Pregnancy & Medicine Initiative

by Helena Harnik · 28 May 2014

Choosing between mom or baby: one mother’s tragic story

This is a story of one woman, Liz Joice, who thought she could never have a child because she had been treated for cancer in her early 30s. But then,…

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Pregnancy & Medicine Initiative

by Danielle Barron · 15 May 2014

The information vacuum and challenges to appropriate care

Pregnant women expect quite a bit from their healthcare providers, even more so if they have a disease that requires supervision and treatment. We asked some members of our advisory…

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Pregnancy & Medicine Initiative

by Danielle Barron · 6 May 2014

Breaking information gaps for pregnant women

No doubt the challenges to making appropriate care and information available to women facing illness and pregnancy are many. There are huge information gaps; the information we have is fractured…

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Pregnancy & Medicine Initiative

by Helena Harnik · 25 Apr 2014

Pioneers of chemotherapy in pregnancy

There are no clear-cut answers about using chemotherapy to treat cancer in pregnant women – and current advice is usually given on a case-by-case basis. But the fact that doctors…

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Pregnancy & Medicine Initiative

by Danielle Barron · 10 Apr 2014

First advisory board meeting for Pregnancy and Medicine Initiative

Moving the project forward and getting validation on our program’s objectives were key discussions during our first advisory board meeting on March 24, 2014. Meeting via teleconference, we discussed how differentiating…

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Pregnancy & Medicine Initiative

by Helena Harnik · 7 Apr 2014

Motherisk helps mothers-to-be decide

When it comes to pregnancy taboos, some organizations are tackling them head-on. Motherisk, a Canadian program that counsels women on medication use during pregnancy, is one such place. It offers…

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Pregnancy & Medicine Initiative

by Danielle Barron · 24 Mar 2014

Pregnancy taboos and HIV

For many HIV-positive women, pregnancy can seem a remote prospect. To begin with there is the natural concern that their illness could prevent them from seeing their child grow up.…

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Pregnancy & Medicine Initiative

by Helena Harnik · 20 Mar 2014

Treating depression during pregnancy

There’s a one in four chance that a woman will suffer from depression during her life. And given this statistic, there’s a fair chance that depression may coincide with pregnancy.…

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Pregnancy & Medicine Initiative

by Danielle Barron · 11 Mar 2014

When cancer comes young, can pregnancy come later?

These days many women don’t have to deal with the question of whether they’ll be able to have children until later in life – perhaps when they’re in a stable…

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