The vaginal microbiome is a largely overlooked area of medicine that could dramatically improve outcomes for millions of women, concludes a new review published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. The study ...
Aug 7, 2025
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Up to 60% of women experience some fear about giving birth, especially for the first time, but a new study shows why some women are more likely to stay calm and confident in the lead-up to childbirth.
Aug 7, 2025
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Women who experience complications during pregnancy, such as preeclampsia, preterm birth, gestational diabetes, miscarriage, or stillbirth, have an increased risk of ischemic stroke before the age of 50. This is the conclusion ...
Aug 6, 2025
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Becoming a parent is stressful, and it can be especially so for those who already have higher levels of anxiety and worry, but researchers at Penn State have found that the type of birthing class parents take may help them ...
Aug 6, 2025
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Children whose mothers had diabetes in pregnancy—gestational and pre-existing—do not have an increased risk of developmental vulnerability or lower educational outcomes, a new University of Melbourne study has found.
Aug 6, 2025
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It is already well known that when a mother experiences inflammation during pregnancy, her child is more likely to develop allergic diseases. Recently, a KAIST research team became the first in the world to discover that ...
Aug 6, 2025
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New research from the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health shows that living in resource-poor neighborhoods may raise the risk of women developing diabetes during pregnancy, a condition with ...
Aug 5, 2025
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Maternal and newborn deaths are rising globally, not just in low- and middle-income countries, but in wealthy nations too. Researchers have described the situation as a "global failure" and a "major scandal."
Aug 4, 2025
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About 60 pregnancies per day in the U.S. end in stillbirth.
Aug 4, 2025
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A Georgia woman declared brain-dead and kept on life support for more than three months because she was pregnant was removed from a ventilator in June and died, days after doctors delivered her 1-pound, 13-ounce baby by emergency ...
Aug 4, 2025
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