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Online coaching improves choices of women experiencing pregnancy difficulties

Online coaching improves choices of women experiencing pregnancy difficulties

by University of SouthamptonCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainPersonalised coaching through a smartphone platform can help women improve their lifestyle behaviours in the period before and shortl

Online coaching improves choices of women experiencing pregnancy difficulties

by University of SouthamptonCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainPersonalised coaching through a smartphone platform can help women improve their lifestyle behaviours in the period before and shortl
Prioritizing protein during perimenopause may ward off weight gain

Prioritizing protein during perimenopause may ward off weight gain

by University of SydneyGraphical model describing the implications of the shift in protein and energy requirements during the menopause transition. See main text for a detailed explanation of the

Prioritizing protein during perimenopause may ward off weight gain

by University of SydneyGraphical model describing the implications of the shift in protein and energy requirements during the menopause transition. See main text for a detailed explanation of the
Babies have air pollution particles in their lungs and brains before they take their first breath

Babies have air pollution particles in their lungs and brains before they take their first breath

by University of AberdeenCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainUnborn babies have air pollution particles in their developing lungs and other vital organs as early as the first trimester, new research

Babies have air pollution particles in their lungs and brains before they take their first breath

by University of AberdeenCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainUnborn babies have air pollution particles in their developing lungs and other vital organs as early as the first trimester, new research
Genetic screening results just got harder to handle under new abortion rules

Genetic screening results just got harder to handle under new abortion rules

by Sara ReardonCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAnn was 15 weeks pregnant with her fourth child when the results of her prenatal genetic test came back last August. The test suggested that her daughte

Genetic screening results just got harder to handle under new abortion rules

by Sara ReardonCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAnn was 15 weeks pregnant with her fourth child when the results of her prenatal genetic test came back last August. The test suggested that her daughte
Local budgets may cause severe consequences for maternal outcomes in New Jersey

Local budgets may cause severe consequences for maternal outcomes in New Jersey

by Rutgers UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainLife-threatening outcomes of labor and delivery are associated with the amount of funding municipal governments spend on services ranging fr

Local budgets may cause severe consequences for maternal outcomes in New Jersey

by Rutgers UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainLife-threatening outcomes of labor and delivery are associated with the amount of funding municipal governments spend on services ranging fr
A few hundred dollars makes a difference in use of long-lasting birth control

A few hundred dollars makes a difference in use of long-lasting birth control

by University of MichiganCredit: CC0 Public DomainGetting a birth control implant used to cost some women hundreds of dollars, if they were among the nearly half of privately insured Americans co

A few hundred dollars makes a difference in use of long-lasting birth control

by University of MichiganCredit: CC0 Public DomainGetting a birth control implant used to cost some women hundreds of dollars, if they were among the nearly half of privately insured Americans co
Weight loss before fertility treatment may not increase births for obese women

Weight loss before fertility treatment may not increase births for obese women

by Pennsylvania State UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainHealth care professionals often encourage women with obesity to lose weight prior to trying to conceive or start infertility treatments. B

Weight loss before fertility treatment may not increase births for obese women

by Pennsylvania State UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainHealth care professionals often encourage women with obesity to lose weight prior to trying to conceive or start infertility treatments. B
Testing embryos before IVF doesn't increase the chance of a baby

Testing embryos before IVF doesn't increase the chance of a baby

by Karin Hammarberg, Robert Norman, Sarah Lensen,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageIn the past two decades there has been asignificant risein IVF clinics worldwide offering c

Testing embryos before IVF doesn't increase the chance of a baby

by Karin Hammarberg, Robert Norman, Sarah Lensen,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageIn the past two decades there has been asignificant risein IVF clinics worldwide offering c
Selective abortion of girls occurs—for different reasons—among Indian and Chinese diaspora

Selective abortion of girls occurs—for different reasons—among Indian and Chinese diaspora

by University of TorontoConditional sex ratio (CSR) of second and third order births in the UK by mother’s country of birth. CSRs shown are based on the total number of births (shown on each grap

Selective abortion of girls occurs—for different reasons—among Indian and Chinese diaspora

by University of TorontoConditional sex ratio (CSR) of second and third order births in the UK by mother’s country of birth. CSRs shown are based on the total number of births (shown on each grap
Giving birth during the pandemic? Facts you need to know

Giving birth during the pandemic? Facts you need to know

(HealthDay)—Giving birth during the coronavirus pandemic presents its own challenges, but the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) wants to reassure pregnant women that they need not panic.Inst

Giving birth during the pandemic? Facts you need to know

(HealthDay)—Giving birth during the coronavirus pandemic presents its own challenges, but the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) wants to reassure pregnant women that they need not panic.Inst
Endometrial scratch of no value to first-time IVF patients in a large randomized trial

Endometrial scratch of no value to first-time IVF patients in a large randomized trial

by European Society of Human Reproduction and EmbryologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainAn add-on treatment commonly offered to patients in preparation for IVF has proved ineffective in a large-scale ra

Endometrial scratch of no value to first-time IVF patients in a large randomized trial

by European Society of Human Reproduction and EmbryologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainAn add-on treatment commonly offered to patients in preparation for IVF has proved ineffective in a large-scale ra
IVF success rates higher at clinics that provide more outcomes data

IVF success rates higher at clinics that provide more outcomes data

by CU Anschutz Medical CampusCredit: CC0 Public DomainSuccess rates for in vitro fertilization are higher at clinics that voluntarily share more information than required by government regulators

IVF success rates higher at clinics that provide more outcomes data

by CU Anschutz Medical CampusCredit: CC0 Public DomainSuccess rates for in vitro fertilization are higher at clinics that voluntarily share more information than required by government regulators