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Released: 30-Jul-2019 7:05 PM EDT
House move during early pregnancy linked to heightened premature birth risk
University of Washington

Moving to a new residence during the first three months of pregnancy is linked to a heightened risk of premature birth and low birthweight, as well as a slightly higher risk of a smaller-than-expected-size baby, according to new research from the University of Washington published online today in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

Released: 30-Jul-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Memorial Sloan Kettering Among the Top “Best Hospitals” for Cancer Care and Ranked First in Gynecology by U.S News & World Report
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) has been ranked as the number two hospital for cancer care in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report in its annual listing of Best Hospitals. Since the inception of the rankings 30 years ago, MSK has held either the first or second spot each year for cancer care. In addition to its ranking for overall cancer care, MSK was ranked #1 in Gynecology.

Released: 29-Jul-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Midwives and nurse-midwives may underestimate the dangers of prenatal alcohol use
Wayne State University Division of Research

Alcohol use during pregnancy can have harmful consequences on the fetus including restricted growth, facial anomalies, and neurobehavioral problems. No amount of alcohol use during pregnancy has been proven safe. Yet a recent survey of midwives and nurses who provide prenatal care showed that 44% think one drink per occasion is acceptable while pregnant, and 38% think it is safe to drink alcohol during at least one trimester of pregnancy.

Released: 29-Jul-2019 9:50 AM EDT
Study finds worrisome birth-control knowledge gap
Ohio State University

A new study has uncovered concerning gaps in knowledge about birth control effectiveness. The research, conducted in the Vietnam capital of Hanoi, included four forms of contraception: IUDs, birth control pills, male condoms and withdrawal.

23-Jul-2019 2:05 PM EDT
1 in 75 New Mothers Go on to Long-Term Opioid Painkiller Use; Risk Rises with Size of Prescription
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Nearly half of American women having a baby in the last decade received a prescription for a powerful opioid painkiller as part of their birth experience, a new study shows. And one or two in every hundred were still filling opioid prescriptions a year later – especially those who received birth-related opioid prescriptions before the birth, and those who received the largest initial doses.

Released: 25-Jul-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Fracking activities may contribute to anxiety and depression during pregnancy
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health

A new study led by a researcher at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health identifies a link between proximity to hydraulic fracking activities and mental health issues during pregnancy. Results appear in the journal Environmental Research.

Released: 25-Jul-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Wolters Kluwer Partners with the Chinese Medical Association to Launch Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Wolters Kluwer, Health announced today it has partnered with the Chinese Medical Association (CMA) to launch Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM), an open access journal focused on the field of obstetrics and maternal-fetal medicine. The new journal will publish high-quality scientific articles related to such topics as medical complications and adverse effects of pregnancy, fetal development, prenatal screening and diagnosis, fetal treatment and therapy, and technology and developments in obstetrics and maternal-fetal medicine

24-Jul-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Inherited BRCA2 mutations linked to increased risk of childhood lymphoma
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

A report from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital links inherited mutations in the BRCA2 gene with an increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma in children and adolescents. The work appears as an advance online publication today in JAMA Oncology.

Released: 25-Jul-2019 9:00 AM EDT
Study in Mice Advances Combination Immune Therapy for Ovarian Cancer
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Delivering two federally approved immunity-altering drugs together significantly extended the lives of mice injected with human ovarian cancer cells, an early proof-of-concept experiment that may advance treatment for the most deadly — although rare — gynecologic malignancy in humans, according to scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center who performed the research.

Released: 23-Jul-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Estudo mostra vantagens para cirurgia de incontinência urinária de esforço
Mayo Clinic

Uma das cirurgias mais realizadas para tratar a incontinência urinária de esforço em mulheres pode ter melhores resultados a longo prazo do que outra técnica cirúrgica comum, de acordo com um estudo conduzido por pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic.

Released: 23-Jul-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Perinatal Joint Commission Certification Reaffirms NYU Langone as Leader in Mother-Baby Care
NYU Langone Health

NYU Langone Health was the first organization in New York State to receive The Joint Commission's Perinatal Care Certification, in 2015. This year was the first certification to include NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn, which becomes the first hospital in Brooklyn to merit the designation.

Released: 22-Jul-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Long Term Organic Diet Intervention Reduces Pesticide Metabolites in Pregnant Women
Boise State University

Cynthia Curl, an assistant professor in Boise State’s Department of Community and Environmental Health, has conducted what is believed to be the first ever long-term diet intervention study on the effects of organic produce on pregnant women.

Released: 22-Jul-2019 1:05 PM EDT
New International Study Will Explore Accessibility of Talk Therapy Treatment for New Mothers
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

This study, co-led by Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH, director of the UNC Perinatal Psychiatry Program, and Daisy Singla, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at University of Toronto and clinician scientist at Sinai Health System, will investigate how to make talk therapy treatment – specifically behavioral activation – more accessible to all women.

19-Jul-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Scientists develop promising drug for treating ovarian and pancreatic cancers
Houston Methodist

Known as two of the most lethal cancers, ovarian and pancreatic cancer are often called silent killers. As a result, they frequently go undetected until they’re too late to effectively treat. Cancer scientists at Houston Methodist have been vigilant about looking for more effective late-stage treatments and may have found one.

Released: 18-Jul-2019 3:30 PM EDT
Sperm may offer the uterus a “secret handshake”
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

Before they reach the egg, sperm have to make it through bombardment by the female immune system. Researchers have discovered an interaction with the endometrium that may help sperm evade this attack--or may help it target the weakest.

Released: 17-Jul-2019 2:40 PM EDT
One in 270 Births Have “Dual Burden” of Prematurity and Severe Maternal Complications
New York University

A quarter of women who have serious maternal complications during childbirth also have premature births, posing a “dual burden” on families, finds research from NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) California Preterm Birth Initiative, and Stanford University.

Released: 16-Jul-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Poor sleep quality and fatigue plague women with premature ovarian insufficiency
North American Menopause Society (NAMS)

Sleep disturbances are a frequent complaint of women in the menopause transition and postmenopause.

Released: 16-Jul-2019 9:50 AM EDT
Men Account for 50% of Infertility: First Andrologist Appointed at Rutgers
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

The first step in identifying and treating infertility is often rigorous testing for women. However, only 50 percent of infertility is attributable to the female partner alone, 50 percent of couples have a male factor, according to Nikhil Gupta, MD, assistant professor of surgery. In May 2018, Dr. Gupta became the first andrologist and male sexual function subspecialist appointed to the faculty of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He focuses on the treatment of male infertility, sexual dysfunction, benign prostate hyperplasia (non-cancerous enlarged prostate) and erectile dysfunction.

     
Released: 15-Jul-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Study shows advantages for stress urinary incontinence surgery
Mayo Clinic

One of the most commonly performed surgeries to treat stress urinary incontinence in women may have better long-term results than another common surgical technique, according to a study led by Mayo Clinic researchers. The retrospective study of more than 1,800 cases at Mayo Clinic from 2002 to 2012 found that the need for additional surgery was twice as high after a transobturator sling surgery compared with a retropubic sling procedure.

Released: 10-Jul-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Why sex becomes less satisfying with age
North American Menopause Society (NAMS)

The number of women regularly having sex declines with age, and the number of women enjoying sex postmenopause is even lower.

   
Released: 9-Jul-2019 7:05 PM EDT
A third of children up to age 3 exposed to Zika in-utero have neurological problems
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

New research suggests that 32% of children up to the age of 3 years who were exposed to the Zika virus during the mother’s pregnancy had below-average neurological development. Also, fewer than 4% of 216 children evaluated had microcephaly —a smaller-than-normal head that is one of the hallmarks of the mosquito-borne disease. The heads of two of those children grew to normal size over time, the researchers reported.

Released: 9-Jul-2019 4:05 PM EDT
Growth Failure in Preterm Infants Tied to Altered Gut Bacteria
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Extremely premature infants who fail to grow as expected have delayed development of their microbiome, or communities of bacteria and other micro-organisms living in the gut, according to a new study published in Scientific Reports. Analysis of these infants’ metabolism revealed that their bodies are responding as if they were fasting, despite caloric intake similar to extremely premature infants with appropriate growth. The study findings also suggest that the unique makeup of the microbiome in infants with growth failure might contribute to their inability to properly metabolize nutrients.

Released: 9-Jul-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Addicted to Ran, Ovarian Cancer Cells Stop Moving When Deprived
Universite de Montreal

Researchers have shown the key role that a protein called Ran plays in the mobility of ovarian cancer cells: they demonstrated these cells cannot migrate from cancerous sites without the help of Ran.

Released: 9-Jul-2019 8:05 AM EDT
World Expert Takes Multi-Pronged Approach to Improving Preeclampsia Diagnosis and Treatment
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Preeclampsia is just as hard to accurately diagnose now as it was 100 years ago, said Baha Sibai, MD, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist with UTHealth. Researchers at McGovern Medical School are looking for ways to change that.

Released: 9-Jul-2019 7:05 AM EDT
Vitamin D Important for Preeclampsia Prevention
American Physiological Society (APS)

A new study suggests vitamin D may reverse impaired cell interactions in the blood vessels that occur in preeclampsia—a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure. The finding is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology—Cell Physiology.

Released: 8-Jul-2019 4:05 PM EDT
Augustana University Professor’s Research Leads to Surprising Mating Decision in Butterfly Species
Augustana University, South Dakota

The males of one species of butterfly are more attracted to females that are active, not necessarily what they look like, according to a recent research conducted at Augustana University.The paper, “Behaviour before beauty: Signal weighting during mate selection in the butterfly Papilio polytes,” found that males of the species noticed the activity levels of potential female mates, not their markings.

3-Jul-2019 1:00 PM EDT
Yearlong Birth Control Supply Would Cut Unintended Pregnancies, Costs
Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh

By dispensing a year's worth of birth control pills up front, the VA could prevent 583 unintended pregnancies and save $2M per year on health care costs each year.

Released: 3-Jul-2019 10:45 AM EDT
Aviso de especialista: Tratando ondas de calor e suores noturnos sem hormônios
Mayo Clinic

É assim que a Dra. Jewel Kling da Divisão de Saúde da Mulher da Mayo Clinic vê o tratamento de mulheres que estão tendo sintomas da menopausa, como ondas de calor e suores noturnos. Existem muitas terapias não hormonais desde técnicas de mente-corpo até meditação que podem trazer um alívio com poucos ou nenhum efeito colateral.

Released: 3-Jul-2019 10:05 AM EDT
تنبيه من الخبراء: علاج الهبات الساخنة والتعرق الليلي بدون هرمونات
Mayo Clinic

هكذا تنظر الدكتورة Jewel Kling في قسم صحة المرأة في Mayo Clinic عن علاج النساء اللاتي يعانين من أعراض انقطاع الطمث مثل الهبات الساخنة والتعرق الليلي. هناك العديد من العلاجات غير الهرمونية التي تبدأ من الأساليب العقلية الجسدية إلى الدواء، والتي يمكنها التخفيف من الآلام مع وجود القليل من الآثار الجانبية أو بدونها.

Released: 2-Jul-2019 7:00 AM EDT
Obesity during Pregnancy May Impair Offspring’s Lung Health
American Physiological Society (APS)

Obesity during pregnancy may negatively affect children’s lung development, according to new research. The study, published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology—Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, was chosen as an APSselect article for July.

Released: 1-Jul-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Low vitamin D at birth raises risk of higher blood pressure in kids
American Heart Association (AHA)

Vitamin D deficiency from birth to early childhood was associated with an increased risk of elevated blood pressure in later childhood and adolescence

Released: 28-Jun-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Opioids: Leading Cause of Pregnancy-Related Death in New Utah Moms
University of Utah Health

University of Utah Health researchers explored the need for continued substance abuse counseling and access to naloxone prescriptions and mental health care in the year following childbirth.

26-Jun-2019 8:05 AM EDT
Low-income, less educated women least likely to access infertility care
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Despite similar rates of infertility among all socioeconomic groups, white women, women with higher education levels, and women with higher incomes are at least twice as likely to seek treatment as other groups of women, new research suggests.

Released: 27-Jun-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Advertencia de un experto: Tratamiento de sofocos y sudores nocturnos sin hormonas
Mayo Clinic

Dra. Jewel Kling de la División de Salud Femenina de Mayo Clinic analiza el tratamiento de las mujeres con síntomas de menopausia, como sofocos y sudores nocturnos. A fin de aliviar los síntomas con pocos efectos secundarios o ninguno, existen muchas terapias sin hormonas, que varían desde técnicas de mente y cuerpo hasta medicamentos.

Released: 27-Jun-2019 2:05 PM EDT
AACI Endorses Call for Elimination of HPV-Related Cancers
Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI)

AACI and other organizations hosted a congressional briefing today titled “Let’s End HPV-related Cancers” in Washington, DC. In conjunction with the event, AACI issued a call to action urging support for eliminating cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV).

   
Released: 25-Jun-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Wake Forest Baptist Health Unveils The Birth Center and The Dale and Karen Sisel Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

Mothers-to-be now have a new option when it comes to their prenatal care and birth of their babies. Wake Forest Baptist Health today revealed a two-floor, state-of-the-art labor and delivery center and a leading-edge neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) on its Winston-Salem campus.

Released: 18-Jun-2019 9:05 AM EDT
Researchers find potential new way to prevent most common pregnancy-related conditions
University of Maryland Medical Center

A new primate study finds evidence that growth factor plays a key role in maintaining healthy pregnancy by promoting artery remodeling.

Released: 17-Jun-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Stem cells reprogrammed into neurons could reveal drugs harmful to pregnancy
Colorado State University

Pregnant women are often advised to avoid certain drugs because of potential risks to their unborn infant's growing brain cells.

Released: 17-Jun-2019 12:05 PM EDT
“Keyhole” Surgery Repairs Spina Bifida In Utero
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Multi-institution collaboration is the first in the western U.S. to perform completely laparoscopic repair of open spina bifida

Released: 17-Jun-2019 9:00 AM EDT
Out of Many Ovarian Precancerous Lesions, One Becomes Cancer
Johns Hopkins Medicine

In a novel study of cancer genetics using fallopian tube tissue from 15 women, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have found evidence that the most common and lethal type of ovarian cancer arises not from a uniform group of precancerous lesions, but from individual growths found in groups genetically unrelated to each other.

11-Jun-2019 11:05 AM EDT
New Insight Could Improve Maternal Vaccines That Also Protect Newborns
Duke Health

Duke researchers describe a previously unidentified route for antibodies to be transferred from the mother to the fetus, illuminating a potential way to capitalize on this process to control when and how certain antibodies are shared.

10-Jun-2019 11:50 AM EDT
Mouse study finds BPA exposure has transgenerational effects on gene linked to autism
Endocrine Society

Transgenerational bisphenol A (BPA) exposure may contribute to autism, according to a mouse study published in the Endocrine Society’s journal Endocrinology.

7-Jun-2019 5:05 PM EDT
Preventing harm from drinking in pregnancy: Low rates of prenatal alcohol screening means missed opportunities for intervention
Research Society on Alcoholism

There is no amount, pattern or timing of alcohol use during pregnancy proven safe for a developing fetus. Repeat: there is no amount, pattern or timing of alcohol use during pregnancy proven safe for a developing fetus. Drinking in pregnancy can have a range of harmful consequences for the child ─ including poor growth, learning and behavioral difficulties, problems with movement and co-ordination, and distinctive facial features ─ that are collectively known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Screening for alcohol use during pregnancy is a necessary first step in preventing FASD, but studies have suggested that primary care providers do not screen consistently and can be hesitant to follow up with women who report drinking. New research published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research has evaluated midwives’ and nurse-midwives’ understanding of the risks of drinking in pregnancy, and their screening practice.

     
3-Jun-2019 8:55 AM EDT
New Research on Diet and Supplements During Pregnancy and Beyond
American Society for Nutrition (ASN)

The foods and nutrients a woman consumes while pregnant have important health implications for her and her baby. Nutrition 2019, the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition, will feature new research on prenatal vitamins, infant supplements and the impacts of a mother’s diet during pregnancy and after the baby is born.

Released: 7-Jun-2019 12:25 PM EDT
Researchers see stress and trauma in women’s stories about abortion
University at Buffalo

A University at Buffalo-led research team has used public narratives, an increasingly popular form of person-centered advocacy offering a forum for sharing previously untold stories, to study the undue stress experienced by women in relation to abortion.

Released: 7-Jun-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Estudo descobre que marcadores de DNA podem ser valiosos na detecção precoce do câncer colorretal
Mayo Clinic

Novos estudos sobre a detecção precoce do câncer colorretal e o impacto da terapia celular na qualidade de vida estão entre as várias apresentações da Mayo Clinic no encontro anual da Sociedade Americana de Oncologia Clínica em Chicago.

Released: 6-Jun-2019 10:05 AM EDT
The Medical Minute: Healthy babies start with healthy moms
Penn State Health

Athletes invest hours practicing before a big game. Runners train for months leading up to a marathon. A mother-to-be should likewise prepare herself for the mental and physical rigor of pregnancy, labor and caring for a newborn.

Released: 5-Jun-2019 8:05 AM EDT
Reducing Opioid Prescriptions After C-Sections
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Researchers say there’s a better way to take care of patients after C-sections to help them heal faster and manage pain without increasing their risk of long-term opioid use.



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