The Independent Pregnancy Loss Review: care and support when baby loss occurs before 24 weeks gestation
Independent Pregnancy Loss Review Group - The Pregnancy Loss Review Group was commissioned to consider the registration and certification of pregnancy loss occurring before 24 weeks ’ gestation, and the quality of National Health Service care. The review looks at options to improve NHS gynaecology and maternity care practice for parents who experience a miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy or termination for medical reasons. It makes 73 recommendations, which are i ntended to support the government and the NHS in creating a forward-looking approach to improve the safety and care experience for all ...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - July 25, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Patient safety Source Type: news

1,400 POUNDS of cheese sold in New York may be contaminated with deadly listeria bug linked to miscarriages and stillbirths, FDA warns
The cheeses were sold over the last two months at farmer's markets across the state. Some are also available in retail stores and restaurants. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Diagnosing eyewitness identifications with reaction time ‑based Concealed Information Test: the effect of viewpoint congruency between test and encoding - Sauerland M, Geven L, Bastiaens A, Verschuere B.
Mistaken eyewitness identifications continue to be a major contributor to miscarriages of justice. Previous experiments have  suggested that implicit identification procedures such as the Concealed Information Test (CIT) might be a promising alternative to... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Sierra Leone: DKT International Poised to Decrease Complications Due to Miscarriage
[Concord] If you have recently had a miscarriage, you're likely aware of the unique physical and emotional challenges that come with the experience. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 19, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Sierra Leone West Africa Source Type: news

Abortion laws are driving academics out of some U.S. states —and keeping others from coming
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion in June 2022, Alesha Thayer sat down with her husband and worked out a plan to leave the state where she has been a faculty member for more than 5 years. Abortions had immediately become outlawed there, and Thayer, who has experienced miscarriages and complicated pregnancies and hopes to grow her family, feared the new legal landscape would limit her reproductive autonomy and the care she could receive. “We just can’t be here anymore,” the physical scientist says. (Thayer is not her real name; Science granted anonymity to multip...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 11, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Study Evaluates Pregnancy Risks With Biologics for Psoriasis Study Evaluates Pregnancy Risks With Biologics for Psoriasis
Use of biologics to treat psoriasis during pregnancy and/or at the time of conception was not associated with a higher rate of miscarriages or birth defects in a new meta-analysis.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines - July 3, 2023 Category: Dermatology Tags: Dermatology News Source Type: news

Are human embryo models a cause for hope or alarm?
A recent breakthrough in the race to create ‘synthetic’ embryos has sparked criticism. But the findings could be valuable in understanding miscarriages and genetic disordersThe news on 14 June that scientists had made “synthetic human embryos” caused widespread surprise and alarm. Sounds scary, right? Perhaps even, as aneditorial in theGuardian suggested, like “playing God” and paving the way towards a dystopian “brave new world”.The reality is different. For one thing, calling these “synthetic embryos” is rather misleading, even prejudicial – most scientists prefer the term “embryo models”, and t...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 1, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Philip Ball Tags: Embryos Science Biology Ethics Stem cells Medical research Genetics Source Type: news

Intimate partner violence as a determinant factor for spontaneous abortion during pregnancy: an unmatched case-control study - Hailu HT, Mekonnen W, Gufue ZH, Weldegebriel SG, Dessalegn B.
BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence affects a significant portion of women worldwide throughout their lifetimes. Ethiopia lacks data that policymakers could utilize to develop context-specific policies for handling intimate partner violence during pregna... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

America ’s Second Year Post-Roe Will Be Even More Contentious
By the time the U.S. Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade and eliminated the federally protected right to abortion one year ago, public-health and legal experts were armed to the teeth with predictions about what the complicated fights over reproductive care would look like in all 50 states. Experts warned that key steps of the anti-abortion movement’s path to a total abortion ban could include attempts to establish fetal personhood laws, criminalize pregnant women facing complications and miscarriages, and access citizens’ private data to enforce restrictions. Since last June, 14 U.S. states have enacte...
Source: TIME: Health - June 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haley Weiss Tags: Uncategorized abortion healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Ob-Gyns Say Care Has Worsened After Dobbs Decision
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 -- The U.S. Supreme Court decision ending a nationwide right to abortion one year ago has made it harder for doctors to treat miscarriages and other pregnancy-related emergencies, a new report shows. The nonprofit... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 21, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

In National Survey, U.S. Ob-Gyns Say Care Has Worsened After Dobbs Decision
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 -- The U.S. Supreme Court decision ending a nationwide right to abortion one year ago has made it harder for doctors to treat miscarriages and other pregnancy-related emergencies, a new report shows. The nonprofit... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Post Office boss apologises for inquiry bonus payments
The boss of the Post Office has apologised for receiving bonus payments related to an inquiry into a long-running miscarriage of justice, and said hundreds of postmasters had found it “too traumatising” to come forward to challenge their convictions. The company is being investigated by the…#postoffice #postoffices #horizon #nickread #wynwilliams #thomascook #vodafone #henrystaunton #northernireland #amandaburton (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Study provides insight into miscarriages in tsetse flies
Tsetse are biting flies that transmit the parasites causing sleeping sickness in humans and Nagana in animals. Female tsetse flies, which give birth to enormous, adult-sized live young, can experience miscarriages and these are more likely as they get older. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - June 15, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Research; Faculty of Life Sciences, School of Biological Sciences; Press Release Source Type: news

Synthetic human embryos created in groundbreaking advance
Exclusive: Breakthrough could aid research into genetic disorders but raises serious ethical and legal issuesAnalysis: advances leave legislators needing to catch upScientists have created synthetic human embryos using stem cells, in a groundbreaking advance that sidesteps the need for eggs or sperm.Scientists say these model embryos, which resemble those in the earliest stages of human development, could provide a crucial window on the impact of genetic disorders and the biological causes of recurrent miscarriage.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 14, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: Biology Stem cells Genetics Medical research Science Source Type: news

A Controversial Court Ruling Has Britain ’ s Abortion Rights Groups Up in Arms
U.K. abortion rights groups are planning large demonstrations on Saturday outside London’s Royal Courts of Justice, after a woman was controversially jailed on Monday under an 1861 law for using drugs to induce a medical abortion past legal term limits. The case has sparked outcry and calls for an overhaul of reproductive justice laws in the U.K., as well as the full decriminalization of abortion. Carla Foster, a 44-year-old mother of three, was sentenced to 28 months in custody for using a “pills by post” initiative for at-home medical abortions. Women up to 10 weeks pregnant are eligible to receive th...
Source: TIME: Health - June 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Armani Syed Tags: Uncategorized abortion Second click United Kingdom Source Type: news