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Gynecology and obstetrics are twin subjects that deal with the female reproductive system. While obstetrics deals with pregnancy and its associated procedures and complications, gynaecology involves treating women who are not pregnant.

How billing turns a routine birth into a high-cost emergency

Caitlin Wells Salerno knew that some mammals — like the golden-mantled ground squirrels she studies in the Rocky Mountains — invest an insane amount of resources in their young. That didn't prepare her for the resources the conservation biologist would owe after the birth of her second son.

27 Oct 2021

Postpartum women's experience of social restrictions during COVID-19

A new study published on the medRxiv* preprint server has focused on the effect of various social restrictions or lack of social support on women who delivered and raised babies during the pandemic.

27 Oct 2021

Study reveals dual role of anti-cancer inhibitor

TG2, an enzyme known to help cancers spread more quickly, also plays a role in regulating T-cells, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in the Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer.

21 Oct 2021

Study analyzes the impact of family physicians in rural maternity care

In the heart of a city, the distances in rural communities may be difficult to envision. The space between neighbors can sometimes be measured in miles rather than blocks; a drive to the nearest hospital may take dozens of minutes rather than a handful.

19 Oct 2021

Pregnancy constantly overshadowed by insecurity and loneliness during the pandemic

A pregnancy constantly overshadowed by the unknown. That is how women in Sweden who have been pregnant during the pandemic describe it.

18 Oct 2021

New trial shows vaginal laser therapy treatments may not work at all

This laser is supposed to rejuvenate vaginal tissue. But scientists say it’s no better than a placebo.

15 Oct 2021

More severe SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with greater risk of preterm birth

Researchers at the Wayne State University School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health's Perinatology Research Branch in Detroit have discovered that the more severely infected with COVID-19 a mother is, the more likely she is to experience preterm birth.

8 Oct 2021

New Maternal and Child Health Research Institute launched to improve national health in Singapore

The SingHealth Duke-NUS Maternal and Child Health Research Institute was launched at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) today by Masagos Zulkifli, Singapore's Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Health.

8 Oct 2021

COVID-19 lockdown restrictions may increase preterm stillbirths

Researchers in Australia have reported that pregnant women in Melbourne were more likely to have a preterm stillbirth during the period when coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown restrictions were imposed on the city, than they were during the corresponding period one and two years prior.

6 Oct 2021

Cesarean birth may not be the safest mode of delivery for transplant patients

New research suggests that cesarean births for transplant patients carry higher risks to baby and mother.

5 Oct 2021

NYU Langone Health broadens access to high-quality primary and specialty care

NYU Langone Health continues to broaden access to high-quality primary and specialty care with recent expansions in Long Island, Queens, Manhattan, and Brooklyn.

5 Oct 2021

Historic redlining associated with worse obstetric outcomes

Housing policies established more than eight decades ago that effectively trapped people of color in low income and segregated neighborhoods continues to impact the health of residents to this day, specifically resulting in poor obstetric outcomes such as pre-terms birth.

5 Oct 2021

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How billing turns a routine birth into a high-cost emergency

Postpartum women's experience of social restrictions during COVID-19

Study reveals dual role of anti-cancer inhibitor

Study analyzes the impact of family physicians in rural maternity care

Pregnancy constantly overshadowed by insecurity and loneliness during the pandemic

New trial shows vaginal laser therapy treatments may not work at all

More severe SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with greater risk of preterm birth

New Maternal and Child Health Research Institute launched to improve national health in Singapore

COVID-19 lockdown restrictions may increase preterm stillbirths

Cesarean birth may not be the safest mode of delivery for transplant patients

NYU Langone Health broadens access to high-quality primary and specialty care

Historic redlining associated with worse obstetric outcomes

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