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Gestation Period and Gestational Age Summary
439 words, approx. 2 pages
Gestation Period and Gestational Age The period that the fetus develops from conception to birth. The human gestation period—the period of time between conception and labor—is approximately forty weeks (280 days), measured from the first...
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Gestation : Biological Psychology
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(from Latin, gestare: to carry) Gestate is a verb that indicates the carrying in the UTERUS of a FOETUS and EMBRYO; GESTATION is a noun that describes the process of gestating; the gestation period is the length of time between conception and birth (a...
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Gestation : Environmental Health Terms
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The period of time from conception to birth in a normal...
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Gestation Information
373 words, approx. 1 pages
Gestation is the carrying of an embryo or fetus inside a female viviparous animal. Mammals during pregnancy can have one or more gestations at the same time (multiple gestations). According to the National Center for Health and Statistics there were...


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Family Practice News
Gestational factors exert additive effects.
08/15/2006: 380 words, approx. 1 pages
Lisbon -- Women who develop both gestational hypertension and gestational diabetes during pregnancy are more likely to have adverse outcomes, according to a review of more than 14,000 women. The risk from a coincidence of both disorders was higher than the risk...
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International Journal of Childbirth Education
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
12/01/2003: 851 words, approx. 3 pages
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic condition where the body is unable to adequately metabolize carbohydrates. DM can be further classified as Type I and Type II diabetes mellitus. Type I DM is insulin-dependent and generally has an earlier onset before age forty, while...
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AP Features
Smithfield Foods to phase out gestation stalls for pigs, use group pens instead
1/25/2007: 763 words, approx. 3 pages
Pork processor Smithfield Foods Inc. said Thursday it will phase out gestation stalls or crates at all 187 sow farms it owns in eight states and replace them with "more animal-friendly" group housing pens over the next decade.Smithfield's sows, which the company says grow to...
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Study renews debate over sows in crates
5/11/2007: 619 words, approx. 2 pages
A new study is raising questions about the effectiveness of small, metal crates for pregnant pigs that animal welfare groups say are cruel and inhumane.Researchers from Iowa State University found that allowing pregnant pigs to move freely in group housing structures called hoop barns could...
 


 

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