Health
Black children are more likely to have asthma. A lot comes down to where they live
Amid the balloons, cake and games at his best friend's birthday party on a farm, 5-year-old Carter Manson clutched his small chest.
May 23, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
New study examines treatment outcomes of pregnant women with cannabis use disorder
An estimated 4 to 7 percent of women use cannabis during pregnancy, and cannabis use disorder (CUD) among pregnant women is on the rise in the United States. Growing evidence suggests that cannabis use during pregnancy can ...
May 19, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
COVID pandemic may have heightened women's fears around pregnancy
Many American women fear childbirth, and the COVID-19 pandemic did not calm those feelings, new research shows.
May 17, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
An estimated 1 million stillbirths and newborn baby deaths could be prevented each year with low-cost solutions
Eight low-cost and easily implementable proven interventions for pregnant women in 81 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) could prevent an estimated 566,000 stillbirths and 5.2 million babies a year from being born preterm ...
May 8, 2023
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Pediatrics
Systematic review: Evictions haunt families, harm children's health
Harvard Medical School student Bruce Ramphal grew up in the bustle and blight of a five-story Bronx apartment building where, from an early age, he saw and heard about neighbors and friends losing their homes. Evictions were ...
May 3, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Highly educated Black women experience poorer maternal outcomes
Black mothers with a master's or doctorate degree experienced some of the worst birth outcomes, compared to Black mothers with less education and white mothers with the same or less education, according to a new study. The ...
Apr 28, 2023
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Health
Lower risk of severe illness and death in newborns of low-income immigrant than Canadian-born females
Newborns of non-refugee immigrant females are at overall lower risk of serious illness and death than those of Canadian-born females in low-income neighborhoods in Ontario, according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadian ...
Apr 17, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Notable birth cohort effects on the incidence trend of renal replacement therapy in Japan
A Japanese nationwide study revealed the risk of incident end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) initially rose in the early birth cohorts, peaked, and then declined in more recent birth ...
Apr 13, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Lesbian couples using assisted reproductive technology have better outcomes
Same-sex lesbian couples undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART) have more favorable or similar birth outcomes to heterosexual couples who conceive naturally or undergo ART to conceive, according to a study published ...
Apr 5, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Kenya introduced free maternal health services a decade ago—study show it's been a success, saving lives
Maternal and newborn deaths are a major public health problem in Kenya. In 2020 the maternal mortality ratio was 530 deaths per 100,000 live births. This is much higher than the global average of 223 maternal deaths per 100,000 ...
Mar 17, 2023
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