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Personalized mobile health coaching offers new approach to preventing gestational diabetes in high-risk pregnancies
A continuous, personalized mobile health (mHealth) coaching program can significantly reduce gestational diabetes incidence among high-risk pregnant women, independent of changes to maternal weight—according to an international ...
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Wildfire smoke during pregnancy linked to asthma in young children
Babies whose mothers breathed in wildfire smoke and other air pollution during the middle and later months of pregnancy were more likely to develop asthma as young children. That's according to a new study presented at the ...
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New parents with intellectual disability 9 times more likely to be hospitalized for mental health care
People with intellectual disability are nine times more likely to be hospitalized for mental health reasons during pregnancy and up to one year after giving birth, new Australian research led by UNSW Sydney has found.
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Bioengineers create portable tool to spot preterm birth risk
Biomedical engineers at Florida International University have built a portable imaging device designed to detect early signs of preterm labor risk in about five seconds. The system, called PPRIM (Portable Preterm Imaging), ...
Nov 11, 2026
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How long does menopause last? By one measure, the rest of your life
Women who've had menopausal symptoms for years—such as night sweats, mood changes and new aches and pains—might be wondering when they will ever end.
Nov 11, 2026
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What families should know about postpartum psychosis
It's no wonder most people hadn't heard much about postpartum psychosis until it entered the news ecosystem in tragic fashion this year with the Lindsay Clancy case. Despite its severity, the illness isn't recognized as a ...
Nov 11, 2026
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Blood RNA signal may reveal ovarian cancer precursors before invasive disease develops
Hoag researchers have discovered a molecular warning signal in the blood that identifies serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma (STIC), an early, precancerous stage of high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC). This advance ...
Nov 10, 2026
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New stem cell models reveal how earliest human placenta structures take shape
The placenta is essential for a healthy pregnancy, but the earliest steps of its formation have been hidden from scientific view. Now Columbia researchers led by Mijo Simunovic have created lab-grown organoids that reconstruct ...
Nov 10, 2026
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Severe premenstrual mood disorder has three subtypes, symptom diaries suggest
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a common mood disorder associated with the menstrual cycle. A new study published in Nature Communications shows that PMDD does not follow any universal pattern and that there are ...
Nov 10, 2026
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Semaglutide may lower fetal oxygen levels, sheep study suggests
They're the blockbuster drugs transforming weight loss, helping millions of people to shed unwanted kilograms. But while medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy may also improve women's chances of becoming pregnant, what happens ...
Nov 10, 2026
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Cannabis addiction in pregnancy linked to higher risk of postpartum psychiatric crises
Women diagnosed with cannabis use disorder during pregnancy were more likely to end up in an emergency room for a psychiatric problem in the year after giving birth, according to a study of more than 2 million California ...
Nov 10, 2026
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1 in 3 births are induced. It can be lifesaving, but it's also linked to more complications
Around one in three women in Australia now have their labors induced rather than having them start naturally, or spontaneously.
Nov 10, 2026
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How babies are born knowing the difference between day and night
Before a baby sees its first sunrise, it is already receiving signals about day and night. Melatonin, a hormone released mainly at night, can pass from the mother through the placenta. The placenta supplies the developing ...
Nov 10, 2026
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Nearly 3 in 4 couples with unexplained infertility have a baby within two years of starting treatment
A new study has found nearly 3 out of 4 couples with unexplained infertility had a baby within two years of starting treatment, whether they received in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intrauterine insemination (IUI). While ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Q&A: Researcher investigates pharmacological approaches to breast cancer prevention
In a new thesis, Mattias Hammarström studied whether lower doses of tamoxifen and also its active metabolite endoxifen for direct administration, as a preventive medication could reduce side effects while still affecting ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Doxycycline use in early pregnancy associated with higher risk of pregnancy loss
A retrospective, active-comparator cohort study found that doxycycline use for respiratory tract infections or acne during early pregnancy was associated with an increased risk for pregnancy loss. Given the frequent use of ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Potential driver of severe early-onset preeclampsia identified
Severe early-onset preeclampsia has confounded doctors for more than 2,000 years. It can strike as early as 20 weeks into pregnancy, sending blood pressure soaring and putting both the mother and baby at risk.
Nov 7, 2026
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Mother and baby's immune cells linked to aggressive placental inflammation in preterm cases
In a healthy pregnancy, a finely tuned maternal immune response prevents the mother's body from rejecting the growing fetus. But in some pregnancies, this response goes haywire, leading to a potentially dangerous complication ...
Nov 6, 2026
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Researchers develop more precise way to identify preeclampsia from electronic health records
Researchers at King's College London have found a more effective method for identifying preeclampsia from electronic health records (EHRs), allowing them to capture cases and associated adverse outcomes that existing methods ...
Nov 6, 2026
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Q&A: How do infections get past the placenta's defenses?
For nine months, the placenta is the primary support system of the fetus, providing both nourishment and protection. Within hours of birth, it is usually discarded as medical waste. But this organ carries clues to the child's ...
Nov 6, 2026
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EARLY-PREG enables day-by-day tracking of thousands of proteins in the female reproductive tract
A study by MELISA Institute, published in Scientific Reports, shows how researchers can track thousands of proteins in cervicovaginal fluid over seven consecutive days. By analyzing samples collected daily from the same women, ...
Nov 5, 2026
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Maternal vitamin A deficiency may increase risk of larger babies
A study in Norway has identified a link between a mother's vitamin A levels and her baby's birth weight. The study shows that over 43% of the women had low vitamin A levels during the latter part of their pregnancy. While ...
Nov 5, 2026
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Condition causing lifelong high cholesterol linked to pregnancy complication
Women with the inherited cholesterol condition familial hypercholesterolemia may be at a slightly higher risk of developing preeclampsia, a pregnancy condition that can cause serious complications, according to a new study ...
Nov 5, 2026
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Digital therapy offers new way to prevent worsening anxiety around childbirth
Pregnant women with undiagnosed anxiety could benefit from a new digital therapy, according to a clinical trial led by King's College London. Published in JAMA Network Open, the results from the REducing Levels of AnXiety ...
Nov 4, 2026
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