Uganda: Maternal Health - Improving Pregnancy and Childbirth Outcomes
[Nile Post] Maternal health is a critical aspect of healthcare, reflecting not just the well-being of mothers but also the health of future generations. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - March 26, 2024 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Uganda Source Type: news
Viral Immune Responses Suppress a Gestational Hormone
Influenza infection activates a pathway that leads to a detrimental drop in progesterone during pregnancy in mice. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - March 25, 2024 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
SCOTUS Again Takes on Issue of Abortion, This Time Over Mifepristone Access
(MedPage Today) -- The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion this week when it hears arguments over a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy, a case with profound implications for millions of women... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 25, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Supreme Court again confronts the issue of abortion, this time over access to widely used medication
The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion this week when it hears arguments over a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy, a case with profound implications for millions of women no matter where they live in America and, perhaps, for the race for the…#supremecourt #roevwade #roe #democrats #kansas #ohio #kff #fda #donaldtrump #republicans (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Abortion and America's Phony'Pregnancy Crisis '
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Physician Guide to Supporting Sexual Assault Survivors
(MedPage Today) -- A decade ago, I believed it utterly unthinkable that anyone could advocate for rape or incest survivors carrying an unwanted pregnancy to term. I was wrong.
I've witnessed this extremism firsthand while walking by my local Planned... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 24, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Methods of infanticide: a review article - Aldakheel R, Alahmad F, Alhantosh S, Albaqqal Z, Ali Z, Alfaraj D.
Infanticide refers to the act of killing of infant under the age of 12 months. It is mostly associated with mental disturbance during and immediately after pregnancy. Infanticide can result either from the act of commission or omission. Violence can be use... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Exclusive breastfeeding and its association with intimate partner violence during pregnancy: analysis from Pakistan demographic and health survey - Khalid N, Zhou Z, Nawaz R.
BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global social issue and increasingly asks for the attention of policymakers. IPV is one of the main factors that affect the health of pregnant women and their infants during pregnancy and after childbirth; i... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Ozempic babies! Women on birth control are getting pregnant after starting weight loss drugs - and this is why
A Facebook group called 'I got pregnant on Ozempic' has over 450 members, while people on Reddit threads and TikTokers share notes on how they unexpectedly fell pregnant while taking semaglutide. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Does pregnancy accelerate aging? Study suggests that it does — at first
New Yale research finds that pregnancy accelerates aging. But there appears to be significant reversal of this effect in the postpartum period. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - March 22, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Texas medical panel won't provide list of exceptions to abortion ban
A Texas medical panel has rebuffed calls to list specific exceptions to one of the most restrictive abortions bans in the U.S., which physicians say is dangerously unclear and has forced women with serious pregnancy complications to leave the state (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Pregnancy may increase biological age by 2 years —though some people end up ‘younger’
Pregnancy is the ultimate stress test.
Nurturing a growing fetus requires a series of profound physical, hormonal, and chemical changes that may
rewire every major organ in the body
and can cause serious health complications such as hypertension and preeclampsia. But does being pregnant actually take years off your life?
According to the results of a new study, it just might. Today in
Cell Metabolism
, scientists report that the stress of pregnancy can cause a person’s biological age to increase by up to 2 years—a trend that
may reverse itself in the months that follow
. In som...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 22, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
LE8 Can Improve Future Heart Health in Women With History of Complicated Pregnancy
FRIDAY, March 22, 2024 -- Among women with a history of adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs), maintaining better cardiovascular health is associated with a significantly lower risk for incident cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 22, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
The association of teen pregnancy and violence: a multilevel study in Colombia - Ruiz-Sternberg AM, Botero-Pinzon M, Ni ño-Orrego MJ, Pinzón-Rondón AM.
BACKGROUND: Colombia has a high teen pregnancy (TP) rate. In 2018, one in five pregnancies was from teen mothers between 10 and 19 years of age. While TP rates are declining globally, Colombia's TP rate decline has been particularly low, despite sexual edu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Liberia: Sali Aims to Mitigate Liberia's 38,000 Illegal Abortion
[New Dawn] --Dialogues with media practitioners on importance of Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 21, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs Liberia Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Source Type: news
