Pregnancy / Obstetrics News From Medical News Today
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:11:01 +0100
Minority Births Soon To Surpass White Births In U.S., Study Finds
Births to minority women in the U.S. soon could surpass births to white women, according to a study published recently in the journal Population and Development Review, the New York Times reports. In the 12 months leading up to July 2008, minorities accounted for 48% of all U.S. births...
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Amnesty International Report Calls For Efforts To Address U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate
Maternal deaths in the U.S. have doubled over the last 20 years, according to a new report from Amnesty International that frames the issue "as part of a systematic violation of women's rights," Time reports. The report, titled "Deadly Delivery," found that more than two women die of pregnancy-related causes each day in the U.S. About half of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S...
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Suffocation Danger To Young Babies In Sling Carriers: US Consumers Warned
US consumers are being warned about the dangers of carrying babies up to four months old in a sling carrier as there is a possible risk of them suffocating if carried incorrectly. The U.S...
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PDT
VBAC Reasonably Safe, Should Be More Widely Available, NIH Panel Finds
Vaginal birth after caesarean section is reasonably safe and more women should have access to it, an NIH advisory panel announced on Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reports (Roan, Los Angeles Times, 3/11). The VBAC rate has declined from a peak of 28.3% in 1996 to less than 10% currently...
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Gonorrhea Cases Rise Sharply In Alaska
Alaska health officials have reported that the state's gonorrhea rates increased by 69% in 2009 after remaining steady for years, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Susan Jones of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services said the increase is the biggest one-year jump since the 1970s...
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Mother's Flu During Pregnancy May Increase Baby's Risk Of Schizophrenia
Rhesus monkey babies born to mothers who had the flu while pregnant had smaller brains and showed other brain changes similar to those observed in human patients with schizophrenia, a study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found...
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Weighing Parents' Preferences And Risk Factors When Choosing Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) Or Plan A Repeat Cesarean
An independent panel convened this week by the National Institutes of Health confronted a troubling fact that pregnant women currently have limited access to clinicians and facilities able and willing to offer a trial of labor after previous cesarean delivery because of so-called VBAC bans. Many, even those at low risk for complications in a trial of labor, are not offered this option...
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT
The American College Of Obstetricians And Gynecologists Supports Women's Access To Universal Health Care
During Cover the Uninsured Week, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists reiterates its position that all women should be guaranteed a package of essential benefits that includes primary and preventive care, pregnancy-related and infant care, medically and surgically necessary services, prescription drugs, and catastrophic care...
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PDT
U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate Increases Over Last Decade
The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. appears to have risen over the past 10 years, reaching a rate that is four times higher than the federal government's 2010 goal, the AP/Yahoo! News reports. In 2006, the last year for which nationwide data are available, about 13.3 maternal deaths occurred for every 100,000 live births, compared with around seven deaths per 100,000 births one decade before...
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PDT
Los Angeles Times Profiles Antiabortion Pastor Who Travels Southern Calif. In Mobile Pregnancy Clinic
The Los Angeles Times on Monday profiled Dave Wilkinson, an evangelical pastor who runs three Ventura County, Calif., pregnancy clinics that try to urge women not to have abortions...
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PDT
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