by Robin Foster In the 14 states with abortion bans, there have been nearly 65,000 pregnancies resulting from rape during the time since those bans went into place, a new study estimates. To arrive at that troubling number, researchers turned to data from federal surveys on crime and sexual violence. Their findings were published Jan....
by Sarah Avery, Duke University Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWhile the risks of drug use, smoking and drinking during pregnancy are widely accepted, a new survey of parents has identified clear associations between certain types of childhood cancers and gestational substance use, notably cannabis. The study—led by Duke Health and appearing in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and...
by Elana Gotkine After accounting for measurable confounders, the risk for miscarriage is increased in association with benzodiazepine use during pregnancy, according to a study published online Dec. 27 in JAMA Psychiatry. Lin-Chieh Meng, from the National Taiwan University in Taipei, and colleagues quantified the risk for miscarriage associated with benzodiazepine use during pregnancy in...
by American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public Domain Electrocardiogram (EKG) based screening using an artificial intelligence-enabled digital stethoscope may detect peripartum cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart muscle in pregnant and recently pregnant women, at double the rate of standard obstetric care including clinical EKGs, according to late-breaking science presented today at the American Heart Association’s...
Justin Paget/Getty Images – The US Preventative Services Task Force recently updated their guidelines regarding screening for hypertensive disorders among pregnant people.– Experts agree that screening is an effective way to improve the detection of hypertensive disorders among pregnant people.– Signs of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy include an increase in blood pressure, partial or total...
by Laura Fleszar, Allison Bryant Mantha, Catherine O. Johnson and Greg Roth, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Black women were more likely to die during pregnancy or soon after in every year from 1999 through 2019, compared with Hispanic, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, and white women. That...
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL Many public health initiatives today are focused on protecting vulnerable populations against the novel coronavirus and recommend that pregnant women routinely receive mRNA vaccines to prevent maternal and fetal morbidity as well as mortality. To gather more data on vaccine safety and any effects on the fetus, researchers at the Brigham...
by Will Doss, Northwestern University Lamotrigine and Levetiracetam Dose-Normalized Concentrations During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period Boxplots showing lower dose-normalized concentrations during pregnancy and the postpartum period for lamotrigine (A) and levetiracetam (B). The midline of the box plots indicates the median, and the box indicates the 25th and 75th percentiles. Whiskers represent 1.5 times...
They cite a growing body of research that suggests the drug might alter fetal development. The consensus statement, which appears in the journal Nature Reviews Endocrinology, was supported by signatories from 91 researchers, clinicians, and public health experts around the world. According to the signatories, acetaminophen may be at least partially responsible for rising rates...
By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD Sep 14 2021Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. An important new article published in the Clinical Medicine Journal discusses pregnancy complicated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This article provides an overview of what is currently known about this condition and current recommendations. COVID-19, which is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),...
