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Breaking the stigma of postpartum mental health
Bringing a baby into the world is often portrayed as one of life's happiest moments. While this is true for many, it's also normal to feel overwhelmed during the postpartum period. Mental health conditions are the most common ...
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Reproductive health care faces legal and surveillance challenges post-Roe—new research offers guidance
Long before Roe v. Wade was overturned, reproductive justice advocates had been sounding the alarm about the increasing number of women subjected to criminal investigation for suspected abortion, stillbirth or miscarriage. ...
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Parental notification law in Colorado creates barriers for teens seeking abortion care
A new study led by researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has shed light on the burdens parental involvement laws impose on adolescents seeking abortion care, even in states like Colorado where ...
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Food assistance ensures healthy pregnancies, research shows
Food stamps and food banks can be key to healthy pregnancies.
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Emergency contraception pill could be an alternative to mifepristone for abortions, study suggests
A new study suggests that a pill used for emergency contraception could be repurposed at a higher dose as an abortion drug, providing a possible alternative to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in the most common type ...
Jan 24, 2025
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A therapeutic HPV vaccine could eliminate precancerous cervical lesions, clinical trial suggests
A therapeutic vaccine targeting human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) induced regression in high-grade precancerous cervical lesions, according to the results from a Phase II clinical trial published in Clinical Cancer Research.
Jan 24, 2025
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Immune cells found crucial in preventing pregnancy complications
Researchers at the University of Adelaide's Robinson Research Institute have uncovered a new critical role for the immune system in supporting healthy pregnancies.
Jan 23, 2025
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Whole-body deodorants: A solution to a non-existent problem
Step into any supermarket or pharmacy, and you'll find aisles brimming with products designed to make you smell "fresh," feel "clean," or somehow achieve a level of "purity" that no human body naturally possesses.
Jan 23, 2025
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Biased language common in birthing people's electronic health records, study says
Language that conveys stigma is common in clinicians' notes on laboring and birthing people, Columbia University School of Nursing researchers report this month in the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing ...
Jan 23, 2025
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Multiple sclerosis linked to higher risk of mental illness during and after pregnancy
People with multiple sclerosis (MS) face a significantly higher risk of perinatal mental illness compared to those with other chronic conditions, according to a new study analyzing over 890,000 births in Ontario.
Jan 22, 2025
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Why more twins are being born than ever before—even though birthrates are falling
Globally, mothers are having fewer children. Yet despite this latest observed decline in birth rates, the number of twins and triplets being born today is higher than ever before.
Jan 22, 2025
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Pre-pregnancy health initiatives overlook adolescents and young adults
Adolescents and young adults are being missed when it comes to pre-pregnancy health initiatives that could have a long-term impact on maternal, perinatal, and child health outcomes, according to a review by researchers from ...
Jan 22, 2025
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Trump-era HHS website makes term 'abortion' harder to find
Abortion information is disappearing from federal government websites, signaling potential changes in abortion under the second Trump administration.
Jan 22, 2025
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Health care for American women is lagging: Does England have the answers?
Women are being prescribed drugs that were never tested on women's bodies. Or when they experience uterine pain or migraine headaches, their concerns are sometimes downplayed by male doctors.
Jan 22, 2025
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How to reach people most in need of free period products
For many vulnerable Australians, period product insecurity—commonly known as period poverty—means resorting to makeshift solutions like using old clothes or towels, experiencing shame, and missing opportunities at school ...
Jan 22, 2025
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What's behind preterm birth? Scientists discover a molecular timer
A typical human pregnancy lasts 40 weeks, but most parents know this number is only a rough estimate. Babies are born on a seemingly unpredictable timeline, with a normal pregnancy ranging from 38 to 42 weeks. And 10% of ...
Jan 21, 2025
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Making way for a digital twin of the human placenta
Preeclampsia, intrauterine fetal growth restriction, and other "great obstetrical syndromes" have been linked to disordered placenta development, so understanding the structure and function of this vital organ is critical ...
Jan 21, 2025
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Research assesses how infertility treatments can affect family and work relationships
Infertility is a problem that affects between 8% and 12% of couples of reproductive age worldwide. For some of them, the problem interrupts a life project, which is the desire to have children and build a family. Advances ...
Jan 21, 2025
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She needed an abortion but Kentucky's ban prevented it: 'Somebody is going to die,' doctors warn
When Genevieve Postlethwait's water broke in her sleep one July morning, she knew something was wrong. At 17 weeks pregnant, it was too soon for this to be normal.
Jan 21, 2025
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Nurse home visits for first-time mothers target intimate partner violence to boost child health outcomes
Nurse home visiting programs have the potential to reduce intimate partner violence exposure and increase outcomes for young, first-time mothers and children experiencing disadvantages, a new Children's Health Policy Centre ...
Jan 20, 2025
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Fewer than 1% of US clinical drug trials enroll pregnant participants, study finds
A new study by researchers from the Brown University School of Public Health found that pregnant women are regularly excluded from clinical drug trials that test for safety, raising concerns for the efficacy of these medications ...
Jan 20, 2025
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Neuroimaging reveals 94% of gray matter in brains of mothers undergoes changes during pregnancy
A study led by the UAB has analyzed the brains of women during pregnancy for the first time using neuroimaging techniques. The study included non-pregnant mothers, whose partners were pregnant, to distinguish biological effects ...
Jan 17, 2025
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Having difficulty getting pregnant? Study shows air pollution may play a role
A study led by researchers at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health found that both maternal and paternal exposures to outdoor air pollution can negatively impact human embryo development in in vitro fertilization ...
Jan 17, 2025
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Drop in episiotomy not tied to increase in obstetric anal sphincter injury for most women
A significant overall reduction in the prevalence of episiotomy in France from 2010 to 2021 has not been followed by an overall increase in obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI), according to a study published online Jan. ...
Jan 17, 2025
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