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Moms' and babies' medical data predicts prematurity complications, study shows
By sifting through electronic health records of moms and babies using a machine-learning algorithm, scientists can predict how at-risk newborns will fare in their first two months of life. The new method allows physicians ...
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Health care reforms to support Aboriginal expectant mothers
Exploring cultural reforms to help improve health outcomes for Aboriginal mothers and their babies is the focus of new research from Flinders University and the Women's and Children's Health Network.
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Spain passes law for Europe's first 'menstrual leave'
Spain's parliament approved Thursday a law granting paid medical leave to women suffering severe period pain, becoming the first European country to advance such legislation.
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Fasting in pregnancy linked to lower birth weight
Fasting during pregnancy is associated with lower birth weight; however, dietary composition outside of fasting hours modifies this association, according to a study published online Feb. 15 in PLOS ONE.
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When alcohol becomes cheaper, abortions and adverse birth outcomes increase, new research shows
When Finnish policymakers cut taxes on alcohol and made importing alcohol easier, rates of abortion, pre-term birth, and low birthweight all rose, according to a new study published in the journal Addiction. Expanding the ...
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Study suggests proactive policing may contribute to racial gap in preterm births
Proactive policing, such as pedestrian and traffic stops, is a crime prevention tactic that relies on police officer discretion to stop and search individuals they consider suspicious. A recently published study in the journal ...
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The global push for paid menstrual leave
Many women have painful periods, but only a handful of countries, most of them in Asia, allow them to take time off work to recover.
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Mothers' alcohol consumption before and during pregnancy is linked to changes in children's face shapes
Researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning technology to find a link between alterations in the shape of children's faces and the amount of alcohol their mothers drank, both before becoming pregnant ...
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New study identifies risk factors associated with low birth weight
Multiple births, a short interval between pregnancies and mothers with a maternal physical or mental health condition are more at risk of having a low birth rate baby according to Swansea University researchers.
Feb 15, 2023
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Researchers identify compounds that could lead to an on-demand, short-term contraceptive for men
In a mouse study, researchers have identified a potential non-hormonal contraceptive that men could take shortly before sexual activity and have fertility restored the next day.
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Mom's exposure to air pollution, even before pregnancy, may raise baby's heart defect risk
Maternal exposure to air pollution may raise the risk for heart defects in an unborn child, according to new research from China that suggests the risks are just as high in the three months prior to pregnancy as they are ...
Feb 14, 2023
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Mother's blessing: Microbiota from mothers regulates lung immunity in newborns
A new study led by Bruno Silva Santos, group leader and vice-director at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM; Portugal), and published in Cell Reports revealed that a type of white blood cell, the ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Study: Pregnant women on ADHD medications shouldn't worry about pediatric neurodevelopmental disorders
Women around the world who have taken medication to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during their pregnancy can now breathe a sigh of relief. There are no differences in rates of neurodevelopmental disorders ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Study identifies novel genetic causes of male infertility
A recent study published in Nature Communications has identified novel genetic causes of non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA), the most severe form of male infertility, findings that improve the characterization of the disorder ...
Feb 13, 2023
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New model identifies women at high risk for endometrial cancer
Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological malignancy in the United States yet current guidelines do not recommend screening for endometrial cancer for individuals already at high endometrial cancer risk, such as ...
Feb 13, 2023
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New statement summarizes the intergenerational impact of prepregnancy heart health
Preventing heart disease starts much earlier than you may realize, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published today in a Go Red For Women spotlight issue of the journal Circulation.
Feb 13, 2023
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How the Middle Ages' female doctors were consigned to oblivion
The figure of the witch has long cast a spell on artists and scientists, who have alternately associated her with women displaying an uncanny knowledge of nature or a voracious sexuality. In fact, many of "witches" persecuted ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Texas lawsuit threatens access to abortion pill nationally
Access to medication abortion could be at risk nationwide because of a Texas lawsuit working its way through the court system.
Feb 13, 2023
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Study suggests that wildfire smoke increases risk of going into labor prematurely
In a new study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting—and published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology—researchers will unveil ...
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