Na ïve, uninformed and sexually abused: circumstances surrounding adolescent pregnancies in Malawi - Chamdimba E, Kabiru CW, Ushie BA, Munthali A, Thakwalakwa C, Ajayi AI.
BACKGROUND: Pregnancy and childbearing in adolescence could negatively affect girls' health and socio-economic wellbeing across the life course. Previous studies on drivers of adolescent pregnancy in Africa have not fully considered the perspectives of par...
Source: SafetyLit - August 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Red State Loses Key Cardiologist; Semaglutide Reduces CVD Risk; Pregnancy OK in HCM
(MedPage Today) -- The director of the only pediatric heart transplant program in Louisiana, a married gay man, says he is relocating to New York for a better LGBTQ+ environment. (Advocate) Once-weekly semaglutide 2.4 mg (Wegovy) reduced major...
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 8, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Nigeria: Newborn Children Exposed to Killer Diseases At Ill-Equipped Kano Primary Healthcare Centre
[Premium Times] The number of unvaccinated children in Kano, Jigawa and Katsina accounts for about 40 per cent of the total unvaccinated children in Nigeria.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 8, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Source Type: news

East Africa: DR Congo - East African Community Troops Help Woman Deliver
[New Times] Kenyan troops under the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) on Saturday, August 5, while on patrol in Kibumba, in Nyiragongo Territory, North Kivu Province attended to a woman in labour pains.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 8, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Arms and Military Affairs Conflict, Peace and Security East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Source Type: news

What dermatologists want you to know about preventing and treating melasma
Melasma is a common skin condition that’s likely to occur in women during their reproductive years. It’s characterized by dark blotchy patches, which typically appear on the face, and often appears during pregnancy — 15% to 50% of pregnant women get melasma, according to the Cleveland Clinic.…#clevelandclinic # #vitamincdark #niacinamide #retinolretinol #vitaminc #erumilyas #pennsylvania #tinted #rachelnazarian
Source: Reuters: Health - August 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Adverse Childhood Experiences Increase Risk for Pregnancy Complications
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 -- Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) increases the risk for pregnancy complications and adverse pregnancy outcomes, according to a review published online Aug. 3 in BMJ Open. Abdullah Mamun, Ph.D., from the...
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 7, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Early Puberty Soared During the Pandemic, and Scientists Don ’ t Know Why
Italy noticed it first. It was the first country to lock down during the COVID-19 pandemic, and later in 2020, researchers at Florence’s Anna Meyer Children’s University Hospital were the first to point out a puzzling trend: More young girls than ever had been showing up to the hospital with clear signs of early-onset puberty.  The cases weren’t unique, but their frequency was. Since early-onset—or “precocious”—puberty first gained widespread clinical attention in the 1990s, it’s become steadily more common worldwide. Defined as the appearance of secondary sex charact...
Source: TIME: Health - August 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haley Weiss Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

FDA approves first oral treatment for postpartum depression
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Zurzuvae (zuranolone), the first oral medication indicated to treat postpartum depression (PPD) in adults. PPD is a major depressive episode that typically occurs after childbirth but can also begin during the later stages of pregnancy. Until now, treatment for PPD was only available as an IV injection given by a health care provider in certain health care facilities.
Source: World Pharma News - August 7, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured FDA Regulatory Affairs Source Type: news

Africa: Nurturing Future Generations Through Breastfeeding
[UN News] Christine, her son, and her mother are among 100,000 refugees, mostly women and children, living in a camp in northwestern Uganda, served by the World Food Programme (WFP) and its partners, which are providing critical assistance to breastfeeding mothers.
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - August 7, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Pregnancy and Childbirth Source Type: news

Association of pregnancy-specific alcohol policies with infant morbidities and maltreatment - Roberts SCM, Schulte A, Zaugg C, Leslie DL, Corr TE, Liu G.
IMPORTANCE: Research has found associations of pregnancy-specific alcohol policies with increased low birth weight and preterm birth, but associations with other infant outcomes are unknown. OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations of pregnancy-speci...
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Correction: Intimate partner violence against women during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta ‑analysis protocol for producing global and regional estimates - Schrubbe L, Garcia-Moreno C, Sardinha L, Stöckl H.
Correction: Syst Rev 12, 107 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02232-2 Following publication of the original article [1], an error was identified under the Open Acess license statement, it should be changed to the CC BY 3.0 IGO version as sho...
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Judge blocks Illinois law targeting crisis pregnancy centers, calling it a violation of the First Amendment
A federal judge Thursday temporarily blocked a new Illinois law that targeted crisis pregnancy centers, saying it violated free speech. U.S. District Judge Iain Johnston, who was appointed by former President Trump, called the law "painfully and blatantly a violation of the First Amendment." The…#illinois #iainjohnston #firstamendment #kevinrilott #jbpritzker #illinoisans #rulesstate #peterbreen #jenniferwelch
Source: Reuters: Health - August 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The FDA just approved a pill for postpartum depression. Here ’s what that means
Postpartum depression is one of the most common complications of childbirth, affecting about a half million Americans each year. It’s among the leading causes of pregnancy-related death. Now, the FDA has approved the first pill for treating postpartum depression. Patricia Kinser, co-chair of…#postpartum #fda #patriciakinser #johnyang
Source: Reuters: Health - August 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Court cases targeting abortion highlight digital privacy concerns
In July, a Nebraska teenager and her mother were convicted after the teen terminated her pregnancy using abortion pills. Among the prosecution's key evidence was exchanges between the two on Facebook Messenger. Caitlin Seeley George with the nonprofit digital rights advocacy group Fight for the…#nebraska #facebookmessenger #caitlinseeleygeorge #future #johnyang #postroeamerica
Source: Reuters: Health - August 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

There ’s Now An Oral Treatment for Postpartum Depression
Treating depression is complex and time-consuming, since matching patients to the right drug treatment is a matter of trial and error that can take weeks or even months. And post partum depression, which affects up to 20% of new mothers in the first six weeks after giving birth, is no different. On August 4, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved zuranolone, or Zurzuvae, for treating postpartum depression. The drug, developed by Massachusetts-based biotechs Sage Therapeutics and Biogen, is a pill that women take once a day for 14 days and is the first oral treatment for the major depressive condition. [tim...
Source: TIME: Health - August 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

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