Peripartum cardiac insufficiency (PPCM) is a rare but life-threatening condition that can affect previously heart-healthy women a few weeks before or after the birth of a child. For unknown reasons, ...

The most common cardiovascular killer in maternal medicine is also among the most misdiagnosed. Peripartum cardiomyopathy ...

Collette* had me clutching my stomach as I doubled over in laughter. Her antenatal clinic visits were always dramatic. This particular day, she was trying to convince her husband to make time the ...

The serum cortisol, growth hormone, insulin like growth factor-1, thyroid function, and prolactin levels were all within the ... With this regime, and a regulated fluid intake of 2 L/day, her sodium ...

Because of inaccuracies in measuring individual antral fluid volumes, hormones were first calculated ... were replaced by the signal peptide-encoding sequence from the bovine prolactin gene, together ...

Prolactin is a polypeptide hormone whose major biological actions are related to normal lactation and reproduction. Abnormally high prolactin levels, referred to as hyperprolactinemia, can result ...

Serum concentrations of MEL, GN, testosterone (T) and prolactin (PRL) were determined at 30-min. intervals several hours prior to, during, and after MEL administration. Though serum MEL ...

Popular 80s singer P. Fluid, real name Peter Forrest, had been found dead aged 64. Forrest was found ‘lying in a pool of blood’ in the back of a private ambulette in New York today.

Amniotic fluid is the liquid that surrounds and cushions your baby in the womb. It protects your baby and helps in its development. When your "water breaks," amniotic fluid leaks out and signals ...

The major symptoms are swelling of the hands and feet, coarsened facial appearance, dentition problems, arthralgias, fluid retention, and excessive sweating. Acromegalic patients have an increased ...