Healthy women deliver not just babies but paychecks and economic growth.
Prenatal Disorder Gastroschisis Cases In USA Rise
San Francisco Chronicle examined increasing incidence of gastroschisis, a prenatal disorder in which parts of a fetus' intestines grow outside of its body and contaminate the amniotic sac.
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Reduces Older Women's Chances Of Pregnancy
Using preimplantation genetic diagnosis to screen for potential birth defects reduces the likelihood of an older woman becoming pregnant through in vitro fertilization by one-third
Florida To Reduce Infant Mortality Rates Among Minorities
Florida signed a bill into law that will fund research examining the cause of high infant mortality rates among minorities.
Egypt Imposes Total Ban On Female Genital Cutting
Egypt will impose a total ban on female genital cutting, rescinding a provision.
Sling Surgery Is More Effective For Bladder Control In Women
Among women with incontinence, 50 to 80 percent have stress urinary incontinence.
Antidepressants during pregnancy and birth defects
Antidepressants during pregnancy while have little risk may increase the risk for specific birth defects.
NPR Examines High Infant Mortality Among Blacks In Southern States
NPR reported on efforts to lower the infant mortality rate among blacks.
Fetus At Risk At Lower Levels Of Maternal Blood Glucose Than Thought
Gestational diabetes may place a much higher percentage of pregnant women -- and their unborn babies -- at risk for adverse outcomes than previously believed.
Pregnancy Baby Watch from BBBoom Tells Fertility Time
Pregnancy is a time when pregnant women have to keep up with many issues related to timing and calendar. There is a new invention from BBBoom, which is a watch and could be an interesting pregnancy calendar, helping to keep up with many calendar events related to pregnancy.
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1. ANTIDEPRESSANTS DURING PREGNANCY AND BIRTH DEFECTS 2. EGYPT IMPOSES TOTAL BAN ON FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING
3. FETUS AT RISK AT LOWER LEVELS OF MATERNAL BLOOD GLUCOSE THAN THOUGHT
4. FLORIDA TO REDUCE INFANT MORTALITY RATES AMONG MINORITIES
5. LACK OF INVESTMENT IN MATERNAL INFANT HEALTH IS TRAGEDY
6. NPR EXAMINES HIGH INFANT MORTALITY AMONG BLACKS IN SOUTHERN STATES
7. PREGNANCY BABY WATCH FROM BBBOOM TELLS FERTILITY TIME
8. PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS REDUCES OLDER WOMEN S CHANCES OF PREGNANCY
9. PRENATAL DISORDER GASTROSCHISIS CASES IN USA RISE
10. SLING SURGERY IS MORE EFFECTIVE FOR BLADDER CONTROL IN WOMEN