Cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 cause of maternal mortality in the United States, but a new study suggests specialized cardio-obstetrics teams may improve outcomes.
Moms with COVID-19 who take basic precautions rarely pass the virus to their newborns, even if breastfeeding and rooming together, finds a new study at Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian.
A new intrauterine device rapidly controlled bleeding in women with postpartum hemorrhage, a leading cause of maternal death, Columbia researchers have found.
Columbia researchers have uncovered an array of new genes that cause stillbirth, significantly increasing the understanding of the genetic foundations of a common, but little studied, condition.
RhoGAM, a drug developed in the 1960s by Columbia University physicians, prevents one of the most severe and devastating diseases affecting fetuses and newborn babies and is still in use today.
Twin pregnancies in women 35 and older do not carry substantially higher risks of preterm birth, fetal death, or infant death compared with twin pregnancies in younger women.
Sexual reproduction may have never evolved if organisms hadn’t developed a way to restrain the immune system during fertilization, according to a new CUMC study.
The center provides personalized medical care for women at high risk for preterm birth and conducts research to find better ways to prevent preterm birth.