Megan Brooks January 22, 2015 Opioid pain medications are widely prescribed among women of childbearing age, which is a “significant public health concern,” federal health officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today. A new report published in the January 23 issue ofMorbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) shows that roughly one fourth of privately insured women […]
December 9, 2014 People born by C-section, more often suffer from chronic disorders such as asthma, rheumatism, allergies, bowel disorders, and leukaemia than people born naturally. Babies who enter the world through a Caesarean delivery face much greater risks of developing a range of chronic immune disorders caused by defects in the immune system, compared […]
Laura Putre November 07, 2014 Pregnant women living in high-stress situations may benefit from supplements of the omega-3 fatty acid DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), according to a randomized controlled trial published onlineNovember 5 and in the December issue ofObstetrics & Gynecology. The reduction in cortisol output may improve the uterine environment for the developing fetus. Black women […]
September 12, 2014 DEAR DOCTOR K: I am pregnant, and my doctor says that I’m gaining too much weight. I trust the doctor, but I’ve heard that it’s normal to gain weight during pregnancy. How much weight should a woman gain? DEAR READER: It’s natural for a woman’s appetite to increase during pregnancy. This is […]
Medscape Medical News USPSTF: Aspirin Advised When Preeclampsia Risk Is High Jenni Laidman September 09, 2014 Healthy pregnant women at high risk for preeclampsia should take low-dose aspirin daily after 12 weeks of gestation, the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends in new guidelinespublished online September 9 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. This new recommendation takes […]
Medscape Medical News Neil Osterweil September 09, 2014 Women who take selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for depression during early pregnancy and those who stop taking the drugs up to a year before becoming pregnant have similar risks for miscarriage, investigators in a large, population-based study have found. The results suggest there is no causal […]
MedPageToday Published: Jul 15, 2014 By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Miscarriages and stillbirths might be a marker for women at higher risk of developing heart disease later in life. The study suggests that physicians should now include stillbirth or miscarriage on their list of items to ask about in screening […]
Published: Jun 10, 2014 | Updated: Jun 10, 2014 By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Pregnant women should eat at least 8 ounces of fish each week, which puts a floor — not just a ceiling — on the amount of seafood these women should consume, the FDA and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced […]
Medscape Medical News Jenni Laidman June 09, 2014 Story Source The risk for preterm births nearly tripled when less than 12 months elapsed between pregnancies, according to a study of more than 400,000 births published online June 4 in BJOG. Emily A. DeFranco, DO, assistant professor, Center for Prevention of Preterm Birth, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, […]
Medscape Medical News from SLEEP 2014: Associated Professional Sleep Societies 28th Annual Meeting Megan Brooks June 09, 2014 MINNEAPOLIS — Pregnant women who get regular moderate exercise in early pregnancy are likely to sleep better than those who don’t, a new study shows. Nearly 25% of pregnant women report poor sleep beginning early in pregnancy, […]
Posted on May 28, 2014 by Dr. Francis Collins When thinking about your health, or the health of your children, you’re probably not thinking of the placenta. This often neglected, yet vital, pancake-shaped organ develops during pregnancy. It adheres to the inside surface of the uterus and guides development; partly maternal, partly fetal, it delivers food and oxygen […]
Medscape Medical News Laurie Barclay, MD May 26, 2014 Pregnant and breast-feeding women should take a supplement with adequate iodide, as recommended by the American Thyroid Association, according to a policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics. The statement, published in the June issue of Pediatrics, also recommends that pregnant and lactating women and […]
The New York Times By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS APRIL 13, 2014 Full Story Doctors are prescribing opioid painkillers to pregnant women in astonishing numbers, new research shows, despite the fact that risks to the developing fetus are largely unknown. Of 1.1 million pregnant women enrolled in Medicaid nationally, nearly 23 percent filled an opioid prescription in […]
by Elizabeth DeVita Raeburn Contributing Writer, MedPage Today March 13, 2014 A history of gestational diabetes may be a marker for early atherosclerosis, even in women who were not obese before pregnancy and have not gone on to develop diabetes or metabolic syndrome after giving birth, researchers reported. In 777 women without a diagnosis of […]