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Pregnant women taking epilepsy drugs increase language impairment in their children

Pregnant women taking epilepsy drugs increase language impairment in their children

Today at the 5th European Academy of Neurology Congress, researchers present how epilepsy drugs taken by pregnant women is associated with higher risk of...
New WHO guidelines aim to reduce high caesarean section rates

New WHO guidelines aim to reduce high caesarean section rates

First ever guidelines created regarding non-clinical interventions designed to reduce worldwide increase in caesarean section rates. The World Health Organization (WHO) has designed new guidelines...
Evidence soot from polluted air is reaching the placenta

Evidence: soot from polluted air is reaching the placenta

New research presents evidence of tiny carbon particles, found in polluted air, discovered in the placenta of London mothers. The European Respiratory Society International Congress,...
Celebrating 40 years since the first test tube baby was born

Celebrating 40 years since the first test tube baby was born

Experts will gather to celebrate 40 years since the world’s first test tube baby conceived by IVF in Greater Manchester, UK, was born. Louise Brown...
Undetected Zika A infections could be triggering miscarriages and stillbirths

Undetected Zika A infections could be triggering miscarriages and stillbirths

Symptomless Zika A infections may be a contributing factor to miscarriages and stillbirths, new research on nonhuman primates (NHPs) suggests. In a collaborative study between...
Does vitamin D protect against pre-eclampsia in pregnancy?

Does vitamin D protect against pre-eclampsia in pregnancy?

There is no strong evidence that vitamin D protects against pregnancy-induced high blood pressure or pre-eclampsia, new research published in the BMJ suggests. It is...
Childhood cancer survivors at risk of deadly heart disease in pregnancy

Childhood cancer survivors at risk of deadly heart disease in pregnancy

Women who survive cancer at a young age are at higher risk of developing a deadly heart disease, peripartum cardiomyopathy, during pregnancy later in...
Could it be safe for pregnant women to use rheumatoid arthritis drugs?

Could it be safe for pregnant women to use rheumatoid arthritis drugs?

Expectant mothers may be able to take certain drugs to treat their rheumatoid arthritis (RA) without any possible increased health risks to their unborn...
Are women being advised to use cannabis to treat morning sickness?

Are women being advised to use cannabis to treat morning sickness?

A new study from Denver Health in the US has found that 69% of dispensaries advised a researcher posing as a pregnant woman to...
A rapid test for antiphospholipid syndrome is under development

Maternal depression during pregnancy may affect child development

A link between poorer child neurodevelopment and symptoms of maternal depression in the first year postpartum has been found in a new study. The recent...
Severe pre-eclampsia can mask hypertension after pregnancy

Severe pre-eclampsia can mask hypertension after pregnancy

New research from the American Heart Association has found that women who have severe pre-eclampsia following pregnancy can have lingering hypertension which goes unnoticed. Pre-eclampsia,...
Rheumatoid arthritis symptoms worsen with menopause

Rheumatoid arthritis symptoms worsen with menopause

A new study from the British Society for Rheumatology suggests that women with the menopause suffering from rheumatoid arthritis are in greater physical decline. The...

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