Study finds adversity experienced during childhood or pregnancy affects the gut microbiome across generations

by Holly Ober,University of California, Los AngelesBecause babies acquire their first gut microbes passing through their mother’s birth canal, mothers’ microbiomes form the basis of their offspr

Updated on: January 19,2024

Study finds adversity experienced during childhood or pregnancy affects the gut microbiome across generations

by Holly Ober,University of California, Los AngelesBecause babies acquire their first gut microbes passing through their mother’s birth canal, mothers’ microbiomes form the basis of their offspr

Updated on:January 19,2024

More turn to abortion pills by mail, with legality uncertain

by John HannaA Nurse Practitioner works in an office at a Planned Parenthood clinic where she confers via teleconference with patients seeking self-managed abortions as containers of the medication us

Updated on: April 19,2024

More turn to abortion pills by mail, with legality uncertain

by John HannaA Nurse Practitioner works in an office at a Planned Parenthood clinic where she confers via teleconference with patients seeking self-managed abortions as containers of the medication us

Updated on:April 19,2024

Do magazines exaggerate fertility at advanced reproductive age?

by Mary Ann Liebert, IncCredit: (c) 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishersA new study has shown that popular magazines commonly feature older pregnant celebrities on their covers with no mention

Updated on: April 11,2024

Do magazines exaggerate fertility at advanced reproductive age?

by Mary Ann Liebert, IncCredit: (c) 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishersA new study has shown that popular magazines commonly feature older pregnant celebrities on their covers with no mention

Updated on:April 11,2024

Researchers discover how the placenta may be blocking SARS-CoV-2 transmission to babies during pregnancy

by Boston University School of MedicineCredit: CC0 Public DomainWhile COVID-19 disease significantly impacts many pregnant women, the rates of transmission from mother to baby in pregnancy are ve

Updated on: May 23,2024

Researchers discover how the placenta may be blocking SARS-CoV-2 transmission to babies during pregnancy

by Boston University School of MedicineCredit: CC0 Public DomainWhile COVID-19 disease significantly impacts many pregnant women, the rates of transmission from mother to baby in pregnancy are ve

Updated on:May 23,2024

Birth control pill use is declining as women question mental health side effects

by Bethany Ao, The Philadelphia InquirerCredit: CC0 Public DomainWhen Sophia DuRose was 19, her primary physician prescribed her a birth control pill to help regulate her periods.But soon after DuRose

Updated on: April 29,2024

Birth control pill use is declining as women question mental health side effects

by Bethany Ao, The Philadelphia InquirerCredit: CC0 Public DomainWhen Sophia DuRose was 19, her primary physician prescribed her a birth control pill to help regulate her periods.But soon after DuRose

Updated on:April 29,2024

Commonly used chemicals associated with miscarriage, study finds

by Michael Greenwood,Yale UniversityExposure to synthetic chemicals widely used in food packaging, such as pizza boxes, and commonly found in drinking water supplies is associated with a woman’s

Updated on: June 04,2024

Commonly used chemicals associated with miscarriage, study finds

by Michael Greenwood,Yale UniversityExposure to synthetic chemicals widely used in food packaging, such as pizza boxes, and commonly found in drinking water supplies is associated with a woman’s

Updated on:June 04,2024

Diet linked to preeclampsia among low-income Hispanic women during pregnancy

by Keck School of Medicine of USCPredicted probability of preeclampsia by vegetables, oils, and fruit and HEI‐2015 maternal dietary pattern scores during the third trimester of pregnancy, stratif

Updated on: March 15,2024

Diet linked to preeclampsia among low-income Hispanic women during pregnancy

by Keck School of Medicine of USCPredicted probability of preeclampsia by vegetables, oils, and fruit and HEI‐2015 maternal dietary pattern scores during the third trimester of pregnancy, stratif

Updated on:March 15,2024

Perinatal patients, nurses explain how hospital pandemic policies failed them

by Jake Ellison,University of WashingtonPerinatal patients and the nurses who care for them told researchers that hospital changes to combat the spread of COVID-19 had detrimental impacts on mat

Updated on: June 29,2024

Perinatal patients, nurses explain how hospital pandemic policies failed them

by Jake Ellison,University of WashingtonPerinatal patients and the nurses who care for them told researchers that hospital changes to combat the spread of COVID-19 had detrimental impacts on mat

Updated on:June 29,2024

Endometriosis increases risk of complications during pregnancy and delivery

by Thomas Jefferson UniversityPregnancy test. Credit: public domainA new meta-analysis shows that pregnant women with endometriosis are at greater risk for a host of complications during pregnanc

Updated on: March 02,2024

Endometriosis increases risk of complications during pregnancy and delivery

by Thomas Jefferson UniversityPregnancy test. Credit: public domainA new meta-analysis shows that pregnant women with endometriosis are at greater risk for a host of complications during pregnanc

Updated on:March 02,2024

At abortion clinics, new laws sow confusion, uncertainty

by Kim Chandler And Sudhin ThanawalaEscorts, using umbrellas, shield clients from the gestures and voices of anti-abortion activists standing on the sidewalk in front of the Alabama Women's Wellne

Updated on: April 08,2024

At abortion clinics, new laws sow confusion, uncertainty

by Kim Chandler And Sudhin ThanawalaEscorts, using umbrellas, shield clients from the gestures and voices of anti-abortion activists standing on the sidewalk in front of the Alabama Women's Wellne

Updated on:April 08,2024