Pregnancy News and Research

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Largest study of women with hyperemesis gravidarum launches in Europe

Women with severe sickness during pregnancy are being invited to join the largest study of the condition in Europe, led by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London.

16 May 2019

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What the Health?’ States race to reverse ‘roe’

Alabama is the latest in a growing list of states passing bans on abortion in an attempt to get the Supreme Court to weaken or overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. Unlike most of the other state laws that have passed this year, however, the Alabama law would completely ban abortion except when the woman's life was in danger from the pregnancy.

16 May 2019

Babies exposed to opioids prenatally react more strongly to pain

Babies exposed to opioids while their mothers were pregnant with them may need special care even before they start to experience withdrawal symptoms, according to Penn State research.

15 May 2019

LC-MS/MS test for progesterone outperforms traditional immunoassays

Researchers have devised a cheap, non-invasive and specific means to monitor progesterone production in women.

15 May 2019

Physician training makes doctors' DNA to age six times faster than normal

In just a few short weeks, tens of thousands of newly minted doctors will start the most intense year of their training: the first year of residency, also called the intern year.

15 May 2019

Prophylactic antibiotics could halve infection rates after childbirth

Thousands of women could have been spared pain and infection if they were given prophylactic antibiotics following assisted childbirth, advise researchers.

14 May 2019

Sepsis Alliance launches Maternal Sepsis Day to raise awareness and save lives

On May 15, 2019, Sepsis Alliance, the nation’s leading sepsis organization, is launching Maternal Sepsis Day, an annual observance to raise awareness of the unique signs and symptoms of maternal sepsis, bring to life the personal experiences of the women who survived it, and remember those who have died.

14 May 2019

History of eating disorders associated with future depressive symptoms among mothers

A history of eating disorders and body image concerns before or during pregnancy are associated with future depressive symptoms among mothers, finds a new UCL-led study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.

14 May 2019

Novel approach uses magnetic beads for the treatment of preeclampsia

Preliminary laboratory tests show that functionalized magnetic beads successfully reduced blood levels of a harmful molecule that is elevated during preeclampsia, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Hypertension.

13 May 2019

Men who delay fatherhood put health of partners, unborn children at risk

Men who delay starting a family have a ticking "biological clock" -- just like women -- that may affect the health of their partners and children, according to Rutgers researchers.

13 May 2019

Microbes in maternal intestine may contribute to metabolic changes during pregnancy

New research in The Journal of Physiology has found, using a mouse model, that microbes in the maternal intestine may contribute to impairment of the gut barrier during pregnancy.

13 May 2019

Is it a feminist right to want more sex? One company thinks a pill is the answer

Studies have never defined a "normal" level of sexual desire. Despite that, there's a website and an online quiz to help you decide if you've got a problem. Called "Right to Desire," it brands libido as a feminist "right," and its home page offers the defiant, in-your-face prompt: "Yes, I want my desire back."

11 May 2019