Black women are at greater risk of maternal death in the UK—here's what needs to be done

by Ian James Kidd,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageBlack women arefour times more likelyto die while pregnant or just after childbirth than white women, according to the lat

Updated on: February 18,2024

Black women are at greater risk of maternal death in the UK—here's what needs to be done

by Ian James Kidd,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageBlack women arefour times more likelyto die while pregnant or just after childbirth than white women, according to the lat

Updated on:February 18,2024

US woman delivers baby from embryo frozen for 24 years

Credit: CC0 Public DomainAn American woman has given birth to a healthy baby girl from an embryo that was frozen a quarter century ago, in what hospital officials say may be a world record.The baby, n

Updated on: March 07,2024

US woman delivers baby from embryo frozen for 24 years

Credit: CC0 Public DomainAn American woman has given birth to a healthy baby girl from an embryo that was frozen a quarter century ago, in what hospital officials say may be a world record.The baby, n

Updated on:March 07,2024

Publication of ARRIVE trial linked to increase in 39-week induction

by Elana GotkineAn increase in 39-week induction rates and a decrease in cesarean delivery (CD) rates were seen following publication of A Randomized Trial of Induction vs. Expectant Management (ARRIV

Updated on: January 19,2024

Publication of ARRIVE trial linked to increase in 39-week induction

by Elana GotkineAn increase in 39-week induction rates and a decrease in cesarean delivery (CD) rates were seen following publication of A Randomized Trial of Induction vs. Expectant Management (ARRIV

Updated on:January 19,2024

New research provides fresh insights into egg usage, donation and disposal after egg freezing

byMonash UniversityDuration of cryostorage (years) by year at the time of thaw (2012 – 2021). Credit:Reproductive BioMedicine Online(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2023.103728New researc

Updated on: January 12,2024

New research provides fresh insights into egg usage, donation and disposal after egg freezing

byMonash UniversityDuration of cryostorage (years) by year at the time of thaw (2012 – 2021). Credit:Reproductive BioMedicine Online(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2023.103728New researc

Updated on:January 12,2024

Exercise found to reduce menopausal symptoms in cancer survivors

by University of QueenslandCredit: CC0 Public DomainPhysical activity can reduce the severity of early menopausal symptoms in women who have had cancer treatment, a University of Queensland study

Updated on: April 11,2024

Exercise found to reduce menopausal symptoms in cancer survivors

by University of QueenslandCredit: CC0 Public DomainPhysical activity can reduce the severity of early menopausal symptoms in women who have had cancer treatment, a University of Queensland study

Updated on:April 11,2024

Treating milder forms of pre-existing high blood pressure during pregnancy improves some outcomes

by American College of CardiologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainTreating even mildly elevated, or non-severe, blood pressure during pregnancy reduces the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and is unlik

Updated on: March 23,2024

Treating milder forms of pre-existing high blood pressure during pregnancy improves some outcomes

by American College of CardiologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainTreating even mildly elevated, or non-severe, blood pressure during pregnancy reduces the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and is unlik

Updated on:March 23,2024

How philosophy can help mothers avoid judgment, guilt and shame

by Fiona Woollard,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainParenting is tough: the lack of sleep, the baby that cries for hours for no reason, the toddler that has a tantrum for all too

Updated on: March 30,2024

How philosophy can help mothers avoid judgment, guilt and shame

by Fiona Woollard,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainParenting is tough: the lack of sleep, the baby that cries for hours for no reason, the toddler that has a tantrum for all too

Updated on:March 30,2024

Researchers: We won't get real equality until we price breast milk and treat breastfeeding as work

by Julie P. Smith, Catherine Pereira-Kotze and Karleen Gribble,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe Australian Women's Economic Equality Taskforce delivered a major report la

Updated on: January 16,2024

Researchers: We won't get real equality until we price breast milk and treat breastfeeding as work

by Julie P. Smith, Catherine Pereira-Kotze and Karleen Gribble,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe Australian Women's Economic Equality Taskforce delivered a major report la

Updated on:January 16,2024

ADHD and autism associated with in utero heavy metals and essential minerals

by Norwegian Institute of Public HealthCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainLevels of the heavy metals cadmium, lead, and arsenic and the essential mineral manganese, measured in maternal blood durin

Updated on: March 13,2024

ADHD and autism associated with in utero heavy metals and essential minerals

by Norwegian Institute of Public HealthCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainLevels of the heavy metals cadmium, lead, and arsenic and the essential mineral manganese, measured in maternal blood durin

Updated on:March 13,2024

Signs of fetal alcohol syndrome detected in womb

by Erik Robinson,Oregon Health & Science UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainNew images reveal the earliest impairments to nonhuman primate fetal brain development due to alcohol ingested by

Updated on: April 02,2024

Signs of fetal alcohol syndrome detected in womb

by Erik Robinson,Oregon Health & Science UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainNew images reveal the earliest impairments to nonhuman primate fetal brain development due to alcohol ingested by

Updated on:April 02,2024