Working with patients with inflammatory bowel disease who are or wish to become pregnant presents special challenges. Kim Isaacs, MD, shared her insights at the virtual Advances in Inflammatory Bowel...
While previous studies have proposed a protective effect of breastfeeding that could last decades after children are weaned, the mechanism behind this relationship is unclear.
Previous research has suggested that maternal obesity is associated with increased risk of various cognitive and mental health issues in offspring. In a recent study, researchers examined the effects of...
After experiencing a high rate of pertussis-related infant mortality in 2011, Argentina became the first country in Latin America to implement maternal Tdap vaccination. Find out more about the vaccination...
Although previous evidence has suggested that pregnant women report cannabis use to manage stress and mood, there is a lack of epidemiological studies examining whether mental health disorders could...
How does preeclampsia affect women’s 15-year risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, cardiovascular mortality, and all-cause mortality? Researchers recently investigated, and their findings might surprise...
Although previous research has linked marijuana use with adverse fetal neurodevelopmental outcomes, the number of women using marijuana during pregnancy has increased following its legalization.
