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The association between breastfeeding, drug exposure, and infant outcomes: more research is needed

Researchers explored the data linking breastfeeding, infant outcomes, and drug exposure.

28 Apr 2023

New test reveals FDA-approved antibiotics can effectively treat superbugs

A new test revealed that FDA-approved antibiotics -; available at your neighborhood pharmacy -; can effectively treat superbugs.

27 Apr 2023

Expectant mom needed $15,000 overnight to save her twins

It was Labor Day weekend 2021 when Sara Walsh, who was 24 weeks pregnant with twins, began to experience severe lower-back pain.

27 Apr 2023

How a 2019 Florida law catalyzed a hospital-building boom

In BayCare Hospital Wesley Chapel's 86 private rooms, patients can use voice-activated Alexa devices to dim the lights, play music, or summon a nurse.

26 Apr 2023

Mother-child microbiota bond: Transmission shapes future health and development

Research discusses the link between the gut microbiome and health, particularly in early life. It explores the acquisition and transmission of early-life microbiota from mother to child and potential interventions for improving health outcomes.

25 Apr 2023

A new platform for testing cancer drug toxicity

For people with cancer, chemotherapy saves lives, but for some patients, the treatment comes with a side effect—heart damage.

25 Apr 2023

An overview of mothers’ lived pregnancy experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers aimed to understand mothers' experiences of pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

24 Apr 2023

US officials want to end the HIV epidemic by 2030. Many stakeholders think they won’t.

In 2018, Mike Ferraro was living on the street and sharing needles with other people who injected drugs when he found out he was HIV-positive.

24 Apr 2023

Large-scale study identifies factors linked to uptake of first COVID-19 vaccination dose

A large-scale registry study in Finland has identified several factors associated with uptake of the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination. In particular, persons with low or no labor income and persons with mental health or substance abuse issues were less likely to vaccinate.

21 Apr 2023

Sex-specific differences in the risk and resilience for Alzheimer's disease

Two-thirds of people living with Alzheimer's disease in the United States are women, according to the Alzheimer's Association's 2019 Alzheimer's Disease Facts & Figures report.

19 Apr 2023

California’s Medicaid experiment spends money to save money — and help the homeless

Sporting a bright smile and the polished Super Bowl ring he won as a star NFL player in the late 1980s, Craig McEwen doesn't fit the archetype of someone teetering on the brink of homelessness.

19 Apr 2023

Obstetric interventions are shifting gestational age distributions of U.S. births

Obstetric interventions such as increases in the use of induction of labor (IOL) and use of cesarean deliveries is shifting gestational age distributions of births in the U.S.

17 Apr 2023

Study explores the link between childbirth experiences and early infant temperament

Researchers explored mothers' childbirth and postnatal experiences and perceptions of their baby's early behavioral style.

15 Apr 2023

AI can identify subtle language and audio changes in patients at early stages of Alzheimer's

New technologies that can capture subtle changes in a patient's voice may help physicians diagnose cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease before symptoms begin to show, according to a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher who led a study published in the Alzheimer's Association publication Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring.

12 Apr 2023

How did mandating a short paid maternity leave impact work and fertility in Switzerland?

Researchers investigated the effects of the 14-week paid maternity leave mandate in Switzerland.

12 Apr 2023

Optimized genome-editing method opens the door to more effective treatment of genetic diseases

CRISPR-Cas9 is widely used to edit the genome by studying genes of interest and modifying disease-associated genes.

11 Apr 2023

Many preeclampsia cases may be prevented with timed birth

More than half of all preeclampsia cases that occur during weeks 37-42 of pregnancy (at-term) may be prevented with timed birth, such as a scheduled induction or Cesarean delivery, according to new research published today in Hypertension, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

10 Apr 2023