Cardiology
Even slightly elevated blood pressure early in pregnancy a bad sign
Even a small increase in blood pressure during your first trimester could spell bigger trouble later in your pregnancy, new research suggests.
Jun 27, 2019
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Large headed women found to have pelvis shape to allow for delivery of large headed babies
(MedicalXpress)—A pair of researchers, one with the University of Oslo, in Norway, the other with the University of Vienna in Austria, has found that women with large heads tend to have birth canals that are shaped differently ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
The common women's health problem we don't talk about
As a sociologist and feminist researcher, Dr. Alice Beban is interested in the everyday inequalities in women's lives and has found that issues affecting women have often been silenced, trivialized or ignored—something ...
Mar 5, 2021
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What is normal vaginal discharge and what's not?
V-juice, vovey-goo, vu-dew… there are many ways to describe the natural fluid that comes out of the vagina. It varies in consistency, texture, smell, taste and volume in the same woman from day to day, week to week, month ...
Oct 11, 2016
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Wearable technology could help pregnant women detect health complications, improve outcomes
Pregnant women could use a "wearable" app to detect whether they have or are susceptible to a condition that leads to serious health complications for them or their unborn child.
Sep 27, 2018
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Urinary incontinence a common issue for older women, but treatments can help
Nearly 1 in 2 women over the age of 50 deal with the indignities of urinary incontinence, but experts say no one has to suffer in silence.
Feb 22, 2021
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Infants who die unexpectedly in the first week might have different risk factors than those who die in the first month
While a sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) is rare in the first month of life, a new Rutgers study has found that those occurring in the first week, an even rarer event, have different risk factors than those dying later, ...
Oct 20, 2022
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Medications
Scientists suggest pregnant women only take paracetamol/acetaminophen if medically necessary
A group of 13 scientists from the U.S., the U.K., Scotland, Israel, Europe, Canada, Brazil and Australia has penned a consensus statement regarding the use of paracetamol/acetaminophen (APAP) by pregnant women. In their paper, ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Research finds women are being steered toward 'routine acceptance of induction' in labour
New research, conducted by academics at the University of Hertfordshire, has found that women are not always getting enough information from their midwives and antenatal classes about what to expect during induction, or the ...
Jan 18, 2018
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Evidence of horizontal gene transfer between human maternal microbiome and infant gut microbiome
Researchers have discovered a new mode of vertical mother-to-infant microbiome transmission, where microbes in the maternal gut shared genes with microbes in the infant gut during the perinatal period starting immediately ...
Dec 22, 2022
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