Clues To Leading Cause Of Death During Childbirth Offered By Evolution

Unusual features of the human placenta may be the underlying cause of postpartum hemorrhage, the leading cause of maternal deaths during childbirth, according to evolutionary research at the University of Illinois at Chicago…

Keep Up Protein Intake, Dieting Postmenopausal Women Told

If you are a postmenopausal dieting woman and you do not want to lose muscle tone as you lose fat, you should keep up your protein intake, researchers from the University of Illinois wrote in the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences. Protein also helps stave off hunger pangs, they add. Ellen Evans explained that a weight-loss diet which is high in protein protects muscle mass…

Protein Preserves Muscle And Physical Function In Dieting Postmenopausal Women

Dieting postmenopausal women who want to avoid losing muscle as they lose fat should pay attention to a new University of Illinois study. Adding protein throughout the day not only holds hunger pangs at bay so that dieters lose more weight, it keeps body composition-the amount of fat relative to muscle-in better proportion…

Lesbian Moms Vulnerable When Abused, Reluctant To Seek Help

Lesbian moms who are experiencing intimate partner violence are often reluctant to seek help for fear of losing custody of their children, said two University of Illinois professors. “A lesbian mom’s abuse situation is unique in that she fears losing her kids to the biological father or the state instead of the abuser,” said Jennifer Hardesty, a U of I associate professor of family studies…

Microbiomes May Hold Key To Better Understanding Of Preterm Birth

A team of scientists from Mayo Clinic, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the J. Craig Venter Institute are leveraging a long-standing research relationship to apply results from the Human Microbiome Project to help identify microbial risk predictors for preterm birth…

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