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Closely monitoring blood pressure of post-partum mothers can sharply reduce emergency hospital visits

Written by | 23 Mar 2025

When Emily Rosenfeld was doing a fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), she noticed that many patients were returning to the hospital for hypertension…. read more.

Taking vitamin E during pregnancy may decrease peanut allergy in children

Written by | 23 Feb 2025

New research found that supplementing maternal diet with α-tocopherol, a form of vitamin E, can reduce the development of food allergy and anaphylaxis in newborn mice. The prevalence… read more.

Child ADHD risk linked to mother’s use of acetaminophen

Written by | 22 Feb 2025

Fetal acetaminophen exposure increases the likelihood that a child will develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a study published Feb. 6 in Nature Mental Health. Prior research shows that upward of… read more.

New blood test accurately predicts preeclampsia

Written by | 16 Feb 2025

A new blood test has an 80% accuracy in predicting preterm preeclampsia, according to a study published today, Feb. 12, in the journal Nature Medicine. The condition, which results in over 70,000… read more.

Fewer than 1% of U.S. clinical drug trials enroll pregnant participants, study finds

Written by | 26 Jan 2025

A new study by researchers from the Brown University School of Public Health found that pregnant women are regularly excluded from clinical drug trials that test for safety, raising… read more.

MS raises risk of mental illness during and soon after pregnancy

Written by | 23 Jan 2025

Women diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) have a significantly higher risk of developing mental illness during pregnancy and soon after birth compared to women who become pregnant while… read more.

Financial incentives found to help people quit smoking, including during pregnancy

Written by | 15 Jan 2025

Rewards and financial incentives are successful methods to help people quit smoking, according to a new Cochrane review co-led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst public health and health policy… read more.

New guidelines for managing blood cancers in pregnancy

Written by | 5 Jan 2025

A new set of guidelines has been developed to assist with the diagnosis and expert management of serious blood cancers in pregnancy. About 12.5 pregnancies per 100,000 are… read more.

Most MS therapies not associated with worst pregnancy outcomes

Written by | 31 Dec 2024

Researchers report that most treatments for pregnant women with MS (multiple sclerosis) do not lead to increased risks of major adverse outcomes. “We found that most therapies were… read more.

Less than 50% of many prenatal supplements have the adequate amount of choline and iodine

Written by | 9 Dec 2024

New research reveals many prenatal vitamins don’t contain enough of the nutrients that are essential for a healthy pregnancy, while others contain harmful levels of toxic metals. The… read more.

Newer epilepsy medications used during pregnancy do not affect neurological development in children

Written by | 4 Dec 2024

Children of mothers who took certain antiseizure medications while pregnant do not have worse neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 6, according to a long-running study funded by the National… read more.

High exposure to everyday chemicals linked to asthma risk in children

Written by | 27 Nov 2024

A new study from researchers at Kumamoto University sheds light on a potential link between exposure to certain everyday chemicals during pregnancy and the development of asthma in children. The… read more.

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