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British engineers develop small, ultra-cheap ultrasound that works with smart...
LONDON (Reuters) - Engineers in Britain have developed an ultrasound scanner that costs under 40 pounds to make and could improve prenatal care in parts of the developing world where this technology...
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Britain asks: Should 3-parent IVF be allowed to avoid disease?
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain launched a public consultation this week to ask whether controversial "three-parent" fertility treatments should be available to families hoping to avoid passing on...
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OB/GYN group advises IUDs, implants for sexually active teenage girls
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teenage girls looking for birth control should be encouraged to consider the long-lasting "set and forget" methods, according to the American College of Obstetricians and...
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Study: Many women stop asthma meds while pregnant
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Almost a third of women on asthma control medications stop using them during the first few months of pregnancy - despite advice that a mother's uncontrolled asthma is more...
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Study: Next-day discharge after C-section may be OK
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some women who deliver by cesarean section may be able to check out of the hospital the next day without raising their risk of problems, a small new study suggests. The...
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Study tentatively links flu in pregnancy and autism
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids whose mothers had the flu while pregnant were slightly more likely to be diagnosed with "infantile autism" before age three in a new Danish study. But the children's...
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Antibiotics in pregnancy tied to asthma in kids
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children whose mothers took antibiotics while they were pregnant were slightly more likely than other kids to develop asthma in a new Danish study. The results don't prove...
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Study: Sex doesn’t bring on labor
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite a widespread belief that sex during the later stages of pregnancy can jumpstart labor, a new study from Malaysia found no differences in the timing of delivery...
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New study says obesity prevention must begin at conception
[caption id="attachment_141883" align="alignright" width="300"] baby, newborn[/caption]To curb the country's dangerous obesity epidemic, experts are learning we have to intervene early. Really early....
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“Helping Babies Breathe” program cuts death and stillbirth rates in...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Training midwives and other birth attendants to help babies start breathing immediately after birth may prevent stillbirths and newborn deaths in the developing world, two...
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Insurers to moms and docs: Don’t rush the babies
Jenn McCorkle still regrets giving birth early. McCorkle was 37 weeks pregnant when her obstetrician scheduled her for a Caesarean section the following week, saying there was no reason to wait. But...
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Unintended pregnancies on the rise in servicewomen
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Just over ten percent of women in the military said in 2008 they'd had an unintended pregnancy in the last year - a figure significantly higher than rates in the general...
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Pregnant women should get whooping cough shot: CDC
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Moms-to-be should get a booster tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (Tdap) vaccine during each pregnancy to help protect their infants from whooping cough, according to a new...
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Supplement reduces risk of diabetes in pregnancy
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A nutritional supplement called myo-inositol may help protect women at risk for gestational diabetes, according to a small pilot study. Previous studies have shown that...
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Birth defects in multiples on the rise: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of birth defects among twins and triplets increased nearly two-fold in 14 European countries between 1984 and 2007, according to a new study. Researchers, who had...
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Folic acid in pregnancy tied to lower autism risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who took extra folic acid in the weeks before and just after becoming pregnant were less likely to have a child with autism, in a new study from Norway. Because lack...
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New blood test may predict risk of premature birth as early as 15 weeks
A new high-tech blood test may be able to help doctors identify pregnant women at risk for having their babies too soon. Pre-term birth is an expensive and traumatic problem. According to the March of...
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Prenatal care project and 21st century house call idea competing in $5M...
Healthcare projects in Cincinnati, OH and Springfield, OR made the list of 20 finalists in the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge. Springfield wants to make primary care available to everyone...
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Hospitals clamp down on dangerous early elective deliveries
For decades, doctors have been warned about the dangers of delivering babies early without a medical reason. But the practice remained stubbornly persistent. Now, with pressure on doctors and hospitals...
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Generic version of morning sickness drug withdrawn 30 years ago is back on...
WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have approved a drug to treat morning sickness that was withdrawn from the market 30 years ago amid claims, since debunked, that it caused birth...
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