In Arkansas, state health officials announced a stunning statistic for 2023: The total number of abortions in the state, where some 1.5 million women live, was zero.
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Opioid use during pregnancy—whether of highly addictive drugs like fentanyl or controlled opioids like buprenorphine—doubles the risk of preterm birth. A new Yale study reveals that inflammation may be the culprit.
Feb 18, 2025
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In a world first, researchers from Flinders University have applied advanced gene editing to explore how an enzyme, made famous in the COVID-19 pandemic, plays a pivotal role in the healthy development of the placenta during ...
Feb 18, 2025
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Despite similar availability of diagnostic technologies to women of different racial and ethnic groups, significant disparities were seen in who actually received same-day diagnostic services and biopsies after abnormal mammogram ...
Feb 18, 2025
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers analyzed the effects of abortion bans in the U.S., identifying increases in both birth rates and infant mortality in states that implemented complete or six-week ...
Menstruation, or a period, is the bleeding that occurs about monthly in healthy people born with a uterus, from puberty to menopause. This happens when the endometrium, the tissue that lines the inside of the uterus, is shed.
Feb 17, 2025
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Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered how proteins expressed in umbilical cord blood at birth evolve during gestational development and could serve as biomarkers to inform new precision care strategies for infants ...
Feb 17, 2025
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Childbirth is often described as one of life's most profound experiences, but for many, it can be fraught with anxiety, pain and trauma.
Feb 17, 2025
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Poor regulation and lack of transparency in Africa's fertility industry leave sperm donors and recipients vulnerable to exploitation and unethical practices, including relatives unwittingly having children together, fertility ...
Feb 17, 2025
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In the first 18 months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, most states with abortion bans saw a rise in infant deaths, new research reveals.
Feb 15, 2025
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