The thalidomide tragedy changed how medicines are viewed during pregnancy – not only by pregnant women, but also the wider community.
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It affects nearly one in five women, and half go on to develop type 2 diabetes. It’s one of the great intervention opportunities that public health overseers keep ignoring.
Part one: morning sickness, sense of smell, and forgetfulness.
The death of a baby, whether born or unborn, is a devastating and traumatic event. More than 2,000 stillbirths occur every year in Australia. But a large number of them can be prevented.
A third of Australian women take medication while pregnant. So what’s safe and what’s not?
One of the key times women need reliable contraception is soon after they give birth. But they often have a hard time getting long-acting reversible methods, like IUDs and contraceptive implants.
Abortion is a safe medical procedure, yet half of Australian women may have difficulty accessing a termination because they live in states and territories that designate it a crime.
The single diagnosis of cerebral palsy covers a wide range of conditions with many different contributing factors that interact in varying ways.
Are we overscheduling our children even from the moment of their birth? We live in an on-demand world. Movies are shown on request, food is delivered on call and drivers arrive when beckoned. As an economist…
The off-label use of medicines is not illegal and it doesn’t mean regulators have specifically “disapproved” its use. But there are a number of issues to consider before using a medicine off-label.
It’s long been known that it’s the male seahorse that gives birth to the young. But what role the father plays in the gestation is only now being revealed.
The practice of offering egg freezing perks to employees is becoming increasingly more common. Facebook and Apple are in on the act, as too are some of our local IVF clinics.
If Kim Kardashian is being peddled to us as both art and feminism, we – and she – are in really dire straits.
New research into iodine tablets suggests the case for giving them to all pregnant women is compelling.
Childbirth is a time of increased vulnerability and mothers and babies need support.
It could be that high levels of social disadvantage are what are actually being measured and smoking is a marker of this inequality.
Fear-based messages from practitioners and awareness campaigns encourage perfectionism and unwarranted personal responsibility for events over which new mums may have little control.
Clinics aren’t compelled to disclose their success rates, so it’s impossible to compare all clinics. Even when they do, the pretty graphs on clinic websites can be difficult to understand.
Around 40% of Australian women drink alcohol while pregnant, despite medical guidelines recommending they don’t.
Young men are being forgotten when it comes to teenage pregnancy but helping them share responsibility could have a big impact.
Top contributors
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Griffith University
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Professor of Human Immunology, Swansea University
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Biochemistry & Immunology Lecturer, Swansea University
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NHMRC Early Career Fellow, Telethon Kids Institute
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Caroline Homer is a Friend of The Conversation.
Deputy Director (Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusion), Burnet Institute
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Lecturer, Macquarie University
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Professor, Mater Research Institute; Director, Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth, The University of Queensland
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Karin Hammarberg is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Professor and Associate Dean - Diversity, Belonging, Inclusion, and Equity, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, Evolutionary Biology, University of Sydney
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Professor in Medicine, Ethics and Society, University of Warwick
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Professor of Maternal and Child Health, University of Stirling
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Conjoint Lecturer, University of Newcastle
