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Amnesty International releases report on US ‘Maternal Health Care Crisis’

A report released by Amnesty International details a variety of health care problems that US women and children face today.
The human rights group Amnesty International released its report titled “Deadly Delivery: The Maternal Health Care Crisis in the USA” on Friday, revealing how the U.S. health care system has increasingly failed its mothers and babies.
The [...]

Scottish children’s agency highlights legacy of drinking while pregnant

The agency Children in Scotland strives to highlight how thousands of the country’s children are affected by women who binge drink while pregnant.
The agency Children in Scotland has made the conservative estimate that at least 900 children in the country suffer direct, debilitating consequences of their mother having drunk heavily during the first three months [...]

Acupuncture May Help Depression During Pregnancy

Stanford University Study Links Pregnancy Depression and Acupuncture

Early weight gain during pregnancy puts mother at risk of gestational diabetes

Excessive early weight gain during pregnancy puts a mother at risk of developing gestational diabetes later in the pregnancy.
New research out of the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Northern California has linked excessive weight gain — especially during the first trimester — with the development of gestational diabetes later in the pregnancy.
The research, published online in [...]

Women fed up with pregnancy and mood swings long to be men

Some women, fed up with the pain of pregnancy, mood swings and their body, long to be men according to a new survey.
A survey of 2,048 women conducted by Merck Company’s Seven Seas found that 15 percent of women polled said that when their mood swings came, they longed to be a male. An additional [...]

Coronation Street Star Supports Midwife-Led Care

More used to delivering lines than delivering babies, Coronation Street actor Julie Hesmondhalgh bumped into a familiar face when a group of midwives from across Greater Manchester called at the Rovers Return.

Burkina Faso commits to removing barriers to maternal health care

Burkina Faso has committed to removing financial barriers that currently prevent women in the country from receiving quality maternal health care.
Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore has made a commitment to removing financial and cultural barriers that cause more than 2,000 women to die from complication of pregnancy and childbirth, according to information from Amnesty International [...]

Unplanned pregnancy growing issue for women over 35

Unplanned pregnancy is a growing problem for women over the age of 35, many who believe that they’re too old to conceive.
The U.K.’s sexual health charity Family Planning Association (FPA) has announced a new campaign called “Conceivable?” to remind women that contraception is needed until a year or two after menopause.
This week the campaign, as [...]

Scientists reject theory of ‘baby brain’ during pregnancy

Scientists in Australia have rejected the theory of “baby brain”, the idea that women have memory lapses due to a pregnancy.
The idea that a woman who becomes pregnant suffers memory lapses has been cited as fact by many authors promoting self-help books for pregnant women. Those authors may want to reconsider.
New research out of Australia [...]

Landmark US study finds abstinence-only programs may have merit

A recently published study has found that ‘theory-based’ abstinence-only programs may postpone sexual behavior in adolescents.
The first clear evidence that abstinence-only education works has arrived in the form of a study sponsored by the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health.
The results, published in the February issue of the journal Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, [...]

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