Obstetrics & gynaecology

Researchers find disparities in rates of certain preterm births

A team of researchers from Drexel University and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) studied how different circumstances of preterm birth may indicate the health of the parents and their surrounding community at a ...

Overweight & Obesity

New study links high birth weight to childhood obesity in the US

A new study published in the journal Reproductive and Developmental Medicine has found a strong association between fetal macrosomia (high birth weight) and overweight and obesity in early childhood among the U.S.-born children ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

CDC: Admission rate to ICU 1.8 per 1,000 live births for mothers

For mothers delivering live-born infants in 2020 to 2022, the admission rate to an intensive care unit (ICU) was 1.8 per 1,000 live births, according to a December data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

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