Obstetrics & gynaecology
Airborne lead exposure: How much is harmful to health?
Even short-term exposure to airborne lead during pregnancy could lead to adverse birth outcomes, according to new research at Brandeis.
Oct 3, 2022
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Medications
Study shows youth in child welfare system lack access to birth control
Only about one-third of eighth and ninth graders involved with the child welfare system in Colorado have received information on birth control, and fewer than half know how to access it, according to new University of Colorado ...
Sep 20, 2022
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Review reveals simple method to increase number of IVF births
Worldwide, around 10 to 15% of couples have fertility problems. Many turn to artificial reproductive technologies (ARTs), most notably IVF (in vitro fertilization), in the hope of having a baby. But the process is fraught ...
Sep 8, 2022
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Report details a decrease in teen pregnancy, birth and STI rates in Minnesota
This year's annual report from the University of Minnesota Medical School's Healthy Youth Development—Prevention Research Center (HYD-PRC) highlights that pregnancy, birth and sexually transmitted infections (STI) rates ...
Jul 11, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
'Set them up for failure': Sex education not required in many states where abortion is or will be banned
Close to half of the roughly two dozen states where abortion is or will soon be outlawed or heavily restricted do not require sex education.
Jul 5, 2022
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Health
Abortion bans to increase maternal mortality even more, study shows
New data shows that banning abortion would lead to more maternal deaths than previously thought, a critical finding less than a week after the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Jun 30, 2022
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Frozen eggs more efficient option than in vitro fertilization for women starting families later
The largest U.S. report of elective fertility preservation outcomes to date found that 70 percent of women who froze eggs when they were younger than 38—and thawed at least 20 eggs at a later date—had a baby.
May 27, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Effect of lockdowns on birth rates in the UK
Many wondered whether the COVID lockdowns would lead to a baby boom or a bust. We finally have some answers—for the UK, at least.
Apr 21, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
UK stillbirths among black and South Asian communities still double those of rest of population
Despite an overall decline in stillbirths across the UK in recent years, rates among black and South Asian communities are still around double those of the rest of the population, finds an analysis of monitoring data, published ...
Mar 9, 2022
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Pregnancy-related deaths climbed in pandemic's first year
Pregnancy-related deaths for U.S. mothers climbed higher in the pandemic's first year, continuing a decades-long trend that disproportionately affects Black people, according to a government report released Wednesday.
Feb 23, 2022
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