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In early August, while travelling on the Bengaluru metro rail, Dr Karthik Venkatesh, a medical intern at the Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru, was confronted with an ...

cDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China dDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sanming First Hospital ...

Each day, almost 800 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. A maternal death occurs every two minutes. Maternal mortality is defined as the death of a woman from ...

In June 2023, a baby born at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton suffered a collapsed lung and died shortly after birth. About seven months later another newborn died under similar circumstances. In both ...

Penn Medicine has tied executive compensation to the goal of reducing birth-related complications. Under a blanket of gray clouds, a stream of people strode out of the medical center onto Franklin ...

The fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a complex and heterogeneous disorder, caused by gestational exposure to alcohol. Patients with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS—most severe form of FASD) show ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) — HSHS St. John's Hospital held a maternal distress simulation exercise on Monday. The simulation consisted of a cesarean section during a cardiac arrest. The team ...

Each year, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for 2 in every 3 deaths among women globally. It is estimated that NCDs kill 35 million people each year, and women of reproductive age make up ...

Eusocial insects have a fascinatingly complex social organization where typically one queen monopolizes reproduction and is supported by thousands of sterile workers. It is currently widely believed ...