Pregnant women face high rate of serious injury
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NEW YORK  - Pregnant women suffer injuries requiring hospitalization more often than previously thought, a new nationwide study shows.
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Eight out of ten women take some form of medication during pregnancy despite advice to the contrary, research finds.
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Today Public Health Minister Melanie Johnson announced plans to help identify victims of domestic abuse earlier. 30% of domestic violence either starts or will intensify during pregnancy.
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Weight gain above guidelines  during pregnancy is common, according to researchers, and  infants born to women with high weight gain tend to have worse  outcomes.
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Infectious diseases kill a surprisingly large number of women during pregnancy, according to a study published on Tuesday that suggests many maternal deaths in the developing world are preventable.
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NEW YORK  - Pregnant women who are exposed   to second-hand smoke may be at heightened risk for suffering   miscarriages, according to research from Sweden.
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Women pregnant with twins, triplets or quadruplets are at greater risk of serious health complications than are women carrying just one fetus, according to a Canadian study published on Wednesday.
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Pregnant women who suffer a  miscarriage in the second-trimester are at high risk during a  subsequent pregnancy of a spontaneous preterm birth and repeat  second-trimester miscarriage, a study indicates.
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NEW YORK  - Pregnant women who suffer a miscarriage in the second-trimester are at high risk during a subsequent pregnancy of a spontaneous preterm birth and repeat second-trimester miscarriage, a study indicates.
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NEW YORK  - High cholesterol and inflammation during pregnancy may increase a woman's odds of premature delivery, a study suggests.
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Paramedics, it turns out, face a high risk of being injured on the job.
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Obese mothers-to-be need significantly more NHS care than pregnant women of a healthy weight, a study says.
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Obese pregnant women may have  an increased risk of losing their baby relatively late in  pregnancy, and black women appear particularly at risk, a large  study suggests.
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Babies born by caesarean are nearly three times more likely to die in the first month than those born naturally, research shows.
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A simple urine test during pregnancy could someday predict which women are likely to develop dangerously high blood pressure called pre-eclampsia, a condition that kills hundreds of mothers-to-be each year in the United States and leads to 15 percent of all premature births, researchers say.
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Scientists believe they have discovered how a condition that can threaten pregnancy could occur.
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Treatment with progesterone, a  well-known hormone that prepares the womb for pregnancy, safely  reduces the risk of death and disability in people who suffer a  traumatic brain injury, new research suggests.