Obstetrics & gynaecology

Shift toward shorter gestational age seen from 2014 to 2022

From 2014 to 2022, there was a shift toward shorter gestational age, according to the Jan. 31 National Vital Statistics Reports, a publication from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Cerebral palsy rates are dropping in Australia

New research published in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology indicates that fewer babies in Australia are being born with cerebral palsy, a lifelong disorder of movement and posture resulting from injury or maldevelopment ...

Pediatrics

Largest study of childhood cancer after IVF

In the past three decades, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has gone from an experimental procedure to being more common. Pregnancies enabled by IVF frequently have more difficulties, with children born earlier and smaller even ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Multiple-child pregnancies hike birth costs in the US

(HealthDay)—Compared with singleton births, delivery of multiple-child pregnancies substantially raises health care costs paid by insurers and patients in the United States, according to research published in the December ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Policy changes in elective delivery proven successful

In a study to be presented on February 14 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, California, researchers will present data showing changes in elective delivery ...

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