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24 Jul
In a new study, pregnant women who used cannabis faced greater odds of gestational hypertension, preeclampsia and other complications.
For decades, it's been known that certain older medications women use to control epilepsy seizures can pose risks to a fetus.
However, data now suggests that no such risk exists for newer-generation anti-seizure meds.
“We need to balance making sure there is enough medicine on board to protect the mother and her developing fetus from seizures, but not too much where we'...
Cannabis use during pregnancy might affect the way a child's brain develops after birth, a new study says.
Brain imaging of children exposed to cannabis in the womb has revealed patterns consistent with reductions in brain inflammation, researchers reported July 4 in the journal Nature Mental Health.
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Doctors report they are seeing what they think is a new syndrome in babies who are exposed to fentanyl while in the womb.
All of the infants have cleft palates and unusually small heads, and all were born to mothers who said they'd used fentanyl and other drugs while pregnant.
Six babies were first` identified at Nemours Children's Health in Wilmington, Del., two in California and o...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new pill, called zuranolone, that may quickly ease severe postpartum depression and help millions of women regain their emotional equilibrium following childbirth.
Taken as a pill once a day for two weeks, zuranolone (Zurzuvae) showed "rapid, significant and sustained"reductions in depressive symptoms when compared to a placebo, a...