Is it just our Instagram feeds, or is everyone knocked up right now? Friends, family, coworkers, influencers… Bumps are popping out all over the place! Blame the cabin fever or a trick of the eye, but don’t shoot the messenger (that’s us) for the friendly reminder that in addition to …
Read More »
Conditions like hypertension, high cholesterol, obesity and diabetes in a father may affect whether a pregnancy reaches full term. A father’s poor health before conception may increase the risk for pregnancy loss, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed records from an employee insurance database that included data on 958,804 pregnancies …
Read More »
People whose mothers had diabetes before or during pregnancy have an increased risk for heart disease as young adults, new research suggests. The risk was apparent both for children of mothers with pre-existing Type 2 diabetes and for children whose mothers developed gestational diabetes during pregnancy. The study, in the …
Read More »
At the end of April, Denise J. Jamieson, M.D., a member of the Covid-19 task force at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and chairwoman of gynecology and obstetrics at the Emory University School of Medicine, noted in an email that it was “remarkable” how much we still do …
Read More »
Advice about pregnancy has become so prevalent that it has become almost an industry unto itself. Personal behavior can be important, but relative to a lot of the expectations heaped on pregnant women, it can also easily be overstated. There is no solid evidence, for example, that playing music or …
Read More »
Most experts recommend that pregnant women take a daily supplement of 400 units of vitamin D. Now a randomized clinical trial suggests that a much larger dose may be beneficial for children’s bone health. The study, in JAMA Pediatrics, randomized 517 women to take either a 2,400-unit vitamin D supplement …
Read More »