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Pregnant women involved in road traffic collisions have higher risks of birth complications

Pregnant women involved in road traffic collisions—even those with minor injuries—are at heightened risk of potentially serious birth complications, including dislodgement of the placenta (placental abruption), very heavy bleeding, and the need for a cesarean section, finds a Taiwanese study published online in the journal Injury Prevention.

21 Mar 2023

Research evaluates the effects of physical agents on male fertility

A recent study published in The Archives of Italian Urology and Andrology summarized work-related risk factors of male infertility.

21 Mar 2023

Early overnutrition rewires developing brains to crave unhealthy food in adulthood

People whose mothers are overweight during pregnancy and nursing may become obese as adults because early overnutrition rewires developing brains to crave unhealthy food, according to a Rutgers study in Molecular Metabolism.

20 Mar 2023

Shorter ejaculation abstinence times linked to better reproductive outcomes during fertility treatments

Researchers evaluate the association between ejaculatory abstinence time, rates of pregnancies and live births, and DNA fragmentation.

20 Mar 2023

Changes in screening practices explain the increase in gestational diabetes

Gestational diabetes has been reported to be on the rise, but a new study from British Columbia found that changes in screening practices explain much of the increase.

20 Mar 2023

Judge signals he could rule to halt sales of common abortion pill

During a four-hour hearing last week that could eliminate nationwide access to a common and widely used abortion pill, federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, of the Northern District of Texas, signaled his conservative Christian beliefs early and often.

20 Mar 2023

Is antenatal COVID-19–related stress associated with postpartum maternal mental health and infant outcomes?

Researchers assessed the relationship between COVID-19-associated stress in the antenatal period and the mental well-being of mothers and their infants in the postpartum period.

17 Mar 2023

How are body weight and changes in body weight associated with hypertension risk in youths at the higher end of normal weight?

Researchers investigated the risk of hypertension among young individuals with body weight near the upper limit of normal BMI.

17 Mar 2023

Venous thromboembolism is rare among non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients

In a recent study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, researchers in the United States assessed the risk and aimed to identify the independent predictors of venous thromboembolism events in outpatients who had less severe manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

16 Mar 2023

Preterm infants do not get used to repeated pain, study finds

Preterm infants do not get used to repeated pain in the way that full-term infants, children and adults do habituate to pain, finds a study led by UCL (University College London) researchers.

16 Mar 2023

Global maternal Strep B immunization program may save millions of dollars in healthcare costs

A global maternal immunization program for group B Streptococcus - Strep B - would save millions of dollars in healthcare costs by reducing death and disability, a team led by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has found.

16 Mar 2023

The US remains a grim leader in preterm births. Why? And can we fix it?

Tamara Etienne's second pregnancy was freighted with risk and worry from its earliest days — exacerbated by a first pregnancy that had ended in miscarriage.

16 Mar 2023

MS relapse risk not likely to increase after fertility treatments, study finds

There's good news for those with multiple sclerosis (MS). A new study has found that female participants were no more likely to have a flare-up of the disease after receiving fertility treatments than they were before their treatments.

16 Mar 2023

Community health workers can help save thousands of maternal and infant lives from malaria

Community health workers can make a great difference in increasing the number of pregnant women who receive life-saving preventive antimalarial treatment, according to a study conducted in four sub-Saharan African countries and led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by "la Caixa" Foundation.

15 Mar 2023

Course of childbirth influenced by pregnant women's attitudes and mindsets

No increased risk of neuropsychiatric events in children born to mothers using leukotriene-receptor antagonists in pregnancy

A new study examined the associations between leukotriene-receptor antagonists (LTRAs) use in pregnancy and neuropsychiatric events (NEs) risk in the offspring.

13 Mar 2023

Pregnancy News and Research

Latest Pregnancy News and Research

Pregnant women involved in road traffic collisions have higher risks of birth complications

Research evaluates the effects of physical agents on male fertility

Early overnutrition rewires developing brains to crave unhealthy food in adulthood

Shorter ejaculation abstinence times linked to better reproductive outcomes during fertility treatments

Changes in screening practices explain the increase in gestational diabetes

Judge signals he could rule to halt sales of common abortion pill

Is antenatal COVID-19–related stress associated with postpartum maternal mental health and infant outcomes?

How are body weight and changes in body weight associated with hypertension risk in youths at the higher end of normal weight?

Venous thromboembolism is rare among non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Preterm infants do not get used to repeated pain, study finds

Global maternal Strep B immunization program may save millions of dollars in healthcare costs

The US remains a grim leader in preterm births. Why? And can we fix it?

MS relapse risk not likely to increase after fertility treatments, study finds

Community health workers can help save thousands of maternal and infant lives from malaria

Course of childbirth influenced by pregnant women's attitudes and mindsets

COVID-19 related stress had the greatest impact on pregnant people, analysis finds

New imaging tool creates real-time, 3D images and maps of contractions during labor

Distinct microbial profile present in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy patients

What is the influence of prenatal second-hand smoke exposure on infant self-regulation?

No increased risk of neuropsychiatric events in children born to mothers using leukotriene-receptor antagonists in pregnancy

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