Toxic cooking fumes cause complications in some pregnant women
Exposure to indoor household pollution has been linked to poor pregnancy outcomes for women in low- and middle-income countries in a new study.
Nov 9, 2022
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Exposure to indoor household pollution has been linked to poor pregnancy outcomes for women in low- and middle-income countries in a new study.
Nov 9, 2022
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Experts have spent recent years trying to better understand and address significant racial disparities and inequities in maternal health.
Oct 28, 2022
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COVID-19 contributed to a quarter of all U.S. maternal deaths last year and in 2020, according to an oversight report.
Oct 19, 2022
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Women in sub-Saharan Africa continue to have an elevated risk of death following childbirth long after the 42-day postpartum limit the WHO uses to define pregnancy-related deaths, a new analysis shows.
Oct 11, 2022
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Placental malaria as a consequence of Plasmodium falciparum infections can lead to severe complications for both mother and child. Each year, placental malaria causes nearly 200,000 newborn deaths, mainly due to low birth ...
Sep 26, 2022
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A staggering number of maternal deaths in the United States were found to be preventable, according to a federal analysis of maternal death data released Monday.
Sep 20, 2022
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Maternal mortality in the United States in on the rise. Scientists increasingly recognize that pregnancy-associated deaths—those due to conditions unrelated to the physiologic effects of pregnancy—are important and potentially ...
Sep 9, 2022
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Hospitalizations that occur in the antenatal period—or during pregnancy, but before giving birth—and those that occur in the postpartum period, made up over half of in-hospital maternal deaths between 2017–2019, a new ...
Aug 31, 2022
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Preeclampsia is a condition that affects the placenta during pregnancy and is dangerous for both the fetus and the mother. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm and the CNRS have proposed a new therapy, tested in two ...
Aug 30, 2022
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Every year around the world, 295,000 women die due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth. Seven in 10 of these maternal deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. These deaths are usually caused by excessive bleeding, infection, ...
Jul 25, 2022
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