World Preeclampsia Day brings focus on maternal health

The first-ever World Preeclampsia Day took place last month, with a number of maternal health organisations joining forces in a bid to raise awareness of preeclampsia as a life-threatening complication of pregnancy. Nearly 76,000 mothers and 500,000 babies worldwide...

Real-life – the right care at the right time

Taboos persist around medicine and medical care for women during pregnancy, while evidence-based information is limited or often incomplete. The sad reality is that every day, women across the world are denied basic medical care because they are pregnant.  ...

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,...