Study shows marketing claims regarding effectiveness of home fertility tests are misleading

byUniversity of SydneyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMany websites selling home fertility tests, also known as the "egg timer" test, directly to consumers are making misleading claim

Updated on: January 19,2024

Study shows marketing claims regarding effectiveness of home fertility tests are misleading

byUniversity of SydneyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMany websites selling home fertility tests, also known as the "egg timer" test, directly to consumers are making misleading claim

Updated on:January 19,2024

As abortion battle shifts, Planned Parenthood to boost regional affiliate funds, cut national staff

by GEOFF MULVIHILL and THALIA BEATYA welcome sign hangs outside a Planned Parenthood branch on May 16, 2023, in Pasadena, Calif. Planned Parenthood is shifting funding to its state affiliates and cutt

Updated on: March 09,2024

As abortion battle shifts, Planned Parenthood to boost regional affiliate funds, cut national staff

by GEOFF MULVIHILL and THALIA BEATYA welcome sign hangs outside a Planned Parenthood branch on May 16, 2023, in Pasadena, Calif. Planned Parenthood is shifting funding to its state affiliates and cutt

Updated on:March 09,2024

Aussie women born overseas have higher rates of stillbirths

by Cate Swannell, Medical Journal of AustraliaCredit: CC0 Public DomainStillbirth occurs more frequently among women with non-white backgrounds born overseas than for Australian-born women, particular

Updated on: April 08,2024

Aussie women born overseas have higher rates of stillbirths

by Cate Swannell, Medical Journal of AustraliaCredit: CC0 Public DomainStillbirth occurs more frequently among women with non-white backgrounds born overseas than for Australian-born women, particular

Updated on:April 08,2024

Access to safe abortions saves lives: WHO chief

Credit: CC0 Public DomainThe head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that access to safe abortions saves lives, after a leaked draft ruling indicated the US Supreme Court was mulling endi

Updated on: July 01,2024

Access to safe abortions saves lives: WHO chief

Credit: CC0 Public DomainThe head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that access to safe abortions saves lives, after a leaked draft ruling indicated the US Supreme Court was mulling endi

Updated on:July 01,2024

Induced labor after 39 weeks in healthy women may reduce the need for cesarean birth

by Society for Maternal-Fetal MedicineIllustration depicting Caesarean section. Credit: BruceBlaus/Wikipedia/CC BY 3.0Approximately one-third of women in the United States give birth via cesarean

Updated on: March 09,2024

Induced labor after 39 weeks in healthy women may reduce the need for cesarean birth

by Society for Maternal-Fetal MedicineIllustration depicting Caesarean section. Credit: BruceBlaus/Wikipedia/CC BY 3.0Approximately one-third of women in the United States give birth via cesarean

Updated on:March 09,2024

'People are so afraid to discuss it': Has COVID-19 affected women's menstrual cycles?

by Leah Boyd, The News & ObserverCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHannah Kahn got COVID-19 in mid-November, and expected to get her period shortly after. When it never came, she didn't think m

Updated on: June 29,2024

'People are so afraid to discuss it': Has COVID-19 affected women's menstrual cycles?

by Leah Boyd, The News & ObserverCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHannah Kahn got COVID-19 in mid-November, and expected to get her period shortly after. When it never came, she didn't think m

Updated on:June 29,2024

New mothers twice as likely to have post-natal depression in lockdown

by University College LondonCredit: CC0 Public DomainAlmost half (47.5%) of women with babies aged six months or younger met the threshold for postnatal depression during the first COVID-19 lockd

Updated on: April 08,2024

New mothers twice as likely to have post-natal depression in lockdown

by University College LondonCredit: CC0 Public DomainAlmost half (47.5%) of women with babies aged six months or younger met the threshold for postnatal depression during the first COVID-19 lockd

Updated on:April 08,2024

Vitamin D levels during pregnancy linked with child IQ

by Kathryn Mueller,Seattle Children's Research InstituteCredit: CC0 Public DomainVitamin D is a critical nutrient and has many important functions in the body. A mother's vitamin D suppl

Updated on: April 16,2024

Vitamin D levels during pregnancy linked with child IQ

by Kathryn Mueller,Seattle Children's Research InstituteCredit: CC0 Public DomainVitamin D is a critical nutrient and has many important functions in the body. A mother's vitamin D suppl

Updated on:April 16,2024

Extra choline may help pregnant women decrease negative effects of COVID-19 on their newborns

by CU Anschutz Medical CampusCredit: CC0 Public DomainPregnant women who take extra choline supplements may mitigate the negative impact that viral respiratory infections, including COVID-19, can

Updated on: April 19,2024

Extra choline may help pregnant women decrease negative effects of COVID-19 on their newborns

by CU Anschutz Medical CampusCredit: CC0 Public DomainPregnant women who take extra choline supplements may mitigate the negative impact that viral respiratory infections, including COVID-19, can

Updated on:April 19,2024

Increasing staffing levels could reduce cesarean delivery use

by Public Library of ScienceIncreasing staffing levels could reduce cesarean delivery use Credit: pxhere, CC0High staffing levels for obstetricians and midwives at hospital maternal units are ass

Updated on: April 01,2024

Increasing staffing levels could reduce cesarean delivery use

by Public Library of ScienceIncreasing staffing levels could reduce cesarean delivery use Credit: pxhere, CC0High staffing levels for obstetricians and midwives at hospital maternal units are ass

Updated on:April 01,2024