Prenatal Care & Cord Blood
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After a jump in maternal mortality for Hispanic women, a search for answers
The COVID-19 pandemic produced no shortage of somber statistics. But for people who care about women’s health, one number about…
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FDA panel backs removal of unproven pregnancy drug
This image provided by Covis Pharma shows packaging for the company’s Makena medication. A panel of federal advisers says the…
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Prenatal care for foreign-born Latinx people dropped during 2016 presidential campaign
A, Counterfactual (solid line; 13 mo lost to modeling) and observed (points) values of logits for inadequate prenatal care among monthly…
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Including the patient voice when addressing racial disparities in maternal health
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Experts have spent recent years trying to better understand and address significant racial disparities and inequities…
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Disparities in access to prenatal care based on citizenship status and education level
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Immigrant pregnant people faced persistent inequities in obtaining timely prenatal care as compared with native-born pregnant…
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Decades-long push to lower stillbirth rate in the US has stalled, research finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A decades-long effort to lower the stillbirth rate in the United States has stalled, as has…
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Prenatal phthalate exposure can significantly impact infant behavior and cognition, says study
Credit: Neurotoxicology and Teratology (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2022.107102 Prenatal exposure to phthalates, a set of chemicals commonly found in plastics and…
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Threats of COVID-19 caused significant anxiety and depression in pregnant women
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study that assessed stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms in pregnant women from seven Western countries…
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Undocumented women in Norway do not get enough care during pregnancy, says study
Number of pregnancies in undocumented women attending NGO clinics, by region of origin. Credit: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2022). DOI:…
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Researchers Identify blood panel to predict placenta accreta
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Of the nearly 4 million births each year in the United States, roughly 50,000 are marked…
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