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Thalidomide was introduced in 1953 as a tranquilizer, and was later marketed by the German pharmaceutical company Chemie Grünenthal under the trade name Contergan as a medication for anxiety, trouble sleeping, tension, and morning sickness. [3] [4] It was introduced as a sedative and medication for morning sickness without having been tested ...
Morning sickness, also called nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP), is a symptom of pregnancy that involves nausea or vomiting. [ 1 ] Despite the name, nausea or vomiting can occur at any time during the day. [ 2 ] Typically the symptoms occur between the 4th and 16th week of pregnancy. [ 2 ]
Thalidomide, sold under the brand names Contergan and Thalomid among others, is an oral medication used to treat a number of cancers (e.g., multiple myeloma), graft-versus-host disease, and many skin disorders (e.g., complications of leprosy such as skin lesions). [ 6 ][ 7 ] Thalidomide has been used to treat conditions associated with HIV ...
Expecting women know to anticipate morning sickness, a potentially debilitating side effect that plagues 80% of pregnant women. But scientists haven’t been sure as to why the misery occurs ...
This happened three times, with Ms Howden describing “a complete disconnect between my GP and the consultant”. She was eventually put on the right treatment at week 16 of her pregnancy.
Margie Profet. Margaret J. "Margie" Profet (born August 7, 1958) is an American evolutionary biologist with no formal biology training who created a decade-long controversy when she published her findings on the role of Darwinian evolution in menstruation, [1] allergies [2] and morning sickness. [3][4] She argued that these three processes had ...
Researchers found that a hormone exposed to pregnant women through the placenta — called GDF15 — is what triggers the nausea and vomiting, according to a study published in the journal Nature.
An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal infections, an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered an epidemic. [1]