OB/GYNs walk away from anti-abortion states
A brain drain is underway in states that banned or severely restricted abortion after the fall of Roe v Wade, a new study suggests.
Mar 13, 2025
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Health Care Activity: Prenatal Care
Medical news and research articles
Co-designed resources aim to reduce weight stigma in maternity care
Weight stigma is a commonly reported experience in maternity care that negatively impacts the health of mothers and their babies. Women who experience weight stigma commonly report symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress ...
Mar 11, 2025
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Babies born to teen mothers are smaller and weigh less than those born to adults, finds study
At a time when the number of teens having babies in the Mountain State remains higher than the national average, maternal and child health researchers at West Virginia University have found that these infants have a lower ...
Mar 10, 2025
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Maternity care spending: Study reveals racial and ethnic disparities
A new study appearing in JAMA Health Forum is the first to show that Black, Hispanic and Asian people with private insurance tend to pay more out-of-pocket for maternity care than white people.
Feb 28, 2025
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Research highlights AI's potential to help doctors detect congenital heart defects
Congenital heart defects (abnormalities of the heart that are present at birth) are the most common type of birth defect and, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1 in 4 babies born with a heart ...
Jan 31, 2025
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Experts raise concerns over maternity provision for pregnant women in UK prisons
Senior midwives and researchers with experience in criminal and social justice are among those calling for improved maternity provision for pregnant women in UK prisons.
Jan 15, 2025
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Study finds patients cared for by MedStar Health's Safe Babies Safe Moms program have better outcomes
Women who were cared for by the MedStar Health D.C. Safe Babies Safe Moms program (SBSM) had better outcomes in pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum, according to a study published in NEJM Catalyst . Additionally, the study ...
Jan 15, 2025
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More mobile clinics are bringing long-acting birth control to rural areas
Twice a month, a 40-foot-long truck transformed into a mobile clinic travels the Rio Grande Valley to provide rural Texans with women's health care, including birth control.
Oct 23, 2024
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Patients suffer when Indian Health Service doesn't pay for outside care
When the Indian Health Service can't provide medical care to Native Americans, the federal agency can refer them elsewhere. But each year, it rejects tens of thousands of requests to fund those appointments, forcing patients ...
Sep 10, 2024
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America is trying to fix its maternal mortality crisis with federal, state and local programs
At the site of a race massacre that reduced neighborhoods to ashes a century ago, where murals memorialize a once-thriving " Black Wall Street," one African American mother strives to keep others from dying as they try to ...
Sep 4, 2024
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