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‘Pregnancy diabetes’ on the rise
The first national report on gestational diabetes, released 1 December by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, provides insight […]
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Teens who watch lots of sexually explicit shows have twice the risk of becoming…
It’s reasonable to wonder if teens who see lots of sexually suggestive TV are more likely to initiate intercourse or […]
Morning After Pill (Emergency Contraception)
What is emergency contraception? Methods of emergency contraception Hormonal emergency contraceptive pills (morning after pill) Intrauterine devices Mifepristone (RU486) When […]
Younger women and women living in remote areas more likely to have neural tube …
Younger women and women living in remote areas are more likely to have neural tube defect (NTD) affected pregnancies than […]
Molar pregnancy (gestational trophoblastic disease, GTD)
Information on GTD: Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD), also known as molar pregnancy, is a range of pregnancy related tumours.
Government recommends pregnant women keep active
When you’re expecting a baby and your belly’s getting bigger by the day, just walking up the stairs can feel […]
An ethical argument: Include pregnant women in research
Why aren’t pregnant women included in most clinical trials? That’s the question posed by leading bioethicists at Duke University Medical […]
Almost 7 million pregnant in sub-Saharan Africa infected with hookworms, at ris…
A study published in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases reveals that between a quarter and a third of […]
Abuse endangers pregnancies
New research shows that partner violence is linked with smoking during pregnancy, miscarriages and abortion. Two studies from The University […]
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