The risk of miscarriage varies greatly with a woman's age, shows a strong pattern of recurrence, and is increased after some pregnancy complications, finds a study from Norway published in The BMJ today.
Mar 20, 2019
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Early detection of ovarian cancer helps boost a woman's survival, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a new imaging drug that can help spot tumors during surgery.
Nov 29, 2021
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Pregnancy is a challenge for the mother's immune system from the outset. Half of the genes in the fetus are foreign to her body.
Dec 28, 2021
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Women with rheumatic diseases are at greater risk of complications during pregnancy and childbirth, but for women with arthritis of the spine, so called axial spondyloarthritis, the risks have decreased over the last ten ...
Feb 23, 2023
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Scientists have known for decades that pregnancy requires a mother's body to adjust so that her immune system does not attack the growing fetus as if it were a hostile foreign invader. Yet despite learning a great deal more ...
Sep 21, 2023
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Infants can become infected with the new coronavirus, but their bouts with COVID-19 appear to be milder than those of older folks and people with chronic health problems, experts say.
Mar 16, 2020
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"It happens when you least expect it. ... It was my last semester before it was time for me to graduate. That's when I found out."
Jan 24, 2020
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Working two or more night shifts in a week may increase a pregnant woman's risk of miscarriage the following week by around a third, shows a prospective study published online in Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
Mar 25, 2019
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Honduras has confirmed its first two cases of the new coronavirus, authorities reported Wednesday.
Mar 11, 2020
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Massachusetts public health advocates have developed oral health guidelines to ensure the well-being of the 70,000 babies born in the state each year as well as that of their mothers.
Jan 7, 2015
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