The Miscarriage Clinic

Obese fetus? Let mom pop a pill, doc says

admin — Thu, 26 May 2011 13:08:25 +0000

Trial gives overweight moms-to-be diabetes drug to slim their unborn babies

A British doctor is hoping to battle obesity in babies still in the womb by giving their heavy mothers pills to prevent more weight gain.

Dr. Hassan Shehata wants to keep potentially pudgy babies from tipping the scales too high at birth, which can expose them — and their moms — to serious complications and lifelong problems.

Click Here to read the full story from MSNBC

Dr Shehata is proud to announce his new referenced journal publications

admin — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:14:20 +0000

Dr Shehata is proud to announce his new referenced journal publications.

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MIC-1 – possible new hope for miscarriage sufferers?

admin — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:14:09 +0000

There has been recently some media attention regarding a new discovery in the field of miscarriages. MIC-1 link with miscarriages and preterm labour has been known since the year 2000. Here is some information which you may find helpful.

Definition of MIC-1

MIC-1: Macrophage inhibitory cytokine 1. A divergent member of the transforming growth factor beta superfamily. MIC-1 is produced in the placenta. There are detectable levels of MIC-1 in the blood of the mother during pregnancy. Low levels of MIC-1 in maternal serum are predictive for an elevated risk of early pregnancy loss. Also known as placental bone morphogenetic protein and placental BMP.

A recent study by an Austaralian group (Tong S, Marjono B, Brown DA, Mulvey S, Breit SN, Manuelpillai U, Wallace EM.) in the Lancet 2004 Jan 10;363(9403):129-30, title (Serum concentrations of macrophage inhibitory cytokine 1 (MIC-1) as a predictor of miscarriage.) showed MIC 1 to have immunomodulatory actions favouring fetal viability. They measured serum concentrations of MIC-1 in asymptomatic women at 6-13 weeks’ gestation who subsequently miscarried or who had already miscarried. MIC-1 concentrations in the miscarriage cohort (n=100), were a third of those who had ongoing pregnancies (n=197). Multiples of the median for miscarriage was 0.32 (95% CI 0.23-0.32) versus 1.00 (0.93-1.06) for ongoing pregnancies; p<0.0001. Concentrations were just as low 3 weeks before diagnosis as on the day of diagnosis. That MIC 1 serum concentrations seem to be low weeks before miscarriage suggests possible predictive and causative roles, as well as therapeutic potential.

Its our opinion that MIC-1 is a good predictive marker for miscarriage but does not, at least at this stage, tell us much about how to prevent or treat a miscarriage.

“My perfect little girl is here at last” Angie Baker in Grazia Magazine

admin — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:39:16 +0000

Angie Baker hit the headlines recently after giving birth to a baby girl after 18 miscarriages. Here, Angie, 33 – who suffers from a condition that affects 15 percent of women – speaks exclusively to Grazia.

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