Thyrotropin regulates the production of thyroid hormones and their levels during gestation can have a significant effect on pregnancy outcomes. In this featured study from JAMA Network Open, researchers show how low and high maternal thyrotropin levels can increase the risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Risk factors for heart disease put expectant mothers at higher risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes as well as increased chances of high blood pressure years after delivery.
Receiving the COVID-19 vaccine during the third trimester of pregnancy might confer passive immunity to the newborn.
In this study, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh share new findings that suggest women with type 1 diabetes have a shorter reproductive period and early menopause.
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are associated with modestly increased risks for autism spectrum disorders and possibly ADHD in offspring.
Certain maternal dietary patterns in pregnancy are associated with differences in child body mass index trajectories from birth to adolescence.
Estrogens can promote breast cancer but pregnancy reduces the risk of breast cancer. In this study, researchers from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst explore whether environmental chemicals with estrogen receptor agonist properties can promote or reduce the protective effects of pregnancy on breast cancer.
Pregnancies among women with pre-existing diabetes are associated with preterm delivery and neonatal complications.
Type 1 diabetes in pregnancy is associated with maternal hyperglycemia with some women developing preeclampsia and requiring an assisted birth or operative delivery.
The researchers assessed the rate of diabetic retinopathy progression in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes and its predictors.
