Obstetrics
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CDC flags uptick in hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
"The good news is that a lot of morbidity related to hypertension can be avoided with timely diagnosis and treatment of blood pressure."
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Supreme Court appears ready to overturn Roe
The draft opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, outlines ways a presumed majority of the nine justices believes the 1973 ruling in Roe v....
Drugs, Pregnancy & Lactation
Review of new drugs that may be used during pregnancy
It is not known if the new drugs will be in breast milk, but the safest course is to not breastfeed if the mother is taking any of the listed...
Master Class
Indications and techniques for multifetal pregnancy reduction
Monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies face additional, unique risks of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, twin reversed arterial perfusion...
Master Class
Managing maternal mortality with multifetal pregnancy reduction
The recent wave of legislation restricting reproductive choice may also have the unintended consequence of further increasing the rate of...
From the Journals
Mediterranean diet linked to lower risk for preeclampsia
Pregnant women who had a higher adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet had a lower risk for preeclampsia, according to the results of a new study...
Clinical Review
How are maternal and neonatal outcomes impacted by the contemporary practice of operative vaginal delivery?
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Fetuses suffer the effects of poverty in the womb
Across the countries studied, babies were smaller at birth if they came from a lower-income household, and this was already apparent at 20 weeks...
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Persistent problem: High C-section rates plague the South
Black women, particularly, are more likely to give birth by C-section than any other racial group in the country.
From the Journals
Diagnosing PTSD: Heart rate variability may help
Preliminary results also indicate that the biomarkers identified in the study are promising in the assessment of patients’ clinical progress.
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Racial and ethnic disparities persist in pregnant women with gestational diabetes
From 2014 to 2020, differences in adverse outcomes by race and ethnicity persisted; in comparison with Whites, Black participants were at...