Pregnancy in the News
The articles featured below include news about or mention of pregnancy. This is page 6 of 7.
Caffeine during pregnancy - American research into caffeine use and addiction
A recent study has found that women who have significantly high regular caffeine intake combined with a family history of alcohol abuse are more likely to ignore advice to stop using caffeine durin...
Breastfeeding benefits mothers by reducing risk of Type 2 Diabetes
A study of over 157,000 mothers in the United States has found that breastfeeding could reduce their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes for up to 15 years.Details from Diabetes UK Press Office.
Call for research funding to prevent pregnancy complications (USA)
U.S. State representatives and senators have received a call for more research funding to prevent pregnancy complications. This came from a Yale School of Medicine researcher at the 7th annual Wome...
Ohio State University encourages increased awareness of women with epilepsy
The researchers reported that few of the physicians surveyed understood that hormonal fluctuations during the menstrual cycle of women who have epilepsy can affect seizure frequency, and most were ...
Lifesaving drug for eclampsia and pre-eclampsia in pregnant women too cheap to be marketed
A life-saving drug to treat seriously-ill pregnant women in Africa is not widely available, in part because it's too cheap. Magnesium sulphate is a low-cost but effective treatment for eclampsia an...
Children at risk if their mothers had stressful pregnancy
OHSU and NASA work together to improve childbirth safety
A new study called Using Military and Aviation Simulation Experience to Improve Rural Obstetric Care aims to reduce errors in emergency, high-risk births by bringing the benefits of NASA's simulat...
Baltimore woman gives birth to quintuplets
A Baltimore woman delivered quintuplets by Caesarean section on September 21 at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. At birth, the babies - four girls and one boy - ranged in wei...
UK Chief Medical Officer concludes British Pregnancy Advisory Service did not break the law
WHO announce global partnership to take immediate action to help women and children survive
The world’s leading maternal, newborn and child health professionals have joined forces to increase efforts to achieve the international development goals for child and maternal health. The new par...
Research into what happens when a virus enters the body
A new model called the - danger model - suggests that the immune system is more concerned with damage detected on the death of biological cells than with the introduction of foreign invaders such a...
Boots the Chemist to provide free chlamydia screening for 16-24 year olds across London
New Maternity Record for Scotland
A project to produce a national, standardized maternity record for women and NHS staff has been launched in Scotland. The record includes a pregnancy record, inserts for labour and birth, postnatal...
Irish Family Planning Association campaign for safe & legal abortions in Ireland
The Irish Family Planning Association has launched a major campaign for the introduction of legal abortion services in Ireland. This campaign will include a range of activities including a legal in...
Infants born at night have higher mortality rate in first month
UK Maternity Care Standards
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