Concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) in the pregnant mother and newborn show no association with childhood bone health, new data from the largest prospective cohort study of its kind to...
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Women who exercise during pregnancy are less likely to have gestational diabetes, and the exercise also helps to reduce maternal weight gain, finds a study. Gestational diabetes is one of...
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After eight years of practicing obstetrics and researching childbirth in the United States, I know as well as anyone that the American maternal health system could be better. Our way...
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What Effect Does Prenatal and Postpartum Maternal Depression Have on Children? Postpartum depression is a serious illness that can occur in the first few months after childbirth. It also can...
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Epilepsy affects women differently. Their hormonal and menstrual cycles, pregnancy, menopause all of those life stages are affected by epilepsy. New study comforting for women who need to take anti...
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Midwives are important providers of reproductive healthcare in Ghana. There are more than 3,379 midwives in Ghana compared with fewer than 2,000 physicians. While midwives practice throughout the country, physicians...
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For women with a prior low transverse incision cesarean delivery, the decision to undergo a vaginal delivery or elect to have a repeat cesarean delivery has important clinical and economic...
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The “Midwives voices, midwives realities report 2016” documents the voices and realities of 2470 midwifery personnel in 93 countries and describes, from their perspective, the barriers they experience to providing...
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Ingestion the placenta, its practice by some who believe there are health benefits for mothers, but a new study found no such benefit. Ingestion of the placenta believing that it...
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A new study conducted in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Sydney and funded by the Federal Department of Health, the study is informing the development of an online...
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