Many healthy women have labor induced for no medical reason, study shows
Pregnant women in Australia are increasingly having their labors induced rather than giving birth spontaneously—and some without good reason.
Jun 1, 2021
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Pregnant women in Australia are increasingly having their labors induced rather than giving birth spontaneously—and some without good reason.
Jun 1, 2021
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Even before the pandemic, there was plenty for expectant mothers to worry about. Pregnant women must withstand a barrage of arguably well-intentioned, but often hyperbolic, warnings about their health and what's to come, ...
May 12, 2021
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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been great concern about how to protect the most vulnerable—particularly newborns. In past pandemics, newborn babies and young people have been at an increased risk of ...
May 12, 2021
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the Public Health Agency of Sweden have studied newborn babies whose mothers tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy or childbirth. The results show that although babies born ...
Apr 29, 2021
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For reasons not yet clear, pregnant women infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 are more likely to experience preterm births, pre-eclampsia, and other neonatal problems than non-infected women.
Apr 22, 2021
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Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is common and concerning, but few therapeutic options exist for pregnant mothers who receive this diagnosis. IUGR is a condition in which a baby in the womb is measuring small for its ...
Mar 11, 2021
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Perinatal depression has soared during the pandemic. But many mental health professionals are overwhelmed and can't take on new clients.
Mar 3, 2021
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A pregnant woman with suspected COVID-19 was rushed by ambulance to Skåne University Hospital, in Malmo, Sweden, suffering from sudden severe abdominal pain. The doctors noticed that the unborn infant had an abnormally low ...
Mar 1, 2021
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Pregnant women are among those most in need of safe and effective therapies against COVID-19, but they are routinely excluded from the majority of clinical treatment trials, according to authors of an opinion piece based ...
Dec 17, 2020
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After several decades of improvement, inequality in infant health is once again on the rise in the United States, a pair of Brown University researchers has found.
Dec 8, 2020
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