Researchers at Columbia University have found that accidental drug overdose, homicide, and suicide are the leading causes of death among pregnant and postpartum women. The researchers used information on death certificates ...
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Even in the best-case scenario, when fertility clinics transfer chromosomally normal embryos into a would-be mother's uterus, the procedure only leads to a live birth half of the time. Some embryo transfers result in a pregnancy, ...
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Hormone declines during menopause can cause genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM), a cluster of vulvovaginal and urinary symptoms that can significantly impair a woman's quality of life. Local estrogen therapy is effective ...
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Pregnant patients who stopped taking their antidepressant medication during pregnancy were almost twice as likely to experience a mental health emergency compared with pregnant patients who continued taking their prescription, ...
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The mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is not associated with autism or other neurodevelopmental problems in children whose mothers received the vaccine immediately before or during pregnancy, according to new research presented today ...
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First-time mothers who were randomized to receive a smartphone app called Baby2Home for the first year after giving birth reported significantly fewer symptoms of stress, depression, and anxiety, as well as better overall ...
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Prescribing daily aspirin at the first prenatal visit to all pregnant patients was associated with an overall reduction in the development of severe preeclampsia, according to new research presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal ...
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A prior abortion or miscarriage was not linked with an increased risk of developing pre- or postmenopausal breast cancer in a study published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica.
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Maternal diabetes (type 1 diabetes mellitus [T1DM], type 2 diabetes mellitus [T2DM], and gestational diabetes mellitus [GDM]) is associated with an increased risk for epilepsy in offspring, according to a study published ...
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Many married women in sub-Saharan Africa don't have the freedom to make decisions about their sexual and reproductive health. Global data show that only 37% of women in the region aged 15–49 can make their own informed ...
Feb 10, 2026
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