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The United Nations has warned that “unprecedented” global aid cuts could derail a three-year trend of a 40% decline in maternal deaths as one maternal death occurred every two minutes worldwide in 2023.
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Maternal thyroid imbalance during pregnancy ups the risk of autism in offspring

HQ Team November 27, 2025:  Maternal thyroid imbalance can lead to atypical neural development, including autism in offspirng, according to a study published.

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Over half of adults and a third of children projected to be overweight by 2050

HQ Team March 8, 2025: A study published in The Lancet by the Global Burden of Disease Study BMI Collaborators reveals alarming statistics.

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Maternal deaths have risen or stagnated globally over recent years, and every two minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, according to the WHO.
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Haemorrhage and preeclampsia lead in pregnancy-related deaths: WHO study

HQ Team March 8, 2025: A study by the World Health Organization (WHO), Global and Regional Causes of Maternal Deaths 2009–2020, has identified severe.

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More than 3,700 babies in the US were born with syphilis in 2022 — ten times the number in 2012 — and people from racial and ethnic minorities bore the brunt of the epidemic eight times more than White mothers.
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Infant mortality increase in US states with abortion bans: An analysis

Infant Mortality Increase in States with Abortion Bans: An In-Depth Analysis HQ Team February 15, 2025:Two recent studies published in the Journal of the.

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Chewing xylitol gum may help reduce preterm births by 24%, study finds

Bharti Jayshankar  December 9, 2024: A study conducted in Malawi suggests that chewing gum containing xylitol, a natural sugar alcohol, could significantly lower.

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Maternal deaths have risen or stagnated globally over recent years, and every two minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, according to the WHO.
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Maternal eating disorder linked to increased psychiatric risks in offspring

Bharti Jayshankar October 24, 2024: In a Finnish population-based cohort study, researchers have found that mothers with a history of eating disorders or.

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