New pregnancy medical centre model could mean better outcomes

A new “pregnancy medical centre” model of care could lead to improved outcomes for pregnant women and their babies, new research has suggested. The proposed model could also lead to significant cost savings as women benefit from shorter hospital stays and fewer...

Fetal alcohol syndrome ‘unacceptably high’

There are unacceptably high global prevalence rates of alcohol use in pregnancy and fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), with rates highest in Europe, a new study has concluded. The research, published in The Lancet Global Health, provides the first-ever estimates of the...

Folic acid necessary “for all women”

The importance of folic acid supplementation in preventing the rate of birth defects has once again been emphasised by experts, who say all women of childbearing age should take the mineral supplement daily. The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently...