Fetal surgery study finds timeliness to be critical factor in success of treatment
Study has unexpected findings that may lead to changes in protocols to save lives of twins with life threatening condition.
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African-American mothers more likely to deliver prematurely in Missouri
African American women are three times more likely to deliver babies three to 17 weeks prematurely than Caucasian women.
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Reversing The Number of Low Birth Weight Babies
Adequate weight gain during pregnancy is essential to newborn health.
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Diuretic Pills Not Recommended for Preventing Preeclampsia
Diuretic drugs should not be recommended as a way to prevent serious condition during pregnancy, called preeclampsia.
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Women Can't Count on Fetal Movement Monitoring to Reduce Stillbirth Risk
There is no solid evidence that the practice reduces the risk of stillbirths.
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IVF Success May Be Increased With Use of Ultrasound
Couples having difficulty may increase their chances of pregnancy with the use of ultrasound rather than the traditional method.
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Risk of preterm birth appears to vary by season
Women who conceive in spring are most vulnerable to preterm birth risk.
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Many Russian Women Drink During Pregnancy
Nearly two thirds of russian women continue to drink after they become pregnant.
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Concern over safety of commercial ultrasound scans
Expectant parents' desire to see images of their unborn children has given rise to commercial companies offering keepsake ultrasound scans without medical supervision, often referred to as "boutique ultrasonography."
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Raising Cord Blood Awareness
Launching an educational campaign to inform pregnant mothers of the life saving value of newborn umbilical cord blood.
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Muscle damage during childbirth and fallen bladder, uterus
Strong connections between muscle damage that can occur during childbirth and pelvic organ prolapse, a condition that causes the uterus, bladder or bowel to fall down later in a woman's life.
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Brain bleeding common in newborns of vaginal birth
A brain development study in newborns revealed intracranial hemorrhages or bleeding in and around the brain, affects 26 percent of babies born vaginally.
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Experts Agree Way Forward for Non Invasive Pre-natal Testing
A way forward for non invasive prenatal testing at the annual 'Special non invasive advances in Fetal and Neonatal Evaluation Network' assembly.
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Folic Acid Can Help Prevent Birth Defects
Effort to increase public awareness and reduce the number of babies born with birth defects.
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Advice to pregnant women during lambing season
Pregnant women may risk their own health and that of their unborn child coming into close contact with sheep during lambing.
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Reducing caffeine intake has no effect on birth weight or length of pregnancy
Effect of reducing caffeine intake during pregnancy on birth weight and length of gestation: randomised controlled trial.
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Boston Ranked Best City in America to Have a Baby
Outstanding healthcare resources and the low infant mortality rates considered as contributing factors contributing to ranking
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Folic acid may prevent cleft lip and palate
Women who take folic acid supplements early in their pregnancy can substantially reduce their baby's chances of being born with a facial cleft.
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Teen Birth Rate Lowest Ever, Cesarean Births All Time High in Massachusetts
Birth rate decreased significantly while cesarean births number rised
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Promoting Good Health Habits May Prevent Birth Defects
Health officials are working to raise awareness of the importance of good health for women even before they become pregnant.
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Like salty food? Chances are you had low blood sodium when you were born
Low sodium blood serum in infants, not gestational age, birthweight or neonatal diuretic treatment, predicts an increased intake of dietary sodium later in life.
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Prenatal cocaine's lasting cellular effects
Cocaine use during pregnancy can cause subtle but disabling cognitive impairments.
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Pregnancy testing predicts pregnancy signs, symptoms
Common symptoms of early pregnancy include amenorrhoea (missed period), morning sickness and breast changes.
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Prenatal multivitamins may reduce low birth weight
Prenatal multivitamins for undernourished women may reduce risk of low birth weight of new born baby.
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Protection against cancer may begin during pregnancy
Eating Nutritious diet during pregnancy could help protect children from cancer, both as infants and later in life.
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Young women unfamiliar with intrauterine device safety
Study points to need for contraceptive counseling after first pregnancy.
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New Study Links Epidurals and Lower Breastfeeding Rates
Epidurals given during childbirth labour are associated with decreased rates of breastfeeding, a study involving a University of Sydney researcher has found.
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Women Need Not Wait To Get Pregnant After Breast Cancer
Pregnancy after breast cancer: population based study.
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Women At Higher Risk of Miscarriage If Underweight and Thin
Women are 72% more likely to suffer a miscarriage in the first three months of pregnancy if they have a low body mass index before they become pregnant.
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US Teen Pregnancy Rates Decline As Result Of Improved Contraceptive Use
Eighty six percent of the recent decline in U.S. teen pregnancy rates is the result of improved contraceptive use.
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Pregnant Women With Placental Infection Have Doubled Risk Of Recurrence
Pregnant women who develop an infection of the placenta or nearby membranes in their first pregnancy have twice the risk of getting it in their second pregnancy.
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Smoking During Pregnancy May 'Program' Kids To Become Smokers
Does maternal smoking during pregnancy predict the smoking patterns of young adult offspring?
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Unplanned Pregnancy, Abortion Often Happen More Than Once in a Woman's Lifetime
Repeat unintended pregnancies that end either in abortions or unplanned births occur among women from all backgrounds, suggesting that the reproductive health care system in general is failing.
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Fetal Oxygen Measurement Doesn't Affect Caesarean Section Rate
Measuring the amount of oxygen in the blood of a fetus during labor has no bearing on whether a Caesarean section is performed and does not affect the health of the newborn baby.
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Fetal Oxygen Monitoring Technology During Labor Offers No Apparent Benefit
The technology, that during labor is used for measuring blood oxygen levels of a baby, offers no apparent benefit.
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Blocking An Inter-Generational Cycle of Obesity
High levels of nutrition before birth stimulate the developing fat cells, making them more likely to increase in size, resulting in obese babies who stay obese throughout their lives.
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Pregnant Women With Lupus Face Higher Risk of Complications and Death
Women with systemic lupus who become pregnant are at significantly greater risk for death or other medical complications than are pregnant women without lupus.
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World Needs Midwives More Than Ever to Keep More Women, Babies
Midwives are vital to preventing the estimated 529,000 maternal deaths and 8 million illnesses that occur each year during pregnancy and childbirth.
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Study Finds Amniocentesis Safer For Pregnant Women
Researchers find risk of miscarriage after procedure to be significantly lower than previously reported.
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Motherhood After Age 50 and Parenting Stress
An evaluation of parenting stress and physical functioning.
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