Membrane stripping to induce labor

A group of 91 pregnant women at term were studied randomly to see the effect of digital stripping of the membranes from the lower uterine segment upon the onset of labor. The women with unfavorable cervices (Bishop score 0 to 5) demonstrated a significant increase in the onset of labor within 48 hours as compared to controls. When the cervix was favorable (Bishop score 6 to 10), there was no significant effect. The overall success rate for induction of labor was not significantly altered (43.5% in membrane-stripped patients, 22.2% in controls). There were no major complications of the procedure.     

The effects of norgestrel on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism over one year

Carbohydrate and lipid metabolism were studied with the use of a three-hour oral glucose tolerance test in 71 women before and after one year of daily oral norgestrel, 0.075 mg., treatment. There was no significant change in weight or fasting plasma triglyceride and cholesterol levels. There was a significant elevation of both the blood glucose and plasma insulin levels after one year of treatment. This was true for both the fasting and the glucose-stimulated values. Whereas all of the individual glucose tolerance curves at the pretreatment control test were normal by selection, 15.5 per cent of the curves were borderline abnormal to abnormal at the one-year test. The significance of these metabolic alterations is discussed.     

The baroreceptor reflex and the cardiovascular changes associated with sustained muscular contraction in the cat

From dried infant foods stored under extreme conditions aroma compounds have been isolated analyzed by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. The results has been, that during the storage long chain aliphatic aldehydes are newly formed.--It is scarcely possible to attach the investigated chemical parameters (content of ascorbic acid, free amino acids and free fatty acids, hydroxymethylfurfural, pH-value) for the investigated products to a sensory impression.