of multiple births resulting from assisted reproduction.
The high rise in
the number of multiple births was also caused by the use of ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) and fertility drugs, which help women conceive.
For example, in Canada between 1979 and 1999,
the number of multiple birth babies increased 35 %.
The number of multiple births has increased over the last decade.
The team therefore estimated the role of non-IVF technologies by subtracting the multiple births arising from IVF from the overall
number of multiple births, while also accounting for the impact of maternal age on birth plurality.
Since the advent of in vitro fertilization two decades ago, there has been an explosion in
the number of multiple births, particularly among women over 40.
Not exact matches
At present, there are
multiple shops in the cybercrime underground that sell everything one would need to steal someone's identity in the United States or apply for new lines
of credit in their name — including Social Security
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In the last 10 years, a large
number of twin and
multiple births are attributed to fertility treatments including fertility drugs and in vitro fertilization.
A research study conducted on 5502 women by Czeizel and associates suggested that supplementation
of 0.8 mg
of folic acid in pregnant mothers increase fertility (by increasing the total
number of live
births and
multiple gestations).
Randomisation was not stratified by singleton /
multiple birth, and small
numbers of women with
multiples were recruited.
While clomiphene is a first - line treatment used to induce ovulation in women with PCOS, it has downsides — namely that in a significant
number of women it does not lead to improved ovulation or live
births, and if it does induce ovulation, it frequently results in pregnancies with
multiples who face much higher negative outcomes including death.
While
multiple births from IVF are a direct result
of the
number of embryos that are fertilized and intentionally implanted, non-IVF therapies involve medications that stimulate ovulation and follicle growth in ways that can not be precisely predicted or controlled.
4/3/2008 UC San Diego Medical Center Expands Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to Address Rising
Numbers of Premature Babies and
Multiple Births On April 2, 2008, UC San Diego Medical Center - Hillcrest celebrated the opening
of an expanded Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) designed for the 24 - hour specialized care
of premature infants and newborns with complications.
At present, there are
multiple shops in the cybercrime underground that sell everything one would need to steal someone's identity in the United States or apply for new lines
of credit in their name — including Social Security
numbers, addresses, previous addresses, phone
numbers, dates
of birth, and in some cases full credit history.
Credit Monitoring monitors the credit file most closely identified with you based on
multiple identifying factors such as first, middle and last names, current and former addresses, Social Security
number and date
of birth.
Like the
multiple causes for diarrhea, there are any
number of causes for fading puppy:
birth defects, diseases, or stress in the environment.
These included characteristics on
multiple levels
of the child's biopsychosocial context: (1) child factors: race / ethnicity (white, black, Hispanic, and Asian / Pacific Islander / Alaska Native), age, gender, 9 - month Bayley Mental and Motor scores,
birth weight (normal, moderately low, or very low), parent - rated child health (fair / poor vs good / very good / excellent), and hours per week in child care; (2) parent factors: maternal age, paternal age, SES (an ECLS - B — derived variable that includes maternal and paternal education, employment status, and income), maternal marital status (married, never married, separated / divorced / widowed), maternal general health (fair / poor versus good / very good / excellent), maternal depression (assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale at 9 months and the World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview at 2 years), prenatal use
of tobacco and alcohol (any vs none), and violence against the mother; (3) household factors: single - parent household,
number of siblings (0, 1, 2, or 3 +), language spoken at home (English vs non-English), neighborhood good for raising kids (excellent / very good, good, or fair / poor), household urbanicity (urban city, urban county, or rural), and modified Home Observation for Measurement
of the Environment — Short Form (HOME - SF) score.