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A new study has found that chemicals that accumulate in the vagina, potentially originating from personal care products, may contribute to preterm birth.
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A prenatal test developed by Columbia University researchers can determine if a fetus or embryo has the right number of chromosomes at a fraction of the time, cost of other genetic tests.
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If you want to get pregnant some day, start planning now and know the road to baby bump can be bumpy.
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Spontaneous errors in the earliest phase of cell division may explain why so many human embryos fail to develop normally, according to research from Columbia University.
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- January 21, 2014
Mailman researchers find text message reminders increase flu vaccination rates in pregnant women.
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- October 21, 2013
Dr. Mary D'Alton, chair of Columbia's Department of Obstetrics and Gyneclogy, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine.
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- October 2, 2013
New findings suggest an association between smoking during pregnancy and increased risk for developing bipolar disorder in adult children.
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- August 30, 2013
Laura Zeidenstein, director of the Nurse Midwifery Nurse Practitioner Program at Columbia University School of Nursing, says women need social support to breastfeed successfully.
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- August 21, 2013
High-risk pregnant women being recruited for a clinical trial that aims to give parents detailed information about genetic abnormalities found in utero.
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- July 3, 2013
Conventional wisdom says obesity is good for bones, but a new study of premenopausal women finds that belly fat is associated with poor bone quality.
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- June 23, 2013
Another reason for pregnant mothers to avoid tobacco smoke – it may cause hearing damage in their children – new findings published in JAMA Otolaryngology.
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- May 23, 2013
Columbia Magazine reports on an NIH-funded study, led by Dr. Ronald Wapner, where thousands of women were provided microarray, a powerful genetic test, for prenatal testing.
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- May 16, 2013
Dr. Robert Klitzman applauded Jolie's prophylactic breast cancer surgery but says it raises moral questions about gene patents.
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- February 19, 2013
When compared with laparoscopic hysterectomy, the robotically assisted hysterectomy appears to offer little short-term benefit and is accompanied by significantly greater costs, according to a study published in the February 20 issue of JAMA.
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