Experimental vaccine given during pregnancy reduces stillbirths from common virus
Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed an experimental vaccine that reduces stillbirths among rodents born to mothers infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV)—a common virus that can also cause mental retardation and hearing loss in newborn children who were infected in early fetal life. Estimates place the number of U.S. children born with CMV each year at about...Link between C-section Delivery and Stillbirth
A new study shows women who undergo a cesarean section during their first pregnancy are at an increased risk of having a stillborn child down the road.// Researchers are uncertain why the link between C-section delivery and stillbirth exists but say it could be a biological cause. Researchers in Scotland studied data for all second births that took place in the country betwe...Anti-depressants may cause stillbirth
Women who take a particular type of antidepressant drug during pregnancy face the risk of a stillborn baby// , warns a study. Canadian researchers at the University of Ottawa compared the health of babies born to 972 women taking SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) with that of babies born to mothers who did not use anti-depressants. They found that women using th...Study Shows That More Than 3 Million Stillbirths Occur Worldwide Every Year
International researchers have found, that stillbirths that are not generally included in the worldwide infant mortality statistics, could account for 3.2 million or more additional deaths each year. // Stillbirths are defined as delivery of a dead infant in the last 12 weeks of pregnancy. Joy E. Lawn, M.D., of the Medical Research Council of South Africa here, and his colleagues sai...Stillbirth Figures Stand Still
To scrutinize the number of still births and the possible reasons for them, a survey was conducted in England, Wales and Northern Ireland//. The survey revealed that present statistics of stillborns remained unchanged upon comparison with statistics of the early 1990’s. More than one in 200 pregnancies resulted in stillbirth, the survey showed. The investigation into Maternal and Chil...Rapid Syphilis Could Prevent Congenital Disease and Stillbirths in Haiti
Congenital syphilis is a major preventable public health problem in many developing countries, frequently causing stillbirths or neonatal death and disabling children who survive. Often undiagnosed or untreated, syphilis is passed from mother to child -- even when mothers take part in prenatal programs to prevent the spread of HIV. Now, new research from Weill Cornell Medical Colle...