Study links air pollution to nearly 6 million preterm births around the world

by University of California, San FranciscoCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAir pollution likely contributed to almost 6 million premature births and almost 3 million underweight babies in 2019,

Updated on: May 10,2024

Study links air pollution to nearly 6 million preterm births around the world

by University of California, San FranciscoCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAir pollution likely contributed to almost 6 million premature births and almost 3 million underweight babies in 2019,

Updated on:May 10,2024

Study links high lipid levels in early pregnancy with congenital heart disease in children

by WileyCredit: CC0 Public DomainIn a study inActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, pregnant women with elevated blood levels of certain lipids—in particular, triglyceride, Apolipo

Updated on: June 11,2024

Study links high lipid levels in early pregnancy with congenital heart disease in children

by WileyCredit: CC0 Public DomainIn a study inActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, pregnant women with elevated blood levels of certain lipids—in particular, triglyceride, Apolipo

Updated on:June 11,2024

Slowdown on cesareans

by University of MinnesotaIllustration depicting Caesarean section. Credit: BruceBlaus/Wikipedia/CC BY 3.0Make no mistake: Cesarean deliveries are major surgery. They can save lives, but even so

Updated on: March 09,2024

Slowdown on cesareans

by University of MinnesotaIllustration depicting Caesarean section. Credit: BruceBlaus/Wikipedia/CC BY 3.0Make no mistake: Cesarean deliveries are major surgery. They can save lives, but even so

Updated on:March 09,2024

Genes, environment and schizophrenia—new study finds the placenta is the missing link

by Lieber Institute for Brain DevelopmentFetus in utero, between fifth and sixth months. Image credit: Wikipedia.Hiding in plain sight, new research shines a spotlight on the placenta's critical r

Updated on: March 07,2024

Genes, environment and schizophrenia—new study finds the placenta is the missing link

by Lieber Institute for Brain DevelopmentFetus in utero, between fifth and sixth months. Image credit: Wikipedia.Hiding in plain sight, new research shines a spotlight on the placenta's critical r

Updated on:March 07,2024

Globally, most pregnant women and mothers would get COVID-19 vaccine, vaccinate their children

by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthCredit: CC0 Public DomainMost pregnant women and mothers of children younger than 18 years old say they would receive a COVID-19 vaccine and vaccinate

Updated on: April 07,2024

Globally, most pregnant women and mothers would get COVID-19 vaccine, vaccinate their children

by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthCredit: CC0 Public DomainMost pregnant women and mothers of children younger than 18 years old say they would receive a COVID-19 vaccine and vaccinate

Updated on:April 07,2024

Surgeons fear pelvic mesh lawsuits will spook patients

by Gene JohnsonIn this Dec. 20, 2018, photo, Dr. Jeffrey Clemons, a pelvic reconstructive surgeon, poses for a photo in Tacoma, Wash., with a letter to state Attorney General Bob Ferguson that he help

Updated on: March 09,2024

Surgeons fear pelvic mesh lawsuits will spook patients

by Gene JohnsonIn this Dec. 20, 2018, photo, Dr. Jeffrey Clemons, a pelvic reconstructive surgeon, poses for a photo in Tacoma, Wash., with a letter to state Attorney General Bob Ferguson that he help

Updated on:March 09,2024

Malnutrition during pregnancy found to increase diabetes incidence

byComplexity Science Hub ViennaA) Age-specific incidence rates for patients aged between 50 and 100 for females and males in 2017. Birth years are shown on the second (top) x-axis. Results adjus

Updated on: January 19,2024

Malnutrition during pregnancy found to increase diabetes incidence

byComplexity Science Hub ViennaA) Age-specific incidence rates for patients aged between 50 and 100 for females and males in 2017. Birth years are shown on the second (top) x-axis. Results adjus

Updated on:January 19,2024

Conservative Texas judge weighs challenge to abortion pills

by SEAN MURPHY and MATTHEW PERRONEBoxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. A federal judge will hear arguments Wedne

Updated on: March 09,2024

Conservative Texas judge weighs challenge to abortion pills

by SEAN MURPHY and MATTHEW PERRONEBoxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. A federal judge will hear arguments Wedne

Updated on:March 09,2024

Study shows preventability of adverse fetal or neonatal outcomes

by Victoria University of WellingtonCredit: CC0 Public DomainA study led by a Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington researcher shows more than half of adverse fetal or neonatal outcom

Updated on: June 11,2024

Study shows preventability of adverse fetal or neonatal outcomes

by Victoria University of WellingtonCredit: CC0 Public DomainA study led by a Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington researcher shows more than half of adverse fetal or neonatal outcom

Updated on:June 11,2024

Neighborhoods most affected by racism and COVID-19 pandemic stressors at a greater risk for preterm births, study finds

by The Mount Sinai HospitalCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA new cohort study follows women through pregnancy and birth to study if a SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus that causes COVID-19, is as

Updated on: June 04,2024

Neighborhoods most affected by racism and COVID-19 pandemic stressors at a greater risk for preterm births, study finds

by The Mount Sinai HospitalCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA new cohort study follows women through pregnancy and birth to study if a SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus that causes COVID-19, is as

Updated on:June 04,2024