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Babies born to mothers with cannabis use disorder more likely to experience negative health outcomes

A study of almost 5 million live births in California by researchers at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at University of California San Diego reports that babies born to mothers diagnosed with cannabis use disorder were more likely to experience negative health outcomes, such as preterm birth and low birth weight, than babies born to mothers without a cannabis use disorder diagnosis.

22 Apr 2021

Study finds higher mortality rate among pregnant women affected by COVID-19

In a worldwide study of 2,100 pregnant women, those who contracted COVID-19 during pregnancy were 20 times more likely to die than those who did not contract the virus.

22 Apr 2021

Low iodine levels in women increase risk of impaired fetal intellectual development in pregnancy

An increasing number of young Australian women are at increased risk of having children born with impaired neurological conditions, due to poor iodine intake.

22 Apr 2021

Researchers aim to better understand clinical features associated with COVID-19 mortality

To better understand the COVID-19 clinical feaures associated with mortality, an interdisciplinary team of researchers has investigated important factors and their influence on a patient’s death.

22 Apr 2021

Children exposed to intimate partner violence from infancy were twice as likely to have poor health

A new study has found up to half of all children with language difficulties and mental and physical health problems have been exposed to intimate partner violence, prompting calls for health and social care services to provide more effective identification and early intervention.

22 Apr 2021

National registry needs to be set up for capturing pharma industry payments to clinicians and patient support groups

A national registry to capture all pharma/medical device industry payments and other benefits made to all clinicians, healthcare organizations and patient support groups should be set up as a matter of urgency in the UK, insists an editorial in the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (dtb).

22 Apr 2021

Probiotic strain improves iron levels in healthy pregnant women

A new study published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica found that taking a particular probiotic strain improves iron levels in healthy pregnant women and may therefore help to prevent iron deficiency.

21 Apr 2021

Study provides the first extensive genetic and phenotype landscape of peripartum cardiomyopathy

Researchers at Penn Medicine have identified more genetic mutations that strongly predispose younger, otherwise healthy women to peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), a rare condition characterized by weakness of the heart muscle that begins sometime during the final month of pregnancy through five months after delivery.

20 Apr 2021

Pandemic highlights need for urgent care clinics for women

Last spring, only weeks into the pandemic, Christina Garcia was spending her days struggling to help her two young sons adjust to online schooling when she got such a heavy, painful period she could barely stand. After a few days, her vision began to blur and she found herself too weak to open a jar.

16 Apr 2021

Study assesses the link between women's lifestyle and risk of recurrent pregnancy loss

A new study has shown that underweight and overweight women are at a significantly higher risk of experiencing recurrent miscarriages compared to those of average weight.

16 Apr 2021

COVID-19 pandemic has worsened global maternal and perinatal outcomes

Immediate action is required to preserve safe maternity care worldwide, as the COVID-19 pandemic worsens global maternal and perinatal outcomes, especially in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs), a study warns.

15 Apr 2021

Pregnancy increases the risk of first-time symptomatic kidney stone

Though researchers have long known that several physiological and anatomical changes occur during pregnancy that can contribute to kidney stone formation, evidence of the link has been lacking. But now Mayo Clinic researchers believe they have that evidence.

15 Apr 2021

Discontinuation of oxytocin stimulation may lead to a small increase in cesarean section

A study published by The BMJ today sheds more light on the use of oxytocin (a hormone that stimulates contractions) during induced labor.

15 Apr 2021

Adults with periodontitis transmit bacteria that can later cause the disease in their children

Adults with periodontitis transmit bacteria that can cause the disease in future to their children, and the bacteria remain in the oral cavity even when the children undergo treatment of various kinds, reinforcing the need for preventive care in the first year of a baby's life.

15 Apr 2021

Syphilis cases in California drive a record-setting year for STDs nationwide

In certain circles of San Francisco, a case of syphilis can be as common and casual as the flu, to the point where Billy Lemon can't even remember how many times he's had it.

13 Apr 2021

Antidepressant exposure in the womb may increase offspring's risk of affective disorders

Major depressive disorder is highly prevalent, with one in five people experiencing an episode at some point in their life, and is almost twice as common in women than in men.

12 Apr 2021

Residents in majority-Black neighborhoods experience higher rates of severe maternal morbidity

Residents in majority-Black neighborhoods experience higher rates of severe pregnancy-related health problems than those living in predominantly-white areas, according to a new study of pregnancies at a Philadelphia-based health system, which was led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

12 Apr 2021

mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy provides passive SARS-CoV-2 immunity to neonates 16 days after first dose

Recently, a group of researchers analyzed 122 pregnant women and their neonates at the time of birth. All the women studied received 1 or both doses of a messenger RNA (mRNA)-based vaccine for COVID-19. Of the 122 women part of the study, 55 had received only the first dose of the vaccine while 67 women had received both doses of the mRNA vaccine by the time they gave birth; 85 women had received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and 37 women received the Moderna vaccine. The study is published on the preprint server, bioRxiv.

11 Apr 2021

Pregnant women transmit SARS-CoV-2 and vaccine-induced antibodies to fetus

Pregnant women are at high risk for severe COVID-19 infection and death. Yet, insufficient safety data on babies has led many guidelines to leave the decision-making and potential threats to future mothers. While the vaccine trials did not directly test pregnant women, more real-world data suggests the vaccine may provide immunity benefits to newborns through breastmilk.

11 Apr 2021

Brain organoid models reveal mechanisms linked to virus-induced microcephaly

Researchers at IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences - demonstrate that different viruses can lead to brain malformations through diverse mechanisms by using human brain organoid models.

9 Apr 2021

Pregnancy News and Research

Latest Pregnancy News and Research

Babies born to mothers with cannabis use disorder more likely to experience negative health outcomes

Study finds higher mortality rate among pregnant women affected by COVID-19

Low iodine levels in women increase risk of impaired fetal intellectual development in pregnancy

Researchers aim to better understand clinical features associated with COVID-19 mortality

Children exposed to intimate partner violence from infancy were twice as likely to have poor health

National registry needs to be set up for capturing pharma industry payments to clinicians and patient support groups

Probiotic strain improves iron levels in healthy pregnant women

Study provides the first extensive genetic and phenotype landscape of peripartum cardiomyopathy

Pandemic highlights need for urgent care clinics for women

Study assesses the link between women's lifestyle and risk of recurrent pregnancy loss

COVID-19 pandemic has worsened global maternal and perinatal outcomes

Pregnancy increases the risk of first-time symptomatic kidney stone

Discontinuation of oxytocin stimulation may lead to a small increase in cesarean section

Adults with periodontitis transmit bacteria that can later cause the disease in their children

Syphilis cases in California drive a record-setting year for STDs nationwide

Antidepressant exposure in the womb may increase offspring's risk of affective disorders

Residents in majority-Black neighborhoods experience higher rates of severe maternal morbidity

mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy provides passive SARS-CoV-2 immunity to neonates 16 days after first dose

Pregnant women transmit SARS-CoV-2 and vaccine-induced antibodies to fetus

Brain organoid models reveal mechanisms linked to virus-induced microcephaly

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