'Would You Like to Keep This Pregnancy?' I Asked My 13-Year-Old Patient Having a choice can help end cycles of poverty among marginalized teen patients Jun 30, 2022
Nurse in Missing Fentanyl Case Gets License Back; Abortion Ban Exceptions Useless? This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 29, 2022
Interactive Map: Abortion Bans and Penalties Here's where abortion bans have gone into effect and where doctors face prison time Jun 27, 2022
Perinatal Depression in Both Mom and Dad Not So Uncommon Up to 3% of couples experience concurrent depression before or after birth, meta-analysis finds Jun 27, 2022
It's Official: SCOTUS Strikes Down Roe v. Wade Opinion ends constitutional protection for abortion, returns rights to the states Jun 24, 2022
Med Students Call for Comprehensive Sex Ed in Schools at the AMA Meeting Making families responsible for sex education isn't working, say advocates of proposed policy Jun 13, 2022
Supine Sleeping Linked to Breathing Issues in High-Risk Pregnancy Researchers also found self-reported sleeping position is often not accurate Jun 08, 2022
Use of These Epilepsy Meds During Pregnancy Linked to Child's Autism Valproate not the only one associated with neurodevelopmental disorders Jun 01, 2022
Prolonged Oxytocin Exposure for Labor Induction Linked to Bleeding Risk Vaginal births with longer exposure had greater risk of obstetric hemorrhage May 12, 2022
'Conclusive Answer' on Antidepressants in Pregnancy and Kids' Epilepsy Risk "The major risks for the unborn child is the depression itself," expert notes May 11, 2022
Socially Vulnerable Patients Discharged Sooner After C-Section Disparities only exacerbated during the pandemic, retrospective study shows May 11, 2022
Restrictions on Mifepristone a Barrier to Miscarriage Care, Surveys Show Over a third of respondents do not prescribe the drug for early pregnancy loss, despite efficacy May 10, 2022
Menstrual Cycles Point to Link Between Sex Hormones and Long QT Research suggests new tools for risk stratification and therapy May 01, 2022
Three Key Strategies to Improve Maternal Vaccination Rates We can do more to protect pregnant women and their children May 01, 2022
Migraine Tied to Pregnancy Complications Preeclampsia, gestational hypertension associated with pre-pregnancy migraine Apr 25, 2022
Pregnant Woman With Crohn's Disease Experiences Perianal Pain Pain may be sole symptom of Fournier's gangrene in the immunosuppressed Apr 25, 2022
While the World Makes Progress on Reproductive Rights, the U.S. Regresses Why is the U.S. failing to lead the way in securing and protecting abortion rights? Apr 24, 2022
Biden Administration Working to Rescind Trump-Era 'Conscience Clause' Rule Regulation would have enforced health workers' rights to decline participation in some procedures Apr 20, 2022
FDA Issues Warning on Prenatal Genetic Tests Relying on results could lead to inappropriate medical decisions, agency warns Apr 19, 2022
Antenatal Steroids May Pose Neurologic Risk to Babies Born Full Term Birth timing -- not just dose timing -- linked to safety and efficacy of antenatal steroids Apr 11, 2022
Abortion Restrictions Rob Our Patients of Self-Determination Pregnancy decisions should be up to women and the doctors who care for them Apr 07, 2022
Tide Turns on Withholding Blood Pressure Meds for Pregnant Women Antihypertensive treatment was safe for mothers and children in the CHAP trial Apr 02, 2022
Cannabis-Exposed Babies Face Poorer Metabolic Health By age 5, fat mass and glucose levels show the impact Mar 31, 2022
Fetal Antipsychotic Exposure Cleared for Kids' Neurodevelopmental Disorders? Other maternal factors likely explain increased risk Mar 29, 2022
Stillbirth More Common for Mothers With Obesity Risk was also elevated for overweight mothers, study showed Mar 25, 2022
Medication Abortion Is Safe, Effective Without Ultrasounds Similar outcomes whether patients received drugs in person or by mail, researchers found Mar 21, 2022
Levothyroxine No Boon for Birth Rates in Women With Possible Thyroid Disorder Randomized trial looked at women with a history of recurrent pregnancy loss Mar 18, 2022
Prenatal Blood Test Info Often Misleads, Endangering Normal Pregnancies Report blasts misleading language around non-invasive prenatal blood tests Mar 14, 2022
Third U.S. Case of Congenital Varicella in the Last 25 Years CDC researchers report on an Illinois woman who contracted the virus during pregnancy Mar 11, 2022
Even Pregnant Women on SSRIs Suffer Lingering Anxiety, Depression Nearly a third of those in a prospective study had clinically relevant depressive symptoms Mar 04, 2022
Gestational Diabetes Risk Higher After Previous Miscarriage Risk increased with each prior spontaneous abortion Mar 03, 2022
Insulin Supplement in Preterm Babies' Milk Bolstered Feedings Both low- and high-dose insulin hastened time to full enteral feeding Mar 01, 2022
Biden Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court Seat Appeals court judge has a history of litigating for reproductive rights Feb 25, 2022
The Lactation Gap: Disparities in Maternal Health Breastfeeding has short- and long-term health benefits for both mother and child Feb 23, 2022
COVID Makes Everything Worse in Pregnancy And those with HIV experienced the worst outcomes Feb 17, 2022
Universal HCV Screening in Pregnancy Boosts Detection More cases found verses risk-based approach, also IDs perinatal transmission, researcher says Feb 16, 2022
Novel Strategy Slashes HBV Vertical Transmission Sans Immunoglobulin Cambodian study finds antenatal antiviral effective if used for long enough Feb 15, 2022
Blood Levels of Common Epilepsy Drugs Drop During Pregnancy Antiseizure medication monitoring should begin early, researchers say Feb 14, 2022
Here's How Ob/Gyns Can Create Gender-Affirming Environments Focusing on social and emotional needs goes a long way, experts say Feb 10, 2022
