Maternal Health
Couples-based HIV counseling improves testing, viral suppression
Home-based HIV counseling and relationship building improved HIV testing, diagnoses and viral suppression among pregnant couples during a trial in Kenya, researchers reported.
Penicillin allergy consultation via telehealth has ‘poor return rate’ in pregnant women
SAN DIEGO — Nearly half of pregnant women who completed a telehealth penicillin allergy consultation did not go on to complete in-person allergy testing, according to a poster presented here.
Strategies needed to cut ‘unacceptably high’ maternal deaths of Indigenous women
Editor’s Note: This is part three of a three-part Healio Exclusive series on maternal and cardiovascular outcomes among Indigenous women living in the United States. Part one can be seen here. Part two can be seen here.
An ‘asterisk population’: Poor data complicate maternal health research for Native women
American Indian and Alaska Native women have some of the highest rates of maternal death and morbidity in the United States, yet challenges with poor data collection continue to complicate efforts to improve health outcomes.
Top in women's health: IVF may raise morbidity odds; RNA platform predicts fetal growth
Researchers found that maternal morbidity risks were higher among women who underwent in vitro fertilization or intrauterine insemination vs. those who had unassisted pregnancies.
Peripartum mental illness appears more common in mothers with multiple sclerosis
Mothers with multiple sclerosis had an elevated incidence and prevalence of peripartum mental illness vs. mothers without MS and those with or without other chronic conditions, according to study results.
‘Substantial opportunity’ to prevent postpartum smoking relapse, improve maternal health
Smoking patterns during preconception, pregnancy and the postpartum period vary based on maternal age, race and ethnicity, geographical location and insurance type, according to a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.
Tailored treatment needed for women with childbirth-related PTSD
Treatment and counseling preferences differ for postpartum mothers with childbirth-related vs. general PTSD, highlighting the need for tailored approaches to postpartum care, researchers reported in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.
Exposure to common phenols during pregnancy associated with asthma development in children
Children exposed to certain phenols early in utero appeared more likely to develop asthma when born, according to study results published in Environmental Pollution.
‘Promoting honest and accurate conversations’ key before pregnancy in patients with ILD
BOSTON — To help patients with interstitial lung disease lower the chances of having a sick baby, physicians must have “honest and accurate conversations” with them before pregnancy, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.