Systemic racism plays role in much higher maternal mortality rate among Black women

by American Society of AnesthesiologistsCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainBlack women have a 53% increased risk of dying in the hospital during childbirth, no matter their income level, type of insuran

Updated on: March 07,2024

Systemic racism plays role in much higher maternal mortality rate among Black women

by American Society of AnesthesiologistsCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainBlack women have a 53% increased risk of dying in the hospital during childbirth, no matter their income level, type of insuran

Updated on:March 07,2024

Researchers find risk of miscarriage increases with benzodiazepine use in pregnancy

by Elana GotkineAfter accounting for measurable confounders, the risk for miscarriage is increased in association with benzodiazepine use during pregnancy, according to a study published online Dec. 2

Updated on: January 12,2024

Researchers find risk of miscarriage increases with benzodiazepine use in pregnancy

by Elana GotkineAfter accounting for measurable confounders, the risk for miscarriage is increased in association with benzodiazepine use during pregnancy, according to a study published online Dec. 2

Updated on:January 12,2024

Health care system often fails people with disabilities who give birth in Ontario, finds research

by Alexa Battler,University of TorontoCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe day Alyssa told her doctor she was pregnant, the doctor looked at her wheelchair and asked if she had come to terminate

Updated on: June 07,2024

Health care system often fails people with disabilities who give birth in Ontario, finds research

by Alexa Battler,University of TorontoCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe day Alyssa told her doctor she was pregnant, the doctor looked at her wheelchair and asked if she had come to terminate

Updated on:June 07,2024

Study shows CBD use in pregnancy could impact the fetal brain

byCU Anschutz Medical CampusCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainResearchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that cannabidiol (CBD), often used to treat anxiety and

Updated on: January 19,2024

Study shows CBD use in pregnancy could impact the fetal brain

byCU Anschutz Medical CampusCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainResearchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that cannabidiol (CBD), often used to treat anxiety and

Updated on:January 19,2024

Malpractice lawsuits over denied abortion care may be on the horizon

by Harris Meyer, KFF Health NewsCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA year after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, many physicians and hospitals in the states that have restricted abortion reportedly are r

Updated on: February 18,2024

Malpractice lawsuits over denied abortion care may be on the horizon

by Harris Meyer, KFF Health NewsCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA year after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, many physicians and hospitals in the states that have restricted abortion reportedly are r

Updated on:February 18,2024

Study shows menstrual education in Spain still deficient and increases negative experiences of menstruation

by Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaThe main sources of information at the time of menarche compared to the decade in which the PWM was born. Only those who had reached menarche were asked this ques

Updated on: January 19,2024

Study shows menstrual education in Spain still deficient and increases negative experiences of menstruation

by Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaThe main sources of information at the time of menarche compared to the decade in which the PWM was born. Only those who had reached menarche were asked this ques

Updated on:January 19,2024

Midwifery linked to lower odds of birth complications for low-income women

by University of British ColumbiaUBC post-doctoral research fellow Daphne McRae and University of Saskatchewan professor Nazeem Muhajarine (left) study the benefits of midwifery care. Credit: Uni

Updated on: March 23,2024

Midwifery linked to lower odds of birth complications for low-income women

by University of British ColumbiaUBC post-doctoral research fellow Daphne McRae and University of Saskatchewan professor Nazeem Muhajarine (left) study the benefits of midwifery care. Credit: Uni

Updated on:March 23,2024

Sufficient preconception vitamin D tied to lower miscarriage risk

(HealthDay)—Preconception vitamin D levels may play a role in maintaining pregnancy, according to a study published recently inThe Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.Sunni Mumford, Ph.D., from

Updated on: April 16,2024

Sufficient preconception vitamin D tied to lower miscarriage risk

(HealthDay)—Preconception vitamin D levels may play a role in maintaining pregnancy, according to a study published recently inThe Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.Sunni Mumford, Ph.D., from

Updated on:April 16,2024

Placental group B strep tied to neonatal unit admission in infants born at term

by Elana GotkineDetection ofStreptococcus agalactiae(Group BStreptococcus; GBS) in the placenta is associated with an increased risk for neonatal unit (NNU) admission, according to a

Updated on: January 12,2024

Placental group B strep tied to neonatal unit admission in infants born at term

by Elana GotkineDetection ofStreptococcus agalactiae(Group BStreptococcus; GBS) in the placenta is associated with an increased risk for neonatal unit (NNU) admission, according to a

Updated on:January 12,2024

Mapping changes to metabolic pathways during pregnancy

by Bob Yirka , Medical XpressCredit:Cell(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.11.043A large team of ob-gyns, regenerative medicine and fetal development specialists and metabolic researchers in

Updated on: March 07,2024

Mapping changes to metabolic pathways during pregnancy

by Bob Yirka , Medical XpressCredit:Cell(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.11.043A large team of ob-gyns, regenerative medicine and fetal development specialists and metabolic researchers in

Updated on:March 07,2024