February 19, 2013
Too Much Coffee in Pregnancy Tied to Smaller, Later Newborns, Study Says
“As the risk for having a low birth weight baby was associated with caffeine consumption, pregnant women might be counseled to reduce their caffeine intake during pregnancy as much as possible,” said lead researcher Dr. Verena Sengpiel, an obstetrician/gynecologist at the Sahlgrenska Academy of Sahlgrenska University in Goteborg, Sweden…According to the Mayo Clinic, the average […]
Tags: caffeine consumption, Dr. Verena Sengpiel, HealthDay, low birth weight, Sahlgrenska Academy
February 1, 2013
Go Red for Women: Woman’s Day for Women’s Lives
Last year, as I started the search for the 2012 Red Dress Award honorees — an event that Woman’s Day holds annually to spotlight doctors, researchers and advocates who are making a difference in the fight against heart disease in women — I came across two incredible women: Katherine Leon and Laura Haywood-Cory… She then asked Sharonne […]
Tags: Dr. Sharonne Hayes, heart disease, Huffington Post, Katherine Leon, Laura Haywood-Cory, Red Dress Award, Woman's Day, Women's Heart Center
January 17, 2013
H1N1 Flu Vaccines Safe During Pregnancy
A new study confirms that giving H1N1 flu vaccines to pregnant women during the 2009 swine flu pandemic was safe for them and their babies, and likely reduced the risk of miscarriage and stillbirth…The Norwegian study — supported by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and the U.S. National Institutes of Health — involved a […]
Tags: Gregory Poland, H1N1 flu, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, pregnancy, U.S. National Institutes of Health, USA Today, vaccine
January 8, 2013
Ties That Bind: Women’s Health, Heart Disease and Hormone Therapy
After studying estrogen’s effects on blood vessels in the lab for 20 years, Mayo Clinic physiologist Virginia Miller, Ph.D., will soon see her work help millions of women concerned about the effects of hormone therapy. Dr. Miller is part of the national network of experts leading the Kornos Early Estrogen Prevention Study, usually referred to […]
Tags: Arab Health, blood vessels, Dr. Virginia Miller, estrogen, hormone therapy, Kornos Early Estrogen Prevention Study
January 7, 2013
Antidepressants And Pregnancy: SSRIs Do Not Up Risk Of Infant Death, Study Says
Taking the most popular type of antidepressants during pregnancy does not increase the risk of stillbirth or newborn death, according to the latest sweeping study in a string of investigations probing the safety of pregnant women taking the drugs…”This data is some of the best in the world [for] doing population-based research,” said Dr. Katherine […]
Tags: antidepressants, Dr. Katherine Moore, Huffington Post, newborn death, pregnancy, SSRI use, stillbirth
January 7, 2013
According to a recent Mayo Clinic study, the incidence of melanoma has increased eightfold among women ages 18 to 39 since 1970. “Melanoma is a new epidemic in young women,” says Jerry Brewer, M.D., a Mayo Clinic dermatologic surgeon and author of the study, who admits even he was shocked by these findings. “Other studies […]
Tags: Dr. Jerry Brewer, melanoma, skin cancer, Woman's Health
January 4, 2013
Antidepressants During Pregnancy Won’t Lead to Stillbirth, Infant Death, Study Says
Antidepressants won’t increase an expecting mother’s risk for stillbirth or having a baby that dies during infancy, a new study shows…Some earlier studies have suggested a low risk of limb deformities or rare lung and heart problems in newborns from taking certain classes of antidepressants, notes The Mayo Clinic. Other studies have found depression can […]
Tags: antidepressants, CBS News, depression, infant death, newborn, stillbirth