Gestational diabetes is associated with an increased risk for subsequent diabetes, with higher risk for gestational diabetes in second pregnancy and in both first and second pregnancies, according to a study published online ...
May 10, 2024
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Mothers have described feeling "empowered" and "respected" during their labor and birth at a small rural hospital in Victoria's Goldfields region that has adopted a midwifery continuity of caregiver model, labeled as "gold ...
May 9, 2024
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Drug overdoses are a leading cause of maternal mortality in the United States, which has the highest maternal mortality rate of all high-income nations. And despite this convergence of the maternal mortality and overdose ...
May 9, 2024
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When the Arizona Supreme Court ruled on April 9, 2024, that the state's Civil War-era law banning nearly all abortions was enforceable, it brought into stark reality the potential impacts of leaving reproductive rights up ...
May 9, 2024
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New data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) explores outcomes of mothers and their babies during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 8, 2024
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South Carolina received a poor report card from the March of Dimes in 2023 because more of its mothers die due to pregnancy-related complications or childbirth than the national average. For every 100,000 births, there are ...
May 8, 2024
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A growing number of states and territories in the United States have legalized medical and recreational cannabis use. As such, recreational cannabis has been associated with a lower perception of risk of harm in the general ...
May 7, 2024
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First linked to mutations in the CHD7 gene in 2004, CHARGE syndrome is a rare genetic disorder occurring in approximately 1 in 8,500 to 15,000 births. According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), CHARGE syndrome is ...
May 7, 2024
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A new screening algorithm for preeclampsia combining maternal history, ultrasound data and several tests for blood markers may better predict the majority of preeclampsia cases in the first trimester of pregnancy, when it ...
May 6, 2024
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Part of the reproductive system, the cervix connects the vagina to the uterus, also known as the womb. By collecting cervical cells (called the Pap smear after the scientist who pioneered the screening test in the mid-1900s), ...
May 6, 2024
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