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A link between breast changes and … UTIs? Mouse study finds these infections provoke a bodily response
Women's health is often talked about in terms of major, life-altering events like pregnancy and menopause. A new study from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) underscores the importance of considering everyday occurrences' ...
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Mexico emerges as a destination for Americans seeking reproductive health services—not for the first time
When its six-week abortion ban went into effect on May 1, 2024, Florida joined nearly two dozen other U.S. states that ban abortion or greatly restrict it.
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US maternal mortality returned to pre-pandemic level in 2022
The US maternal mortality rate in 2022 returned to the same level as two years prior, after a spike in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities announced Thursday.
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Smoking during pregnancy may raise odds of overweight children
New research has turned up another reason for women to avoid smoking during pregnancy. A recent study published in the journal Gut Microbes has found an association between mothers smoking during pregnancy and a higher risk ...
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Placental hormone spike in late pregnancy linked to postpartum depressive symptoms
A University of California, Irvine-led team has found evidence of a potential link between patterns of changes in a key pregnancy hormone—placental corticotropin-releasing hormone—and symptoms of postpartum depression.
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Government data shows US maternal deaths declined in 2022
The number of American women who died at or soon after childbirth declined significantly in 2022, the latest government data shows, but the rate is still higher than pre-pandemic levels.
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Women need better treatments for bacterial vaginosis: Researchers call for studies for a treatment already used in EU
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) affects about one-quarter of reproductive-age women and is linked to adverse health outcomes, such as increased HIV risk. Yet for decades, BV treatment in the United States has largely relied on antibiotics, ...
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Pregnancy-related deaths have fallen to pre-pandemic levels, new US data says
U.S. pregnancy-related deaths have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels, new government data suggests.
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Women without children are significantly more physically active than mothers, study finds
Mothers in Denmark are at a 24% higher risk of not getting enough exercise compared to women in the same age group who have not given birth.
May 1, 2024
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A new look at cancer treatments during pregnancy
For an OB-GYN, one of the worst-case scenarios runs like this: A woman comes in, overjoyed that she is finally pregnant after years of fertility treatments. Then a month later, she finds out she has cancer—news that is ...
May 1, 2024
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Early gestational diabetes treatment shown to reduce birth complications, health costs for those at higher risk
New research led by Western Sydney University has shown that treatment of gestational diabetes from early pregnancy can not only reduce birth complications among babies and mothers, but can also reduce health costs by up ...
Apr 30, 2024
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Quitting smoking during pregnancy may have a positive effect on placental weight
A new study from the University of Bergen and the University of Exeter shows that pregnant women who quit smoking may prevent an abnormal mismatch between the weight of the placenta and the growth of the fetus.
Apr 30, 2024
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One in four US women will have an abortion in their lifetime
As the battle over abortion continues to rage in the courts and American politics, a new report estimates that one in every four U.S. women will undergo the procedure during their lifetime.
Apr 30, 2024
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Q&A: Student develops website to help Canadians choose the right type of abortion
Deciding to have an abortion is a deeply personal choice, and so is what comes next: determining the type of abortion that's best for you.
Apr 30, 2024
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What Florida's new 6-week abortion ban means for the South, and traveling patients
A Tennessee mother, Monica Kelly, was around 13 weeks pregnant when, according to a lawsuit filed against the state of Tennessee, doctors gave her the devastating news that her baby had Patau syndrome.
Apr 30, 2024
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Cervical cancer vaccine roll-out shows efficacy in reducing cervical cancer and other HPV-related disease
With the creation of safe and efficacious vaccines to target human papillomavirus in the first decade of this century, WHO has an ambitious target to lower cervical cancer incidence (mostly caused by HPV) and mortality by ...
Apr 29, 2024
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Syphilis is increasingly displaying atypical, severe symptoms
Syphilis cases are on the rise in the United States, and doctors in Chicago say they are increasingly seeing cases that don't display typical symptoms, such as rash or skin ulcers.
Apr 29, 2024
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'I can't do another day': Research spotlights women's experiences of maternal suicide attempts
Researchers at King's College London conducted extensive interviews with women who attempted suicide during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth. They found three key themes in women's experiences that could help to identify ...
Apr 29, 2024
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Nutritional interventions for moderate- to late-preterm infants show no effect
Routine nutrition interventions to support moderate- to late-preterm infants until full nutrition with mother's breast milk does not impact outcomes, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Apr 29, 2024
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Antenatal corticosteroids do not negatively impact offspring, finds study
Administration of antenatal corticosteroids to persons at risk for late preterm delivery is not associated with adverse childhood neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 6 years or older, according to a study published online ...
Apr 29, 2024
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