Miscarriage News Roundup 11.25.07

Judy Howard Peterson, an Illinois pastor who has lost seven babies to miscarriage, is speaking about infertility, miscarriage, grief, and hope in California.

Two recent stories in Indian newspapers have identified factors that contribute to miscarriage:

• A Wisconsin researcher has identified a bacteria that causes both heart disease and miscarriage
• And, shock of shocks, smoking can lead to miscarriage, though the mechanism is interesting -- apparently, smoking can lead to an increased risk of false positives on screening tests, resulting in an increased number of unnecessary amnios.