SAN DIEGO – Iron supplementation, especially in pregnancy, improved toddler communication and social behaviors at 18 months in a large Chinese study. “Iron deficiency in infancy is associated with… …read more
The percentage of postpartum women who filled codeine prescriptions significantly declined after regulatory bodies announced that breastfeeding by mothers taking the opioids may cause infant death,… …read more
University of Utah anthropologist Karen Kramer explores the moment when ancient societies adopted the practice of ‘taking a village to raise a child’ in research published in the Journal of Human… …read more
New article in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology urges obstetricians to advocate for change to eliminate health care injustice in access to elective tubal sterilizationCurrent U.S. …read more
Adolescent and young adult lesbians may be less likely to initiate vaccination for the human papillomavirus, or HPV, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine. …read more
Children born to mothers with polycystic ovary syndrome were more likely to have serious metabolic and neurologic conditions, as well as asthma. Medscape Medical News …read more
Dr Peter Kovacs summarizes the results of a study in which patients were given 200 mg mifepristone followed by 800 mcg misoprostol. Medscape Ob/Gyn …read more
When highly educated, dual-career couples have their first child, both spouses think the baby increases their workloads by equal amounts – but a new study suggests that’s not true. …read more
Anecdotal reports of nursing mothers have long suggested that giving milk is a lot easier in second and subsequent pregnancies, compared with a first pregnancy. …read more
As life span for once-deadly disease increases, unplanned and mistimed pregnancies are commonOnly half of women with cystic fibrosis (CF) report using contraception and frequently apt to become… …read more