Are there benefits to vaccinating women who are pregnant with a vaccine that prevents respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-related illness in newborns? A new study examined this topic.
New research indicates that the prevalence of chronic hypertension in pregnancy spiked over 13-fold from 1970 to 2010. Consultant360 discussed this finding further with lead study author Cande Ananth, PhD,...
A recent study led by Kerry Flannagan, PhD, examined how opioid use may result in pregnancy loss and lower changes of conception. Dr Flannagan answered our questions about her team’s study.
Leila Saldanha, PhD, RD, nutrition scientist under contract to the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, discussed her recent study, which found that many prescription and nonprescription prenatal supplements...
Jennifer Flemming, MD, MAS, from KHSC Kingston Health Sciences Centre, answers our questions about her research on the association between pregnancy and liver decompensation among women with cirrhosis. ...
A new study examined the relative contributions of pre-ART drug resistance mutations vs nonadherence in the etiology of elevated viral loads among pregnant women with HIV who initiate ART. Lead author...
Consultant360 spoke with Amy Ushry, RN, MPH, who discussed rates of maternal morbidity and mortality and ongoing endeavors to reduce these rates at the NPWH 22nd Annual Premier Women’s Healthcare...
Nicklas Brustad, MD, discusses the findings of his study on the relationship between maternal vitamin D status and anthropometry and bone mineralization in offspring.
Erica Monrose, MD, and Tatyana Kushner, MD, from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, explain the association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy,...
Paul Van Buynder, from Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, answers our questions about the uptake of vaccination in pregnant women, a topic he will also speak about at the 13th Vaccine Congress. ...
