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The vaginal microbiome may impact the efficacy of HIV prevention therapy

A new study has revealed that vaginal microbial communities are linked with an increased risk of HIV acquisition and may also impact the efficacy of PrEP.

3 Dec 2020

IPM announces WHO's prequalification of dapivirine ring to reduce women’s HIV risk

The nonprofit International Partnership for Microbicides is pleased to announce the World Health Organization's prequalification of the dapivirine ring, a monthly vaginal ring to reduce women's HIV risk.

30 Nov 2020

Scientists make breakthrough in studying the enzyme involved in fish odor syndrome

Fish odor syndrome (trimethylaminuria) is a debilitating disease, in which the liver cannot break down the smelly chemical trimethylamine which is produced by enzymes from bacteria residing in the gut leaving people with a fish like odor.

23 Nov 2020

Children born via Cesarean section may face increased risk of infection

According to the results of a new study, children born via cesarean section may be at an increased risk of hospitalization due to infection in their first years.

19 Nov 2020

Researchers explore how different birth experience affect the developing nervous system

It is an experience we all share, as miraculous as it is mysterious. Birth. Today, roughly one in three births in the United States occurs via cesarean section or C-section.

5 Nov 2020

Cesarean delivery’s effects on birth hormones may lead to neurodevelopmental consequences

Cesarean section delivery and vaginal delivery lead to different hormonal exposures that may affect a newborn's development, according to an article published in the Journal of Neuroendocrinology.

4 Nov 2020

Infection prevention practices during COVID-19 result in shorter hospital stays for moms, babies

New infection prevention practices implemented during the coronavirus pandemic have resulted in significantly shorter hospital stays for mothers and their babies, according to investigators at Cedars-Sinai, with no changes in the rates of cesarean deliveries, complications or poor outcomes.

3 Nov 2020

Study elucidates mechanisms behind protective farm effect on childhood asthma

Asthma impacts millions of children already at a young age. Children growing up on a farm have a lower risk of developing asthma than children not living on a farm.

2 Nov 2020

Sphincter injuries associated with higher risk of future fecal incontinence

The risk of subsequent fecal incontinence and intestinal gas leakage is significantly higher among women who, during childbirth, have suffered a sphincter injury and consequent damage to the anal sphincter muscle, was shown in a new study from the University of Gothenburg.

2 Nov 2020

Research finds increase in risky sexual behavior and STIs despite COVID-19 pandemic

New research launched at the 29th EADV Congress, EADV Virtual, has found that despite the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) lockdown restrictions, diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including gonorrhoea, secondary syphilis and mycoplasma genitalium (MG), have increased.

2 Nov 2020

Children with minor perinatal brain bleeds have normal cognitive development at two years of age

In 2007, UNC researchers published unexpected and surprising results from a study based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of newborn brains.

30 Oct 2020

Researchers use genomic tools and supercomputers to study the infant gut microbiome

Since 2017, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers Casey Morrow, Ph.D., and Hyunmin Koo, Ph.D., have used powerful genomic tools and supercomputers that analyze massive amounts of genetic data to identify individual strains within single species of the gut microbiome.

29 Oct 2020

Pregnant and postpartum women more likely to suffer from constipation

Women are 2–3 times more likely to suffer from constipation during pregnancy and right after childbirth than at any other time in their life, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows.

9 Oct 2020

New report estimates the global burden of stillbirths

Almost 2 million babies are stillborn every year – or 1 every 16 seconds – according to the first ever joint stillbirth estimates released by UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank Group and the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

7 Oct 2020

Vaginal News and Research

The vaginal microbiome may impact the efficacy of HIV prevention therapy

IPM announces WHO's prequalification of dapivirine ring to reduce women’s HIV risk

Scientists make breakthrough in studying the enzyme involved in fish odor syndrome

Children born via Cesarean section may face increased risk of infection

Researchers explore how different birth experience affect the developing nervous system

Cesarean delivery’s effects on birth hormones may lead to neurodevelopmental consequences

Infection prevention practices during COVID-19 result in shorter hospital stays for moms, babies

Study elucidates mechanisms behind protective farm effect on childhood asthma

Sphincter injuries associated with higher risk of future fecal incontinence

Research finds increase in risky sexual behavior and STIs despite COVID-19 pandemic

Children with minor perinatal brain bleeds have normal cognitive development at two years of age

Researchers use genomic tools and supercomputers to study the infant gut microbiome

Pregnant and postpartum women more likely to suffer from constipation

New report estimates the global burden of stillbirths

Quality services at healthcare facilities could reduce ‘devastating’ birth injury

Study: HRT prescription rates are lower in more deprived areas of England

NAMS publishes the 2020 Genitourinary Syndrome Of Menopause Position Statement

Researchers launch study to evaluate safety of HIV prevention methods in breastfeeding women

ESC and EACTS develop guidelines for diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation

International researchers study the effects of pathogenic fungus Candida auris

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