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No link found between fluconazole use and neonatal death risk
More research is needed to pinpoint the link between fluconazole use and risks to neonates.
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Pregnancy may be ideal time to consider switching MS drugs
NASHVILLE, TENN – Women with multiple sclerosis who fare poorly on specific medications before pregnancy don’t tend to do any better afterward, a...
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GDM, subsequent diabetes predictive of later renal damage
Kidney stones may be more likely in those women with GDM who progress to diabetes.
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Drug-related deaths continue to rise in United States
TORONTO – As pregnant women use more opioids, NAS rates are soaring; they rose from 1.2/1,000 U.S. hospital births in 2000 to 8/1,000 in 2014.
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Emotional regulation training lowers risk of adolescents having sex
Emotional regulation training helps adolescents understand feelings and, in turn, better control them.
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IV superior to oral treatment for iron deficiency during pregnancy
AUSTIN, TEX. – Improving anemia treatment beyond the standard oral supplements could have a large effect on decreasing pregnancy complications.
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VIDEO: Anemia more than doubles risk of postpartum depression
AUSTIN, TEX. – Next steps are to see whether correcting anemia prevents depression.
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Glyburide failed to show noninferiority in gestational diabetes
The upper limit of the confidence interval for difference between groups did not meet the prespecified value for noninferiority.
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VIDEO: Novel postpartum depression drug effective in phase 3 trial
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Brexanolone, administered intravenously, is under review at the FDA for treating postpartum depression.
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Antiretroviral choice for pregnant women with HIV does not appear to impact birth outcomes
Three different regimens of antiretroviral therapy did not produce significantly different adverse birth outcomes in women with HIV.