Obstetrics & gynaecology

Pregnancy antibiotics no cause for concern, study shows

The four out of ten women who use antibiotics during pregnancy can breathe easy, as a comprehensive new study shows that the two most often prescribed drugs have no adverse outcome on the child's physical development. The ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Case report: Pregnancy could mask symptoms of Ebola

(HealthDay)—The unique immunologic status of pregnant women might alter the presentation and progression of Ebola virus disease (EVD), according to a letter published in the June 18 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Obstetrics & gynaecology

World's only super-database for pharmaceutical use during pregnancy

Should a woman prescribed antidepressants continue taking them while pregnant? The question is fraught—her health and that of her unborn child is at stake. Yet research to help her and her doctor make that decision is incomplete.

Health

Irish court mulls rights of dead woman vs. fetus

A lawyer representing a 17-week-old fetus living inside the clinically dead body of its mother told a Dublin court Wednesday that the unborn child's right to life trumps the woman's right to a dignified death.

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Hearing the heart of the mother and her baby

A group of students from the Autonomous Metropolitan University of Mexico (UAM-I) developed a technological portable prototype able to diagnose health conditions in the mother and in the baby by monitoring electrical activity ...

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