Pregnancy & Medicine Initiative

by Danielle Barron · 27 Feb 2017

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…

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Pregnancy & Medicine Initiative

by Danielle Barron · 19 Feb 2017

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…

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Pregnancy & Medicine Initiative

by Danielle Barron · 2 Feb 2017

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…

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Pregnancy & Medicine Initiative

by Danielle Barron · 18 Jan 2017

Obesity and pregnancy – the new taboo

The staggering increase in prevalence of obesity in the Western world has been mirrored by a similar growth in maternal obesity, making it one of the most important preventable risk…

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Pregnancy & Medicine Initiative

by Danielle Barron · 12 Dec 2016

Researchers seek to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV

A project that aims to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV was given the green light on December 1st, World Aids Day. The DolPHIN-2 investigators were funded as part of a…

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Pregnancy & Medicine Initiative

by Danielle Barron · 1 Dec 2016

Congenital heart disease risks in pregnancy “may be overestimated’

Women with congenital heart disease are more likely to have safer pregnancies, according to new research. Physicians may have been over-estimating the risks of complications for women with these disorders,…

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Pregnancy & Medicine Initiative

by Danielle Barron · 14 Nov 2016

Opioids in pregnancy ‘need best practice prescribing’

Pregnant women are at high risk of being prescribed opioid medication inappropriately, a new analysis has found. The new American study found that nearly 10 percent of women on Medicaid,…

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Access to Maternal Healthcare

by Danielle Barron · 26 Oct 2016

Measuring maternal healthcare in Europe

Inequity in terms of maternal healthcare is unfortunately a hallmark of health systems within the European context. For many women their specific healthcare needs have not even been acknowledged, let…

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Pregnancy & Medicine Initiative

by Danielle Barron · 20 Oct 2016

Speech and language disorder linked to antidepressant use during pregnancy

The use of certain antidepressants during pregnancy may be linked to speech and language disorders in children, US researchers have found. According to the latest study, women who purchase two…

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