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Study finds how pesticide exposure linked with stillbirth risk
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
New research suggested that living less than 0.3 miles from a pesticide use area before getting pregnant and throughout the first trimester of pregnancy may increase the risk of stillbirths.
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The G20 must act now for the health and wellbeing of women, children, and
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 23: Every year, across all G20 countries, nearly two million preventable deaths occur among mothers, newborns, children, and adolescents—including stillbirths. Through an opinion piece published in the BMJ, Amitabh Kant, India’s G20 Sherpa & Helen Clark, former
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ICMR seeks proposals in stillbirths under taskforce programme
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The ICMR Call for Proposals in Stillbirths, under the ICMR Task Force Programme, states that the initiative is in line with the government's aim of bringing the number of stillbirths in the country down to single digits by 2030.
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COVID-19 not linked to increased preterm births: Study
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): A new study may alleviate concerns about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pregnancy, as researchers found no increase in preterm births or stillbirths during the first year of the health crisis.
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New Zealand passes bereavement leave law for miscarriages, stillbirths
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Aukland [New Zealand], March 25 (ANI): New Zealand's Parliament has unanimously approved legislation that would give couples -- who suffer a miscarriage or stillbirth -- three days of paid leave, putting the country in the vanguard of those providing such benefits.
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Community health workers reduce maternal, foetal and new-born deaths, stud
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 21 (ANI): Large forces of trained community health workers and standardised healthcare systems could reduce the number of maternal, newborn and foetal deaths, a study has recommended.
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Fathers-to-be who smoke could harm their baby
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 24 (ANI): Fathers-to-be better quit smoking as it does not only harm you but your baby as well. A new research has linked paternal smoking to increased risk of congenital heart defects.
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Pregnant women who consume antidepressants may have babies with major cong
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C [US], Dec. 3 (ANI): In a recent dose-response analysis, scientists have found that pregnant women who take a specific type of antidepressant in early pregnancy have a small but significantly greater risk of having babies with major congenital anomalies (sometimes referred to a
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