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Extracting vitalities: Cuts in Indigenous women's bodies‐territories (Brazil)

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I explore the connections between the medicalization of childbirth and environmental devastation through Guarani‐Mbyá understandings of life and the living. I argue that the cuts made to Guarani‐Mbyá women's vaginas (episiotomies) in Brazilian hospitals are experienced and situated on the same cosmopolitical level as the cuts ...
Maria Paula Prates
wiley   +1 more source

Placenta-derived extracellular vesicles in fetal health: emerging insights into brain development and environmental interactions. [PDF]

Exp Mol Med
Lewis E, Lee SJ, Park HR.
europepmc   +1 more source

Role of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) in feto-placental and maternal circulation

, 2002
Andrei D. Polyanin, I. Ju. Kogan
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Steroid Hormones Are Potent and Putatively Endogenous Activators of Human Bitter Taste Receptors

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, EarlyView.
Human bitter taste receptors are not only involved in sensing tastants within the oral cavity but also play crucial roles in internal tissues of the body. The current report identifies numerous structurally and functionally diverse steroid hormones as activators of the two human bitter taste receptors, TAS2R14 and TAS2R46.
Tatjana Lang, Francesco Ferri, Florian Ziegler, Antonella Di Pizio, Maik Behrens   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The protective effect of maternal electroacupuncture on prenatal nicotine exposure-induced intrauterine growth restriction in rats by improving placental angiogenesis. [PDF]

Chin Med
Liu X, Ji B, Liu Y, Liu L, Fang Y, Guo S, Zhang L, Guo T, Sakurai R, Rehan VK.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Double‐Edged Sword of Gestational Insulin Resistance: Navigating Maternal Adaptation and Its Risks for Pregnancy and Offspring Health

Obesity Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although much research focuses on the effects of hyperglycemia during pregnancy on maternal and offspring health, this narrative review specifically centers on the role of insulin resistance (IR) in pregnancy complications and offspring long‐term health.
Runyu Du, Fei Wang, Ling Li, Qiuyue Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Stillbirth in Iceland 1996-2021: Incidence and etiology. [PDF]

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand
Bjarnadottir RI, Steffensen T, Smarason AK, Pettersson K, Papadogiannakis N, Einarsdottir K, Gunnarsdottir J.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Review of the Effects of Maternal and Paternal Obesity on Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Related Neurobiology in Rodent and Human Offspring

Obesity Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Obesity is one of the most prevalent health problems worldwide, and global obesity rates continue to rise. Consequently, rates of obesity in expecting mothers and fathers have also increased. The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) hypothesis postulates that early‐life exposure to adverse environmental conditions contributes to
Hannah Chadwick, Victorio Bambini Junior, Neil Dawson, Cheryl A. Hawkes   +3 more
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Fetal Hepatic Circulation: From Vascular Physiology to Doppler Assessment. [PDF]

Diagnostics (Basel)
Gil-Santos I, Guedes-Martins L.
europepmc   +1 more source