Are opioids safe during pregnancy? Research continues

Opioids are commonly used drugs for conditions such as chronic pain but little accurate information is available regarding the impact of their use during pregnancy.    There is limited knowledge of the damaging effects incurred by opioids during pregnancy in...

Pregnancy after breast cancer treatment is safe

Many women are able to become pregnant after breast cancer, but the residual effects of the disease and its intensive medical treatments  has put a question mark over the risk of the cancer returning. Thankfully it was determined in 2017 that pregnancy after breast...

General surgery safe for pregnant women, study concludes

Being pregnant doesn’t increase the risks associated with general surgery, suggests a new study. But will these findings make some headway in clearing up the long-standing debate over the safety of undergoing general surgical operations while pregnant? Until now,...

The Life of Minorities in Bulgaria

MEP Filiz Hyusmenova, champion of the Alliance for Maternal Health Equality and at the forefront of the Declaration on universal access to maternal healthcare, organized and hosted a photographic exhibition at the European Parliament on the lives of minorities in...