http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Women with asthma have significantly higher odds for nearly all obstetric complications, according to a study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-obstetric-outcomes-women-asthma.html Health Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:00:01 EST news279891822 (HealthDay)—Chronic pain from childbirth is rare and biologic changes after a woman gives birth may prevent the development of pain after birth, according to two new studies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-hormone-aid-women-recovery-childbirth.html Medical research Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:00:02 EST news276455222 Collaboration between medical and anthropological expertise can solve complex clinical problems in today's multicultural women's healthcare, shows Pauline Binder, a medical anthropologist, who will present her thesis on 1 December at the Faculty of Medicine, Uppsala University, Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-anthropological-expertise-multicultural-women-health.html Health Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:13:43 EST news273320004 (HealthDay)—Women with cystic fibrosis (CF) can have successful pregnancies, according to research published online Nov. 12 in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-successful-pregnancy-outcomes-women-cystic.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:10:01 EST news272729084 In this week's PLOS Medicine, Sabine Gabrysch from the University of Heidelberg, Germany and colleagues draw upon a literature review, expert survey, and consensus method to recommend new signal functions to monitor and track facilities' provision of routine and emergency newborn care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-ways-quality-newborns.html Health Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:00:12 EST news272046514 A program delivering collaborative maternity care resulted in fewer cesarean deliveries, shorter average hospital stays and higher breast-feeding rates for mothers, according to a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-maternity-results-cesarean-sections-shorter.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:00:16 EST news266491414 (HealthDay) -- First-time mothers in their early 30s and beyond are more likely to experience psychological distress during pregnancy and after birth than younger women, but only if they have a history of depression, according to a study published online June 18 in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-older-mothers-prone-psychological-distress.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:31:32 EST news259947083 An analysis of the UK Obstetric Surveillance System published in this week's PLoS Medicine shows that uterine rupture—a serious complication of pregnancy in which the wall of the uterus (womb) tears during pregnancy or early labour—is rare but for women who have previously had a caesarean section, the risk of rupture increases with the number of previous caesarean deliveries, a short interval since the last caesarean section, and with induced labour. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-uterine-rupture-rare-uk-previous.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:00:05 EST news250875924 About 1000 women die each day in childbirth or from preventable complications related to pregnancy, humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-women-day-die-childbirth-msf.html Health Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:30:02 EST news250426718 (Medical Xpress) -- In rural Bangladesh, non-certified providers such as village doctors and untrained birth attendants are the first-line providers for women with severe obstetric complications, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Decisions on care-seeking for obstetric emergencies were largely made by husbands and in-laws. The study, published in the January 3 edition of BioMed Central Pregnancy and Childbirth, analyzed the factors associated with health care decision making during obstetric emergencies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-non-certified-bangladesh.html Health Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:49:16 EST news246606545