Permanent or not, stretch marks are an unpleasant yet inevitable side effect of pregnancy. While almost all expecting mothers get them, some are luckier than others and lose theirs faster, with little or no intervention. The rest of us, the genetically not-so-lucky lot, must do some extra work to minimize the appearance of stretch marks.
Trisomy 13 (Patau Syndrome)
A trisomy is a type of aneuploidy (chromosomal abnormality) in which the cells of the body contain an extra copy of a chromosome. While most aneuploidies result in miscarriage, fetal development can progress to live birth in the case of trisomy 21 (Down syndrome), trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome), trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome), and a few other, less common chromosomal abnormalities. Of the three most common trisomies, Patau syndrome is the rarest; it also has the most severe clinical presentation.
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Patau syndrome,
trisomy,
trisomy 13
Male Infertility No Longer a Taboo
Many of you had probably heard that June is the national male heath month, but did you know that male infertility is a leading cause in about one-third of infertility cases?
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infertility,
male infertility
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