From the BBC: Article about a possible gene which may be linked with pre-eclampsia women - bringing with it the possibility of better diagnostics and treatment:

Pre-eclampsia accounts for 15% of all premature deliveries in the UK.

This is because the only way to completely cure pre-eclampsia is to deliver the baby. Left untreated, the condition can lead to convulsions, kidney failure and serious liver problems.

The researchers from Harvard Medical School looked at proteins which may be involved in pre-eclampsia by affecting the level of oxygen delivered to the placenta.

They settled on COMT (catechol-O-methyltransferase), an enzyme involved in the development of new blood vessels and a protein it produces called 2-methoxyoestradiol (2-ME).

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Global Voices, a non-profit global citizens’ media project founded at
Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, is seeking
to hire a Public Health Editor.

The Public Health Editor will be responsible for writing
weekly articles which cover the latest discussions and topics related
to public health and human rights in the developing world from citizen
media like blogs, podcasts, and video-blogs. S/he will work closely
with the rest of the Global Voices editorial staff(managing, regional
and language editors), and will also be expected to attend regular
online editorial meetings.

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The www.mother-child.org website has just undergone an extensive revision in an effort to provide a clear, concise image of our basic premises and purpose. We believe that these revisions will improve your access to the site’s facilities thereby helping you to achieve your objectives in research. So it’s a good time for us to question our own motives and methods in developing and promoting this website.

Specifically, we need your responses to the following questions:

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Son grandes los aportes que el médico obstetra o pediatra puede realizar a los padres al nacer un hijo.

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It is an invitation to join us at The Fifith Congress of Arab Neonatology Forum that will be hold at Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain. Please Follow this link
www.anfconference.com

GLOBAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP AWARDS: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

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We are excited to announce the forthcoming book Celebrating Mothers: Global Portraits to Inform and Inspire—the first book to feature mothers who are making the world a better place for women and ch

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In September 2007, we will conduct the first of what we hope will be a series of distance learning workshops on topics of importance to all young scientists.

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Arsenic contamination of the drinking water used by millions of people in Asia and elsewhere in the Developing World presents a major potential public health crisis.

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