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Risk of miscarriage rises by five-fold in older woman amid soaring rates of over-40s having babies
A BMJ study of over 400,000 pregnancies in Norway found the lowest rates of miscarriage are in 25-29 year olds at ten per cent.
3 hours ago - Daily Mail
Global Health: A Twin Inside a Twin: In Colombia, an Extraordinary Birth
What appeared to be a cyst in a healthy fetus turned out to be an unformed twin “absorbed” early in pregnancy, connected by a second umbilical cord and still growing.
5 hours ago - NY Times - 2 articles
Pregnancy history may be linked to cognitive function in older women, finds study
Healthy cognitive aging is a public health priority, especially as the US population grows older. Until now, not much has been known about the link between pregnancy history...
8 hours ago - News Medical - 2 articles
No, I Didn't ‘Try For A Girl' This Time
When it happened for a third time in one day, I was still taken aback. In between the sa-wheep of baby wipes and Kleenex sliding across the scanner the cashier glanced at my...
8 hours ago - Scary Mommy
Pregnancy history fails to influence cognitive function
A large cohort of older women who reported at least one pregnancy performed no differently on a series of cognitive assessments over 28 years than women who had never been...
10 hours ago - Healio - 2 articles
Pregnancy after child loss: 'She is not instead of him, she is because of him'
"A new baby after child loss is never simple, never black and white."
13 hours ago - NBC News
Pregnant Women with Undiagnosed Diabetes More Likely to Experience Stillbirths
Women with undiagnosed diabetes in pregnancy are more likely to experience stillbirth, reveals a new study.
19 hours ago - Medindia Health - 2 articles
Women with undiagnosed diabetes in pregnancy more likely to experience stillbirths
Women who develop diabetes in pregnancy but are not diagnosed are much more likely to experience stillbirth than women without the condition, according to new research.
19 hours ago - News Medical - 3 articles
Mild sleep apnea during pregnancy changes sugar levels and may affect infant growth patterns
A study conducted by Sarah Farabi, PhD, RN, while she was a post-doctoral fellow working with Dr. Teri Hernandez at the University of Colorado College of Nursing and School of...
20 hours ago - News Medical - 2 articles
Mother's diet during pregnancy can impact lung-specific genes of her offspring
Children born to women pregnant during the Dutch famine were more likely to have a constellation of health problems including cardiovascular disease and asthma, but the exact...
20 hours ago - News Medical - 2 articles
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