Pregnancy Symptoms and Health

2+ hour, 53+ min ago   (326+ words) Seven molecules in human milk could help explain how a mother’s nutrition connects with her baby’s growth, offering a window into the biology of milk production. Human milk contains thousands of nutrients, metabolites, proteins, immune factors, and other molecules, yet…...

3+ hour, 41+ min ago   (483+ words) On 11 February, the world celebrated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Organised by the United Nations, this day highlights the importance of achieving full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls, and…...

4+ hour, 17+ min ago   (58+ words) The LKCMedicine April 2019 April 2019 | Issue 41 It’s been almost a year since LKCMedicine sent out its first batch of doctors into their first year as fully fledged medical staff in hospitals. We check back with some of them to see how…...

1+ day, 53+ min ago   (616+ words) A new study from Loughborough University has found that encouraging pregnant women to build physical activity into their day through short 'activity snacks' could help them stay more active during pregnancy. Published in leading publication, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine…...

10+ hour, 30+ min ago   (1638+ words) Preterm birth (PTB), defined by the World Health Organization as delivery before 37 completed weeks of gestation, remains a major global health concern with increasing incidence across most regions1,2. Clinically, PTB is categorized according to gestational age as late preterm (34–37 weeks), early…...

13+ hour, 14+ min ago   (373+ words) While earlier research had found that neighborhood walkability is associated with a lower risk of GDM, until now the association of postpartum type 2 diabetes after GDM was unknown. The new study provides evidence that neighborhood environments may play a role…...

11+ hour, 38+ min ago   (643+ words) New research in mice and pigs shows that the placental hormone GDF15 drives fetal growth by activating a STAT3-IGF2 signaling axis in the fetal liver, and that placenta-targeted mRNA therapy can reverse fetal growth restriction in animal models....

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (569+ words) Regularly consuming seafood and fish during pregnancy may be the key to preventing colic and eczema in infants, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network Open. Infants whose mothers ate a Mediterranean-style diet during pregnancy had lower odds…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (187+ words) First and only commercially available AID technology for pregnancy use in the U.S. “Glycemic goals are tighter during pregnancy,” said Dr. Jordan Pinsker, chief medical officer at Tandem Diabetes Care. “The higher time in the pregnancy-specific glucose range seen with Control-IQ…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1239+ words) Some of the babies Kath Megaw helped parents wean 28 years ago are now adults. As a pediatric dietitian and the co-author of the books “Weaning Sense” and “Mindful Meals,” Megaw has had a rare opportunity to watch children grow from…...