Isolated but Not Alone: Life as a Pregnant Doctor During COVID-19
An internist and her frontline husband anxiously balance work and the health of a growing family during the pandemic
Read MoreContinued Naltrexone Use for OUD May Be Favorable in Pregnancy
New findings suggest that the understudied medication naltrexone may lead to better short-term outcomes for some pregnant women with OUD and their babies.
Read MoreNICU Moms Want to Breastfeed — So Why Don’t They?
Mother’s milk brings a range of health benefits, including improved brain development and a reduced risk of serious illness and infection. Providing milk can pose a challenge for any new mom, but the challenge is even greater for the mothers of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants — those born weighing 3.3 pounds or less, and usually before 30 weeks of gestation. These tiny and vulnerable babies can spend weeks or months in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), creating serious barriers to mothers’ pumping and feeding of their own milk.
Read MoreSoftware Seeks to Reduce Disparities in Preconception Care
AI helps deliver better preconception care to address health disparities in young black women and help them have healthier pregnancies.
Read MoreBreastfeeding Intervention Cuts Racial Gap at Southern Hospitals
A widely-used breastfeeding intervention was associated with a dramatic increase in breastfeeding rates among African Americans.
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