Pregnancy

“It has been well established that health literacy is a key social determinant of health in many areas of medicine, but it has been relatively understudied in pregnancy,” explains Lynn M...

Sep 28, 2021

“Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) disproportionately affects women aged 18-39, during childbearing years,” explains Jennifer Hsiao, MD. “Data also suggest a possible increased risk of adv...

Sep 20, 2021

Ultrasound is widely used as the initial diagnostic imaging modality during pregnancy with both high spatial and temporal resolution. Although MRI in pregnancy has long focused on the fetus,...

Sep 20, 2021

In early pregnancy, hypoxia is a typical extrinsic factor that regulates EVT functions including proliferation, migration and invasion which are essential for a successful pregnancy. Human d...

Sep 06, 2021

To examine the association between epilepsy and frequency and time of initiation of prenatal care use among pregnant women in Finland.We conducted a nationally representative, population-bas...

Sep 06, 2021

Perinatal mortality after previable prelabor rupture of membranes (previable PROM) might be underestimated as most studies exclude patients with poor prognosis, or solely include patients in...

Aug 26, 2021

Ultrasound plays a considerable role in human and animal reproduction in terms of early detection of pregnancy, prediction of parturition time, and diagnosis of fetal abnormalities. The pres...

Aug 23, 2021

Groundwater is the main source of drinking water for a significant portion of the human population. In many agricultural areas, diffuse pollution such as high levels of total dissolved salts...

Aug 23, 2021

To evaluate the methodological quality and transparency of the clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of gestational and congenital toxoplasmosis (C...

Aug 23, 2021

Many perinatal mental health risk factor studies report that antenatal depression is a signifcant risk factor for women being depressed postnatally. They often describe the strength of the r...

Aug 19, 2021

The inclusion of somatic symptoms in assessing peripartum depression (PPD), which encompasses depression during pregnancy and the postpartum period, has remained controversial, as there is s...

Aug 19, 2021

This report describes the case of a 36-year-old woman with stage ⅠB1 cervical adenocarcinoma that was diagnosed when her fetus was at 19 weeks of gestation. Both she and her family strongl...

Aug 19, 2021

Parvovirus B19 (B19V) is a widespread infection that may affect 1-5% of pregnant women, mainly with normal pregnancy outcome. Vertical transmission occurs in 33-51% of cases of maternal infe...

Aug 16, 2021

Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific hypertensive disorder characterized by proteinuria and/or multisystem involvement. Disease-specific therapy has yet to be developed due to the lack of un...

Aug 16, 2021

Assisted reproductive treatment (ART) gave numerous couples the chance to have their biological child. Improvement in laboratory and culture conditions allows for selection of embryos with t...

Aug 16, 2021

Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of abdominal pain that is unrelated to pregnancy in pregnant women. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of the Alvarado, Ohmann,...

Aug 12, 2021

Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) is a life-threating obstetric complication, and prenatal prediction of PAS can decrease maternal morbidity and mortality. The aim of this prospective cohort s...

Aug 12, 2021

The placenta is at the core of many pregnancy pathologies, but we have limited knowledge about placental function because of two key research barriers: 1) lack of guidelines for sample colle...

Aug 12, 2021

Unintended pregnancy in the context of intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health issue. It is associated with increased health risks for women and their children. Our objective was ...

Aug 09, 2021

Almost a fifth of Kenyan women who desire to delay or avoid pregnancy are not using modern contraception. The objective of this study is to describe how Kenyan women, healthcare providers, a...

Aug 09, 2021