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...

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,...

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, the US health insurance plan, who had live births received a prescription for...

Pregnancy and MS in the spotlight

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is more prevalent in women of childbearing age than in any other group. As a result, a key concern of many newly diagnosed women is how the disease will affect their chances of having children. This was the case for Anna Field, who was...