According to reports, J Lo’s mother has confirmed that her star daughter is expecting her first child with hubby Marc Anthony. But, Lopez hasn’t come out in open to either deny or confirm the stories. Talking about the number of reports on her pregnancy, that singer said that the media has made her a mum almost 30 times now. During her high-profile affair with actor Ben Affleck, the singer-actress had said that she wishes to bring up her kids on high-carb diet like the way she was brought up. You start thinking about your own food longings and how it would be helpful for them to eat more vegetable,” she then said. read more

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Most individuals living in areas of the world where malaria transmission is constant acquire clinical immunity by adulthood, however women becoming pregnant for the first time have shown increased susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum parasites that specifically target the placenta. What is now known as ‘pregnancy malaria’ can cause severe problems for both mother and child such as maternal anemia, low birth weight and increased neonatal and infant mortality rates, which are now averaging between 100,000 and 200,000 African newborns each year. Previous studies show that women build up antibodies to placental malaria through successive pregnancies, therefore raising hopes of developing a vaccine. Through whole-genome-expression analysis of parasites collected from Tanzanian women with pregnancy malaria researchers identified six genes significantly higher in both placental and peripheral parasites. A member of a variant group of genes previously linked to pregnancy malaria, as well as five genes of unknown functions, were identified. read more

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A Bellarmine University student who police say concealed her pregnancy was charged with murder after she allegedly gave birth to a baby girl in a toilet and then threw the body away. At some point late Tuesday, McCoy took the baby in the garbage bag to a trash room about 50 or 60 feet down the hall, Wilkerson said. Before police arrived, McCoy allegedly returned to the trash room, brought the baby back to her dorm room and put her in a gym bag to conceal the body. The Plainfield senior yearbook shows McCoy as a member of the Student Council, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the French Club, Spanish Club, Key Club, Octagon Club and other school activities. University President Joseph McGowan sent a campus-wide e-mail to students, faculty and staff yesterday afternoon that named McCoy and updated the charges police had filed. read more

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