Health secretary Wes Streeting has launched a national investigation into England’s worst-performing maternity units after a series of scandals involving baby deaths and maternal harm. The...
Pregnant women who vape are exposed to lower levels of toxic chemicals than those who smoke, new research led by scientists at City St George’s, University...
The WHO has released its first global guideline for managing sickle cell disease (SCD) during pregnancy, aiming to reduce health risks that can be life-threatening for...
Exposure to wildfire smoke and extreme heat before or during pregnancy may increase the risk of babies being born smaller than expected, particularly in climate-vulnerable neighbourhoods,...
High blood pressure during pregnancy may raise the risk of seizures in children, according to new research. The condition, known as gestational hypertension, affects nearly 16...
Women using weight loss injections have been advised to use reliable contraception after the UK’s medicines regulator received 40 reports of pregnancies—some of them unexpected, despite...
Children born to mothers with severe obesity are up to 53 per cent more likely to be hospitalised with infections during childhood, a large UK study...
British medical experts are raising concerns about the underrepresentation of women in clinical studies, The Guardian reports, with male-only trials outnumbering female-focused research by 67 per cent. Healthcare...
A new study has evaluated the performance of an AI enabled electrocardiogram (AI-ECG) and an AI-powered digital stethoscope to see how well they could detect early...
Women who experience urinary incontinence after giving birth may get just as much relief from telehealth as they do from physical therapy, a new UC San...
