Severity of autism symptoms varies greatly among identical twins

by NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentCredit: CC0 Public DomainIdentical twins with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often experience large differenc

Updated on: April 03,2024

Severity of autism symptoms varies greatly among identical twins

by NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentCredit: CC0 Public DomainIdentical twins with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often experience large differenc

Updated on:April 03,2024

Chemical commonly found in consumer products may disrupt a hormone needed for healthy pregnancy

by Michelle Edelstein,Rutgers UniversityGraphical abstract. Credit: DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107078Exposure to phthalates—a group of chemicals found in everything from plastics to personal car

Updated on: April 03,2024

Chemical commonly found in consumer products may disrupt a hormone needed for healthy pregnancy

by Michelle Edelstein,Rutgers UniversityGraphical abstract. Credit: DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107078Exposure to phthalates—a group of chemicals found in everything from plastics to personal car

Updated on:April 03,2024

Online tool helps doctors predict whether childhood cancer treatment will lead to premature menopause

by Yolanda Poffenroth,University of AlbertaRebecca Clark, a recent graduate of the U of A's School of Public Health, created a free online risk calculator that allows clinicians to predict t

Updated on: April 03,2024

Online tool helps doctors predict whether childhood cancer treatment will lead to premature menopause

by Yolanda Poffenroth,University of AlbertaRebecca Clark, a recent graduate of the U of A's School of Public Health, created a free online risk calculator that allows clinicians to predict t

Updated on:April 03,2024

More than half of hospital-based maternal deaths occur at times other than childbirth

by University of MichiganCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHospitalizations that occur in the antenatal period—or during pregnancy, but before giving birth—and those that occur in the postpartum p

Updated on: April 03,2024

More than half of hospital-based maternal deaths occur at times other than childbirth

by University of MichiganCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHospitalizations that occur in the antenatal period—or during pregnancy, but before giving birth—and those that occur in the postpartum p

Updated on:April 03,2024

Drive-thru baby showers serve express needs of pregnant veterans in Atlanta

by Jess MadorCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWhen 28-year-old Navy veteran Carisma Carter pulled her car up to the front of the Atlanta VA Clinic, her seat was pushed far back from the steering whee

Updated on: April 03,2024

Drive-thru baby showers serve express needs of pregnant veterans in Atlanta

by Jess MadorCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWhen 28-year-old Navy veteran Carisma Carter pulled her car up to the front of the Atlanta VA Clinic, her seat was pushed far back from the steering whee

Updated on:April 03,2024

Life-threatening childbirth complications among Medicaid enrollees vary widely by state and race, ethnicity

by University of MichiganCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe risk of life-threatening maternal complications from childbirth may be higher depending on where you live, a new study finds.For Med

Updated on: April 03,2024

Life-threatening childbirth complications among Medicaid enrollees vary widely by state and race, ethnicity

by University of MichiganCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe risk of life-threatening maternal complications from childbirth may be higher depending on where you live, a new study finds.For Med

Updated on:April 03,2024

During coronavirus hospital surge, a midwife recommends home birth

by Manavi Handa,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageFor many health-care providers who worked through the 2003 SARS epidemic, especially in epicentres, like Toronto, the COVID-19 pandemic

Updated on: April 03,2024

During coronavirus hospital surge, a midwife recommends home birth

by Manavi Handa,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageFor many health-care providers who worked through the 2003 SARS epidemic, especially in epicentres, like Toronto, the COVID-19 pandemic

Updated on:April 03,2024

Caution needed when implementing national stillbirth program

by Medical Journal of Australia (MJA)Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainCaution must be used when implementing the recently launched Safer Baby Bundle, so that population-level reductions in the stillbi

Updated on: April 03,2024

Caution needed when implementing national stillbirth program

by Medical Journal of Australia (MJA)Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainCaution must be used when implementing the recently launched Safer Baby Bundle, so that population-level reductions in the stillbi

Updated on:April 03,2024

Stress during pregnancy doubled during pandemic

by Adam Hadhazy,Stanford UniversityA new Stanford study that explores the possible effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on stress during pregnancy finds pregnant women reported substantially higher

Updated on: April 03,2024

Stress during pregnancy doubled during pandemic

by Adam Hadhazy,Stanford UniversityA new Stanford study that explores the possible effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on stress during pregnancy finds pregnant women reported substantially higher

Updated on:April 03,2024

Online program more than doubled pregnancy rate for women with infertility

by University of VermontA study published inPLOS ONEshowed that an internet-based version of Harvard's Mind/Body Program for Fertility achieved results similar to the in-person pr

Updated on: April 03,2024

Online program more than doubled pregnancy rate for women with infertility

by University of VermontA study published inPLOS ONEshowed that an internet-based version of Harvard's Mind/Body Program for Fertility achieved results similar to the in-person pr

Updated on:April 03,2024