Federally mandated health insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization for women of childbearing age "could lower the extraordinary health care costs associated with the birth of triplets or more" and "even the reproductive odds, giving the middle-class and lower-income Americans access to treatment that is currently reserved for the well-off or the unusually well insured," according to a
An article published Online First and in a future edition of The Lancet discusses the management of a rare condition called placental-site trophoblastic tumors (PSTTs). They are malignant tumors usually presenting months to years after pregnancy. The chances of surviving those tumors are linked to how much time elapsed since the related pregnancy took place.
Annette Langer-Gould, MD, PhD (Stanford University) and colleagues followed 32 pregnant women with MS, assessing their disease and breastfeeding status at intervals out to 12 months after giving birth.
Children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy and their early childhood years may be predisposed to take up smoking as teens and young adults, compounding the physical damage they sustained from the smoke exposure. "It is well-known that maternal smoking influences a developing fetus in myriad ways, contributing to low birth weight, premature birth and a host of other health problems after b
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