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Genetic screening before pregnancy detects the risk in 44% of couples

Are would-be parents carrying a genetic risk of serious illnesses that they could potentially pass on to their children? In the USA, doctors recommend that couples have genetic screening before trying to conceive.

30 Aug 2022

Study: Sexual enjoyment after childbirth is unaffected by different modes of delivery

Sexual enjoyment in the years following childbirth is unaffected by the way in which the baby is delivered, according to new research.

22 Aug 2022

Policies to roll back abortion rights will hit incarcerated people particularly hard

Policies governing abortion and reproductive health care services in U.S. prisons and jails were restrictive and often hostile even before the Supreme Court removed Roe v. Wade's constitutional protections for abortions.

22 Aug 2022

COVID-19 pandemic has increased pregnancy complications and maternal death during delivery

Researchers investigate whether pregnancy-related complications and obstetric outcomes changed significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

18 Aug 2022

Novel same-day test developed to identify extra or missing fetal chromosomes

Scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a same-day test to identify abnormal fetal chromosomes.

17 Aug 2022

Costly Chemicals; The Health and Economic Impact of 'Forever Chemicals'

With PFAS being commonly found in households worldwide, what are the health and economic impacts of these forever chemicals? In this interview, we speak to Dr. Linda Kahn to find out more!

15 Aug 2022

How does birth weight affect long-term risk of mortality among men and women?

Researchers evaluate the relationship between birth weight and cause-specific mortality.

14 Aug 2022

Prenatal bisphenol A exposure may affect brain volume in children

Scientists report that gestational exposure to low levels of bisphenol A may induce structural alterations in some fetal brain regions.

10 Aug 2022

Gen Zs with Down syndrome have high aspirations and a great zest for life, study reveals

Young adults living with Down syndrome have high aspirations and a great zest for life according to an Australian first study by researchers from The University of Queensland.

9 Aug 2022

SARS-CoV-2 infection in mothers does not have a significant teratogenic effect

Scientists determine that infection with SARS-CoV-2 during the first trimester of pregnancy does not increase the risk of any specific congenital malformations.

9 Aug 2022

Serbia's genome center monitors potential virus mutations to facilitate more effective COVID-19 control

In partnership with BGI Genomics from China, Serbia's first genome sequencing center, opened in December 2021, is monitoring potential virus mutations to facilitate more effective COVID-19 control and accelerating access to genomics to enhance health outcomes.

9 Aug 2022

Should pregnant women be included clinical trials?

The current study reports some of the scientific, ethical, and legal considerations that will support the inclusion of pregnant women in future research.

8 Aug 2022

Women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy more likely to develop dementia

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) — conditions of high blood pressure including chronic/gestational hypertension and preeclampsia — have been strongly linked to heart disease in later life, but, before today, little research has connected these disorders with cognition.

3 Aug 2022

Women with a history of preeclampsia have increased markers of brain cell damage, inflammation

Preeclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure and kidney damage.

3 Aug 2022

‘An Arm and a Leg’: Her bill for a prenatal test felt like a ‘bait-and-switch’ scheme

Can a health care company make enough people mad about its billing practices that its business is hurt? For one genetic testing company, maybe.

3 Aug 2022

Prenatal opioid exposure may cause long-term neurological or behavioral effects later in a child's life

While infants exposed to opioids during their mother's pregnancy have been linked to adverse health outcomes, a new study at the University of Missouri has found prenatal opioid exposure could trigger long-term neurological or behavioral effects later in a child's life.

29 Jul 2022

Shared decision-making training program for nurses to support Down syndrome screening decisions

JMIR Publications recently published "Web-Based Training for Nurses on Using a Decision Aid to Support Shared Decision-making About Prenatal Screening: Parallel Controlled Trial" in JMIR Nursing which reported that in this study, these authors aimed to assess the impact of a shared decision-making (SDM) training program on nurses' intention to use a decision aid with pregnant women deciding on prenatal screening for Down syndrome.

29 Jul 2022

Prenatal News and Research

Genetic screening before pregnancy detects the risk in 44% of couples

Study: Sexual enjoyment after childbirth is unaffected by different modes of delivery

Policies to roll back abortion rights will hit incarcerated people particularly hard

COVID-19 pandemic has increased pregnancy complications and maternal death during delivery

Novel same-day test developed to identify extra or missing fetal chromosomes

Costly Chemicals; The Health and Economic Impact of 'Forever Chemicals'

How does birth weight affect long-term risk of mortality among men and women?

Prenatal bisphenol A exposure may affect brain volume in children

Gen Zs with Down syndrome have high aspirations and a great zest for life, study reveals

SARS-CoV-2 infection in mothers does not have a significant teratogenic effect

Serbia's genome center monitors potential virus mutations to facilitate more effective COVID-19 control

Should pregnant women be included clinical trials?

Women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy more likely to develop dementia

Women with a history of preeclampsia have increased markers of brain cell damage, inflammation

‘An Arm and a Leg’: Her bill for a prenatal test felt like a ‘bait-and-switch’ scheme

Prenatal opioid exposure may cause long-term neurological or behavioral effects later in a child's life

Shared decision-making training program for nurses to support Down syndrome screening decisions

Women exposed to phthalates during pregnancy have increased risk of preterm birth

Study confirms rarity of vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from mothers to newborns

Nurse midwives step up to provide prenatal care after two rural hospitals shutter birthing centers

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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