Maternal Health News

Late last month, members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced H.R. 8839, the bipartisan Maternal and Infant Syphilis Prevention Act.

Uterine fibroids increase risks for adverse pregnancy and obstetric outcomes with size, not number, tied to breech presentation, postpartum hemorrhage and placenta previa risks, according to a meta-analysis.

Twenty percent of pregnant women reported using CBD-only products during pregnancy despite limited available data on potential adverse outcomes of CBD, according to findings published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

While attending a conference in Canada, Sarah A. Bendien, MD, a respiratory physician at Haga Teaching Hospital in The Hague, Netherlands, realized the way asthma and pregnancy care were organized in her home country was not ideal.

The prevalence of chronic hypertension during pregnancy doubled in the U.S. since 2008, with no changes in antihypertensive use over the years despite updated clinical guidance on BP control, researchers reported.

ORLANDO — In this video exclusive, James R. Gavin III, MD, PhD, Healio | Endocrine Today Co-editor, talks with Camille Powe, MD, about benefits of use of continuous glucose monitoring during pregnancy.

Continuous glucose monitors have the potential to alleviate burdens, improve neonatal outcomes and predict disease progression for pregnant women with type 1, type 2 or gestational diabetes, according to two diabetes experts.

ORLANDO — In this video exclusive, James R. Gavin III, MD, PhD, Healio | Endocrine Today Co-editor, talks with Camille Powe, MD, about benefits of use of continuous glucose monitoring during and after pregnancy.

ORLANDO — In this video exclusive, James R. Gavin III, MD, PhD, Healio | Endocrine Today Co-editor, talks with Camille Powe, MD, about use of continuous glucose monitoring during pregnancy for women with type 1 diabetes.

On Thursday, June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court formally dismissed an appeal over Idaho’s current strict abortion ban, allowing for abortions to be performed in the state in emergency situations.