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Pregnancy and Birth
Do maternal vaccinations lead to adverse early-childhood health outcomes?
July 30, 2020
A literature review published in Pediatrics analyzed whether the practice of immunizations during pregnancy influence other early health outcomes.
Apgar scores and gestational age as predictors for neonatal death
July 30, 2020
A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine investigated the joint effect of gestational age and Apgar scores on the risks of neonatal death.
Racial disparities in healthcare impact post-surgery outcomes
July 29, 2020
A new report in Pediatrics investigated whether black children were likely to have more complications and greater mortality following surgery than their white peers.
Pregnancy after breast cancer in patients with germline BRCA mutations
July 24, 2020
The study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology is a follow-up to a study conducted by the same authors to evaluate if pregnancy is safe in breast cancer patients who have hormone-sensitive breast cancer.
Novel autoantibody a major risk factor for recurrent pregnancy loss
July 23, 2020
The results of this study allowed researchers to identify the onset mechanism of recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL), especially in some cases that would have otherwise remained unexplained.
Why COVID-19 rarely exists in fetuses and newborns
July 22, 2020
A new study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) may shed light on why the virus has rarely been found in fetuses and newborns of mothers infected with COVID-19.
Climate change associated with preterm birth, stillbirth and other adverse outcomes
July 20, 2020
A recent systematic review found that climate change-related exacerbation of the two exposures may be having an adverse effect on obstetric outcomes.
S1E4: Dr. Kristina Adams-Waldorf: Pandemics, pathogens and perseverance
July 16, 2020
This episode of Pap Talk by Contemporary OB/GYN features an interview with Dr. Kristina Adams-Waldorf, Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Adjunct Professor in Global Health at the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine in Seattle.
S1E3: Dr. Emily S. Miller: Placental pathology and MVM evidence
July 16, 2020
This episode of Pap Talk by Contemporary OB/GYN features an interview with Dr. Emily S. Miller, with Northwestern Medicine in Chicago.
NICHD fetal growth calculators now available
July 15, 2020
Two calculators for practitioners to estimate fetal growth percentiles, velocity and account for racial and ethnic variation from the NICHD are now available.