Obstetrics
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Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder Increasing Rapidly
The number of privately insured women with the disorder in the United States doubled from 2008 to 2020, with a large increase in diagnoses coming...
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Study Links Maternal Hidradenitis Suppurativa to Risk for Childhood Morbidity
The study population included 1283 children whose mothers had HS and 1,274,310 unexposed children.
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Paid Parental Leave: Impact on Maternal Mental Health and Child Wellbeing
As physicians, it is crucial that we advocate for expanded access to paid parental leave.
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New Research Dissects Transgenerational Obesity and Diabetes
Researchers hope their deep dives into in utero exposures will ultimately help break “vicious cycles” of disease.
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Risk for Preterm Birth Stops Maternal RSV Vaccine Trial
This new vaccine candidate resulted in increased preterm birth and a nonsignificant increase in neonatal death.
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High Cesarean Rates Persist in Obesity Despite Standardized Protocols
Data suggest physiologic differences as potential contributors to increased cesarean rates in patients with obesity.
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Skin Infections in Pregnant Women: Many Drugs Safe, but Not All
When treating bacterial infections in pregnant women, there are many options, “especially for the sort of short-term antibiotic use that we tend...
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California Pushes to Expand the Universe of Abortion Care Providers
Physician assistants are now on par with nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives trained in abortion care and are more likely to practice...
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA Removes Harmful Chemicals From Food Packaging
The “major source of dietary exposure to PFAS from food packaging” is being eliminated.
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Conservative management results in no greater morbidity than other alternatives after placenta accreta
Maternal morbidity was similar for patients who had and did not have cesarean hysterectomy.
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AHA: Urgent Need To Reduce Maternal Postpartum CVD Risk
Pregnancy complications predispose mothers to heart disease and other long-term complications, including heart failure, stroke, chronic kidney...