Global Study Finds Link Between COVID-19 Vaccination and Menstrual Changes
A recent study found a slightly higher risk of heavier periods after COVID-19 vaccination. Researchers emphasize that the changes are small and typically return to…
A recent study found a slightly higher risk of heavier periods after COVID-19 vaccination. Researchers emphasize that the changes are small and typically return to…
A study indicates that individuals who deliver large-for-gestational age (LGA) babies, even without having gestational diabetes, are more likely to develop prediabetes or Type 2…
Tool has the potential to assist with preterm birth, labor management and clinical decision-making. Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a…
Noninvasive technique could shed light on preterm birth. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed new imaging technology that can…
New research suggests that naked mole-rats produce eggs throughout their lives, challenging the dogma that female mammals have a finite ovarian reserve. Unlike humans and…
According to a recent study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, women are at an increased risk for depression during their childbearing…
Lifelong excess weight almost doubles a woman’s risk of developing womb cancer (cancer of the uterus),[1] according to a Cancer Research UK-funded study published today…
The medication combination of mifepristone and misoprostol, referred to as “abortion pills,” is highly effective for early abortion and early pregnancy loss. Typically, when patients…
Higher coffee consumption is linked with a lower risk of endometrial cancer, a type of cancer that begins in the lining of uterus, according to…
Survival for a baby born with a birth defect — otherwise known as a congenital anomaly — is a “post-code lottery,” according to scientists from…
A large cohort study drawn from the national IVF registry of France, which included almost 70,000 pregnancies delivered after 22 weeks gestation between 2013 and…
Women temporarily synchronize their menstrual cycles with the luminance and gravimetric cycles of the Moon. An analysis of long-term menstrual cycle records kept by 22…
Research shows that certain segments of the population who contract SARS-CoV-2, the strain of the virus that causes COVID-19, tend to get sicker and are…
Accidental awareness occurs when a patient is temporarily conscious during a general anesthetic and can remember things that happened during surgery, perhaps feeling pain or…
Although both mother and baby recovered, the case highlights the importance of limiting COVID-19 exposure for pregnant women. A pregnant mother who tested positive for…
Weakened brain connections may mediate prenatal depression’s influence on child behavior. Altered brain connectivity may be one way prenatal depression influences child behavior, according to…
Findings suggests abnormal blood flow between mothers, babies in utero. The placentas from 16 women who tested positive for COVID-19 while pregnant showed evidence of…
Prolactin-controlling neurons in mice undergo reversible changes in how neurons communicate. Lactation temporarily changes how a mother’s neurons behave, according to new research in mice…