An increasing body of evidence suggests there may be ‘fetal origins’ of cardiovascular disease, and adverse conditions during pregnancy, including hypothyroidism, may play a role. A study following children born in Denmark to people with hypothyroidism during pregnancy explored this potential connection.
Unvaccinated pregnant patients are increasingly being hospitalized with COVID-19 during the surge of the delta variant.
Rates of biochemically verified prenatal cannabis use increased significantly among pregnant women in Northern California during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The country’s leading health agency on Wednesday implored all Americans who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning to become pregnant to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
EVOLVE was a large, multinational, prospective, noninterventional, multicenter study of pregnant women with preexisting type 1 or type 2 diabetes to evaluate the safety of detemir vs other basal insulins in pregnancy. Women in early pregnancy from 92 sites in 17 countries were enrolled.
Persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is associated with an increased risk for preterm birth.
Experts discuss emerging safety data on administration of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines during pregnancy.
Women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), with or without prepregnancy hypertension, have an increased risk for incident heart failure.
Pregnancies complicated by an antepartum sepsis hospitalization have higher odds of perinatal complications from placental dysfunction.
Investigators assessed the relationship among lean or fatty fish intake, fatty acid supplements, and lowered severity of type 2 diabetes in women following pregnancy.
