A 36-week screening strategy safely reduces pre-eclampsia at term
By pairing late-pregnancy risk screening with personalised timing of birth, researchers show how term pre-eclampsia can be safely…
Calcium supplements do not prevent pre-eclampsia, large trials show no meaningful benefit
A new Cochrane systematic review of 10 randomised trials involving over 37,000 pregnant women found that calcium supplementation…
Early pregnancy placenta models show significant effects from PFAS exposure
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of nearly 10,000 long-lasting chemical compounds that stay in the…
Planned birth at term shown to cut pre-eclampsia risk in high-risk women
Planned birth at term reduces the incidence of pre-eclampsia in women at high risk of the condition, without…
Calcium fails to prevent pre-eclampsia in pregnant women, study finds
An updated Cochrane review has found that calcium supplementation has no effect on pre-eclampsia, challenging long-held assumptions about…
Early-life nutrition | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research in Context  November 25, 2025 Exposures in the womb can affect lifelong health Nutrition matters, and what young,…
Thalidomide survivors secure further political support on anniversary of drug withdrawal – The Irish Times
Sandra Dunne knew she was affected by thalidomide around 1970, when she was nine years old and had…
RFK Jr. claims he tried to keep Trump from warning pregnant women off Tylenol: ‘There’s nuance to it’
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed in an interview published Monday that he warned…
NHS confirmed full list of people who can get free prescriptions as new figures released
A wide variety of people across the UK could be eligible for free NHS prescriptions – from pensioners…
Woman’s miscarriage and stillbirth prompt 900km walk to raise awareness and money for cuddle cots
Warning: This story contains information and images relating to miscarriage and stillbirth. Sasha Barton was 16 weeks pregnant…
Prenatal stress hormones may shape when a baby’s teeth erupt
A new birth cohort study reveals that a mother’s stress-related hormones in late pregnancy, especially cortisol, may quietly…
Maternal obesity raises childhood epilepsy and disability risks, new study shows
A national Korean cohort study reveals that elevated pre-pregnancy BMI independently increases childhood risks of epilepsy and intellectual…