Ancient viral remnants in the human genome are activated during pregnancy and after significant bleeding in order to increase blood cell production, an important step toward defining the purpose of “junk DNA” in humans, according […]
In a letter to the editor of the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, doctoral student Nicola Tavella and team argue for using social vulnerability to predict obstetric health outcomes, rather than using race and ethnicity as […]
A new study from researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, suggests that higher breast cancer rates among Caribbean women may be linked to shifting patterns […]
The 2022 news that the US Supreme Court had overturned Roe v Wade and ended the constitutional right to abortion sent shockwaves around the world.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
Cedars-Sinai and UCLA investigators have studied first trimester placental tissue and found that for some genes, the process that turns their information into a biological function may depend on the sex of the fetus.This article […]
Women are more likely to receive good care during pregnancy where AI and other clinical software tools are used, a large review of research has found.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
Twice a month, a 40-foot-long truck transformed into a mobile clinic travels the Rio Grande Valley to provide rural Texans with women’s health care, including birth control.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
In the U.S., demand for in vitro fertilization (IVF) increased almost 140% between 2004 and 2018. Among other things, this trend suggests a business opportunity; in that same span of time, the market share of […]
New findings published in The Lancet Global Health expose substantial global and regional disparities in the cumulative burden of life-threatening maternal morbidity across the female reproductive life span.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
A study published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology has found that nearly all pregnant women ingest the fungal toxin zearalenone (ZEN), which mimics estrogen in the body and hinders reproduction in […]
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