Evaluation of all-cause, cause-specific mortality by race, ethnicity among pregnant women
About The Study: Researchers examined all-cause and cause-specific mortality rates among pregnant and recently pregnant women in the United States ...
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Study discounts link between first-trimester diet quality and gestational weight gain among pregnant women in Nepal
A study on the factors driving a rise in weight gain among pregnant woman in Nepal has ruled out poor ...
Shielding against COVID-19 likely reduced exposure for pregnant individuals in early pandemic
Individuals who were already pregnant at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic had a 50 percent lower exposure to SARS-CoV-2 ...
ACMG publishes evidence-based clinical practice guideline recommending that noninvasive prenatal screening become the standard screening option for all pregnant individuals
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has released a new Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline (EBG), “Noninvasive prenatal ...
Trends in drug overdose mortality among pregnant, postpartum persons
About The Study: Among pregnant and postpartum persons, drug overdose mortality increased approximately 81% from 2017 to 2020, mirroring trends ...
Record high drug overdose deaths reported among pregnant and postpartum women
December 5, 2022-- Drug overdose deaths among pregnant and postpartum women increased more than 180 percent in the past five ...
Pregnant moms’ stress may accelerate cell aging of White, not Black, kids
Does stress during pregnancy impact children’s cell aging, and does race matter? The answer is yes, according to a new ...
Diagnoses of suicidal ideation surged among Black pregnant women in 10-year study
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Diagnoses of suicidal ideation soared by more than 700% among Black women in the year before childbirth, ...
Pregnant women’s cannabis usage in legalized US states raises calls for screening
Pregnant women living in US states where cannabis is legal must be screened for the drug, for the health of ...
About 2% of pregnant Canadian individuals self-report using cannabis in pregnancy, with usage associated with higher risk of preterm births, low birthweight newborns, and congenital anomalies, in a multi-region study of 1.28m births
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276824 Credit: Daniel Reche, Pixabay, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276824 Article Title: Cannabis use in pregnancy and maternal ...
Pregnant trauma patients with certain injury patterns should be screened for intimate partner violence during their hospital stay
Key takeaways Credit: American College of Surgeons Key takeaways Pregnant women are especially vulnerable to intimate partner violence (IPV) and ...
CHOP researchers find COVID-19 vaccination leads to higher antibody levels than natural infection in both pregnant people and their babies
Philadelphia, November 9, 2022—Pregnant people who received one of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines had 10-fold higher antibody concentrations than those ...
Study finds persistent disparities in access to prenatal care among pregnant people based on citizenship status and education level
Immigrant pregnant people faced persistent inequities in obtaining timely prenatal care as compared with native-born pregnant people in the United ...
UTIA researchers study feed efficiency of pregnant angus heifers
While cattle production has historically focused on increasing the feed efficiency of steers to produce a marketable beef product, researchers ...
Homicide is a leading cause of death in pregnant women in the US
Women in the US are more likely to be murdered during pregnancy or soon after childbirth than to die from ...
COVID-19 vaccine may be lifesaving for pregnant woman and their unborn children
WASHINGTON – (Oct. 12, 2022) – Stillbirth is a recognized complication of COVID-19 in pregnant women caused by harmful changes ...
Does stress make it more difficult to become pregnant?
New research in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica suggests that stress may affect a woman’s fecundability, or her probability of ...
Analysis of vaccine reactions after booster doses among pregnant, lactating individuals
About The Study: The findings of this study with 17,000 participants suggest that COVID-19 boosters or third doses were well ...
Pregnant women with obesity and diabetes may be more likely to have a child with ADHD
WASHINGTON—Children of women with gestational diabetes and obesity may be twice as likely to develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) compared to ...
Mothers’ stress rollercoaster while pregnant linked to negative emotions in babies
Prenatal stress was unrelated to the timing of the pandemic, study found First study to measure stress intensively in pregnancy ...
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New study shows snacking on mixed tree nuts may impact cardiovascular risk factors and increase serotonin
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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New study debunks the assumption that menstrual cycles disqualify women from exercise research
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Constructor University professor publishes outstanding psychological research paper
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Ignoring Native American data perpetuates misleading white ‘deaths of despair’ narrative, study finds
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The next generation of global health innovators: Michelson Prize winners announced