May 09, 2019

THURSDAY, May 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Nut intake during the first trimester of pregnancy is associated with long-term child neuropsychological development, according to a study published online Ma...

May 08, 2019

By Gene Emery (Reuters Health) - Giving progesterone to women with bleeding early in pregnancy doesn't prevent pregnancy loss, except among women who have had a previous m...

May 08, 2019

WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Nasal high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (NHFOV) reduces reintubation by more than 50 percent in preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)...

May 08, 2019

WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Optimal gestational weight gain has limited predictive value for adverse pregnancy outcomes, according to research published in the May 7 issue of the Journa...

May 08, 2019

WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Apgar scores of 7, 8, and 9 are associated with an increased risk for neonatal morbidity and mortality among term infants, according to a study published onl...

May 07, 2019

By Gabriella Borter NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some 700 women in the United States die from pregnancy-related complications each year, up to a year after giving birth, and the d...

May 07, 2019

TUESDAY, May 7, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced breast cancer, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations with new suspicious findings...

May 07, 2019

TUESDAY, May 7, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnancy-related deaths occur during pregnancy, on the day of delivery, and in the year postpartum, and more than half are determined to be preventable, accor...

May 06, 2019

MONDAY, May 6, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has high diagnostic stability, with stable diagnosis starting at 14 months of age, according to a study published online April 29...

May 06, 2019

MONDAY, May 6, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Recommendations have been developed for managing heart disease during pregnancy; the "Pregnancy and Heart Disease" practice bulletin was published in the May is...

May 02, 2019

THURSDAY, May 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Many populations have increasing or stabilized incidence trends in cervical adenocarcinoma (AC), according to a study published in the June issue of Preventiv...

May 02, 2019

THURSDAY, May 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Higher prepregnancy habitual folate intake from supplements is associated with a lower risk for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), according to a study publ...

May 01, 2019

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in OBGYN & Women's Health for April 2019. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles...

Apr 30, 2019

TUESDAY, April 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Rare variants have been identified in the DENND1A gene that are associated with hormonal traits of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), according to research p...

Apr 23, 2019

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) - Most states have statutes that invalidate a woman's advance directive if she is pregnant, a U.S. study finds. And because those statute...

Apr 23, 2019

TUESDAY, April 23, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening pregnant women for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) but not nonpregnant women or men. Th...

Apr 22, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Most sleep-related suffocation deaths among babies less than one year old happen because infants' airways got blocked by things like pi...

Apr 19, 2019

FRIDAY, April 19, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- There is a small association between conception by in vitro fertilization (IVF) and childhood cancer, particularly hepatic tumors, according to a study publi...

Apr 16, 2019

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday ordered makers of transvaginal surgical mesh implants to immediately stop their sale and distribution in the United States, ...

Apr 16, 2019

TUESDAY, April 16, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Cognitive behavioral therapy is an effective nonpharmacologic treatment for insomnia during pregnancy, according to a study published online April 5 in Obst...