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What parents need to know about prenatal tests | BGI Perspectives

The birth of every new life is to be celebrated! Expecting parents often advised by doctors from the department of gynecology and obstetrics to consider noninvasive prenatal tests (NIPT).

From BGI Genomics 26 Oct 2022

First-time sexual intercourse associated with increases in vaginal immune activity in young women

The changes detected may have important implications for sexually transmitted infection (STI) risk. But the authors do not yet know if the changes increase or decrease the risk of acquiring an STI.

26 Oct 2022

Mother's exposure to air pollution and psychological stress may disrupt fetal growth

Fetal growth -; which is delicate and precisely programmed -; may be disrupted by a mother's exposure to air pollution and psychological stress during early to mid-pregnancy, a new USC study shows.

26 Oct 2022

25 years on, varicella vaccination reports impressive success in the USA

New research suggests that 25 years on, varicella vaccination continues to report impressive success in the USA.

26 Oct 2022

States opting out of a federal program that tracks teen behavior as youth mental health worsens

As the covid-19 pandemic worsened a mental health crisis among America's young people, a small group of states quietly withdrew from the nation's largest public effort to track concerning behaviors in high school students.

26 Oct 2022

New evidence on how intermittent fasting impacts women's reproductive hormones

Intermittent fasting has been shown to be an effective way to lose weight, but critics have worried that the practice may have a negative impact on women's reproductive hormones.

25 Oct 2022

COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy protects infants from SARS-CoV-2 infection

In a recent study under review at the Nature Portfolio journal and currently posted to Research Square* preprint server, researchers evaluated the efficacy of maternal coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination against infection of infants with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

24 Oct 2022

Study finds differences in childbearing between racial/ethnic groups across educational levels

College-educated Black women in the United States give birth to fewer children than their white and Hispanic counterparts, according to a new study coauthored by Yale sociologist Emma Zang.

20 Oct 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Biden hits the road to sell Democrats’ record

What do pandemic preparedness, mental health care services, and over-the-counter hearing aids have in common? They are all things President Joe Biden touted on the campaign trail this week as he tries to maintain Democrats' majorities in Congress in the midterm elections Nov. 8.

20 Oct 2022

Review of characteristics of human monkeypox

Researchers conducted a scoping review of available literature on monkeypox (MPX), in a new study.

20 Oct 2022

5 things to know about Montana’s ‘born alive’ ballot initiative

Montana voters will decide Nov. 8 whether to approve a ballot initiative declaring that an embryo or fetus is a legal person with a right to medical care if it survives an abortion or delivery.

20 Oct 2022

Shopping vouchers aid in cessation of smoking among pregnant women

The offer of up to £400 of shopping vouchers to stop smoking during pregnancy as an addition to usual stop smoking support is highly effective, finds a trial published by The BMJ today.

20 Oct 2022

Pregnancy-associated homicides linked to lethal combination of intimate partner violence and firearms

Women in the US are more likely to be murdered during pregnancy or soon after childbirth than to die from the three leading obstetric causes of maternal death (high blood pressure disorders, hemorrhage, or sepsis), say experts in The BMJ today.

20 Oct 2022

Study shows increased risks of death in offspring born to mothers with hypertensive disorder of pregnancy

A disorder that can trigger abnormally high blood pressure in pregnancy is associated with increased risks of death in offspring from birth to young adulthood, finds a study published by The BMJ today.

20 Oct 2022

Why do some people attract mosquitoes more than others?

Mosquitoes (e.g., Aedes aegypti) are common vectors for many viruses that infect the human population, such as dengue, Zika, and yellow fever.

19 Oct 2022

Study evaluates link between caffeine, alcohol consumption and fertility treatment outcomes

A recent analysis published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica found no association between women's caffeine consumption and pregnancy or live birth rate after fertility treatments, but women's alcohol consumption was associated with decreased pregnancy rate after treatments when weekly consumption was greater than 84 g (approximately 7 standard drinks).

19 Oct 2022

Pregnancy News and Research

Latest Pregnancy News and Research

What parents need to know about prenatal tests | BGI Perspectives

First-time sexual intercourse associated with increases in vaginal immune activity in young women

Mother's exposure to air pollution and psychological stress may disrupt fetal growth

25 years on, varicella vaccination reports impressive success in the USA

States opting out of a federal program that tracks teen behavior as youth mental health worsens

New evidence on how intermittent fasting impacts women's reproductive hormones

COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy protects infants from SARS-CoV-2 infection

Study finds differences in childbearing between racial/ethnic groups across educational levels

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Biden hits the road to sell Democrats’ record

Review of characteristics of human monkeypox

5 things to know about Montana’s ‘born alive’ ballot initiative

Shopping vouchers aid in cessation of smoking among pregnant women

Pregnancy-associated homicides linked to lethal combination of intimate partner violence and firearms

Study shows increased risks of death in offspring born to mothers with hypertensive disorder of pregnancy

Why do some people attract mosquitoes more than others?

Study evaluates link between caffeine, alcohol consumption and fertility treatment outcomes

AI app to read COVID-19 lateral flow tests helps to reduce false results

SARS-CoV-2 placentitis may cause placental destruction and stillbirth in women not vaccinated for COVID-19

How the COVID-19 pandemic affected pregnant women in Mexico

Pregnant smokers reduce their smoking prior to pregnancy awareness, study finds

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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