Pregnant Women

For pregnant women on bed rest, a foam roller intervention improved lower limb venous blood flow compared with controls, mitigating deep vein thrombosis risk and muscle atrophy, researchers reported.

In the past 2 decades, vitamin A, vitamin C and iron intake decreased among women of reproductive age in the U.S., which may substantially impact maternal and fetal health, according to study findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Approximately four of five healthy pregnant women in Ireland were iron deficient during their third trimester despite none of the women presenting as anemic during the first trimester, according to a large longitudinal analysis.

Pregnant women with diabetes can use automated insulin delivery systems with settings optimized to achieve tight glycemic targets, according to two speakers at the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists annual meeting.

Pregnant women seeking an exercise routine that can potentially alleviate some pregnancy symptoms and improve delivery outcomes might be surprised to learn that resistance training, performed with guidance, could be an easy option.

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 use of continuous glucose monitoring during pregnancy for women with type 1 diabetes.

In this video, Uma Mahadevan, MD, director of the Colitis and Crohn’s Disease Center at the University of California, San Francisco, spoke with Healio about a consensus conference on the management of IBD in pregnancy.

BOSTON — Pregnant and reproductive-aged women have had recent declines in exposure to most endocrine-disrupting chemicals, though women with a lower socioeconomic status are exposed to higher chemical levels, according to a speaker.