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Scientists make breakthrough in learning exact cause of morning sickness

15Dec

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Scientists make breakthrough in learning exact cause of morning sickness

Scientists make breakthrough in learning exact cause of morning sickness - CBS News Watch CBS News A new study published in the journal Nature has found that a single hormone known as GDF15 could be the exact cause of morning sickness during pregnancy. Researchers hope the discovery will help lead to more effective treatment. Janet Shamlian has more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

After Texas Supreme Court blocks abortion, woman leaves state for the procedure

12Dec

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After Texas Supreme Court blocks abortion, woman leaves state for the procedure

After Texas Supreme Court blocks abortion, woman leaves state for the procedure - CBS News Watch CBS News The Texas Supreme Court ruled against 31-year-old Kate Cox to receive an abortion just hours after she left the state to receive the procedure. CBS News' Janet Shamlian has the latest. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Pregnant Trans Men Mistreated By U.S. Health Care System

7Dec

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Politics

Pregnant Trans Men Mistreated By U.S. Health Care System

This article was published in partnership with The 19th, a newsroom reporting on gender, politics and policy.Three days after Roe v. Wade was overturned, Sam Guido gave birth to his first child. His doctors, unsure of what was still legal, didn’t prescribe misoprostol — a drug used in medication abortions — to help with contractions. That was another blow, another way in which Guido felt he wasn’t in control of his labor. Guido hadn’t wanted to give birth in a hospital at all — he was afraid to be there. As a transmasculine and nonbinary person, they have faced the same ignorance and discrimination in medical institutions that many trans people in the United States experience. But a home birth just wasn’t an option; health insurance wouldn’t cover that or midwife care, and Guido’s apartme...

Miles from treatment and pregnant: How women in maternity care deserts are coping as health care options dwindle

27Nov

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Miles from treatment and pregnant: How women in maternity care deserts are coping as health care options dwindle

Ellie was 37 weeks pregnant and an hour away from the nearest hospital with obstetric care when she began experiencing shortness of breath and tightness in her chest. An at-home test revealed her blood pressure was spiking, but her home in southern Texas was dozens of miles from proper treatment. Ellie, who did not want her real name used for this report, didn't know what would happen if she made that drive — and she feared for the safety of the baby she was expecting. Left with no feasible options, she rushed to a nearby hospital that closed its birthing unit earlier this year. There, doctors decided Ellie needed to be transferred to a hospital with obstetric providers. She asked to go to Texas Children's Pavilion for Women in Houston to be with her own obstetrician, whom she saw through...

How a woman is taking her own grief and knitting together other families grieving miscarriages

14Nov

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How a woman is taking her own grief and knitting together other families grieving miscarriages

How a woman is taking her own grief and knitting other families grieving miscarriages together How a woman is taking her own grief and knitting other families grieving miscarriages together 01:59 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Ashley Lieser has crocheted baby blankets for friends before."It is a labor of love," she said. "Creativity is a really good antidote to grief," Lieser said. But these are going to strangers who left the hospital like she did -...

Kourtney Kardashian Feels ‘Blessed’ About Son’s Birth After Pregnancy ‘Took A Stressful Turn’

5Nov

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Entertainment

Kourtney Kardashian Feels ‘Blessed’ About Son’s Birth After Pregnancy ‘Took A Stressful Turn’

Kourtney Kardashian Barker is gushing over her newborn son, Rocky 13 Barker. “The Kardashians” star, 44, and husband Travis Barker, 47, recently welcomed their first baby together, according to sources who confirmed the news to People and TMZ on Saturday. The pair have yet to personally announce the birth.Another source close to the Poosh founder revealed to People that she’s “over the moon about her son’s arrival” after “her pregnancy took a stressful turn towards the end.”“She is happy to just be able to snuggle her baby boy now,” the insider added. “She feels so blessed.”The reality actor shares three children — Mason, 13; Penelope, 11; and Reign, 8 — with ex Scott Disick. Barker has three children with his ex-wife, Shanna Moakler: Landon, 20; Alabama, 17; and stepdaughter Atiana De La...

COVID vaccine during pregnancy still helps protect newborns, CDC finds

29Sep

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COVID vaccine during pregnancy still helps protect newborns, CDC finds

Getting a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy works to pass on protection against the virus to newborns during their most vulnerable early months of life, a new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.Maternal vaccination was 54% effective against COVID-19 hospitalization in infants younger than 3 months old over the past season. The findings from the CDC-backed Overcoming COVID-19 Network were published Thursday in the agency's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. They drew from data on hospitalizations from 26 pediatric hospitals around the country through May 2023. The effectiveness dropped to 35% when measured in infants from 3 to 5 months old.COVID vaccines are currently approved in the U.S. for childr...

Lab-grown human “embryo-like structures” bring hope for research into early-pregnancy complications

8Sep

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Lab-grown human “embryo-like structures” bring hope for research into early-pregnancy complications

Bangkok — Scientists have developed human embryo-like structures without using sperm, an egg or fertilization, offering hope for research on miscarriage and birth defects but also raising fresh ethical concerns. Earlier this year, several labs around the world released pre-print studies that had not been peer-reviewed, describing their development of early human embryo-like structures. Now one group's research has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature, describing how they coaxed human embryonic stem cells to self-organize into a model resembling an early embryo. The research was welcomed by some scientists as an "impressive" advance that could help unlock secrets about the precarious early stages of pregnancies, when failure is most common. Dr Jacob Hanna, ...

Kelly Osbourne Reveals Why There Are No Photos Of Her Pregnant

4Aug

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Kelly Osbourne Reveals Why There Are No Photos Of Her Pregnant

Kelly Osbourne got pretty blunt about the very sad reason you can’t find any photos of her pregnant.Osbourne — who became famous as a teenager thanks to her family’s popular MTV reality show, “The Osbournes,” which aired from 2002 to 2005 — gave birth to her first child earlier this year. The boy is named Sidney, after his father, Slipknot musician Sid Wilson.After announcing that she was expecting in May 2022, Osbourne kept her pregnancy off social media, and she rarely posts about Sidney.Yet, after posting new photos of herself on Instagram on Tuesday, a commenter noted that they “never saw a pregnant picture” of her before asking if she hired a surrogate to carry her child. Kelly Osbourne attends the Dior Men's Spring/Summer 2023 Collection in May 2022, about the time she announced her...

Extreme Heat Threatens the Health of Unborn Babies
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2Aug

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Technology

Extreme Heat Threatens the Health of Unborn Babies | WIRED

And hot weather may affect a baby’s development in other ways: A 2021 analysis found a higher incidence of anomalies, such as cardiac defects, spina bifida, or cleft lip, at higher temperatures. A 2019 study took existing research that linked heat exposure to congenital heart defects and extrapolated how many such cases we can expect in the coming years: The authors estimated that over an 11-year period, an additional 7,000 babies will be born with congenital heart defects in the eight US states they studied. According to Bonell, there’s also early evidence from animals that heat stress may be triggering epigenetic changes linked to long-term adult chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes.And in the United States, any potential harm to a fetus brings with it other concerns. Pre...