pregnancy complications

Weight-loss surgery can break a family's cycle of obesity

Chevy Chase, MD -- Adolescent and young children of obese mothers who underwent weight-loss surgery prior to pregnancy have been found to have a lower prevalence of obesity and significantly improved cardio-metabolic markers when compared to siblings born before the same obese mothers had weight-loss surgery.

Pregnancy complications are a stress test for future maternal health and pregnancies

Predicting whether pregnancy complications affect long-term maternal health as well as future pregnancies is at the heart of two studies conducted by researchers in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine.

Ethicists: Include pregnant women in national childrens' study

DURHAM, N.C. -- An ambitious new national study that aims to follow children from conception through adulthood will miss a golden opportunity to gather data on the most underrepresented population in clinical research -- pregnant women, say leading ethicists at Duke University Medical Center, Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities.

Complications early in pregnancy or in previous pregnancies adversely affect existing or subsequent pregnancies

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Complications in early pregnancy or in previous pregnancies can predict the
likelihood of further problems in current or subsequent pregnancies, according to research carried out by an
international group of experts.

Management of asthma during pregnancy can optimize health of mother and baby

April 30, 2009 (SAN DIEGO, Calif.) - Pregnant women with asthma, the most common condition affecting the lungs during pregnancy, should actively manage their asthma in order to optimize the health of mother and the baby, according to new management recommendations published in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

pregnancy complications

Weight-loss surgery can break a family's cycle of obesity