BJOG Release: Travel Time From Home To Hospital And Adverse Perinatal Outcomes

Women who take 20 minutes or more to get from their home to hospital by car at full term are more likely to suffer from adverse neonatal outcomes suggests new research published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The study looked at 751,926 full term births in the Netherlands over a seven year period from 2000 up to and including 2006…

Birth Rates Fall Amid Economic Uncertainty

Births rates have declined in several states, a trend experts link to the uncertain economic outlook and high unemployment rate, NPR’s “All Things Considered” reports. Recent data indicate that Illinois’ birth rate is at its lowest level since the Great Depression, with similar trends appearing in California and Arizona…

Giving Birth Many Times Linked To Increased Risk Of Heart Disease

Palestinian women frequently give birth many times. This has given researchers in the oPt a unique opportunity to study the effects of numbers of births per woman (parity) on risk of coronary heart disease, since previous studies have lacked high numbers of women giving birth more than six times…

Calif. Teen Birth Rate Drops To Record Low; Experts Credit Comprehensive Sex Education, Health Services

California’s teenage birth rate reached a record low in 2008, with about 35 births for every 1,000 female teens, according to figures released Monday by the state Department of Public Health, the Los Angeles Times reports. In 2007, the rate was 37.1 births per 1,000 female teens…

New York Times Series Examines Maternal Mortality In Tanzania

The New York Times on Sunday examined maternal mortality in Tanzania, in the opening of a three-part series on maternal mortality in Africa. According to the Tanzanian Ministry of Health, the country has a maternal death rate of 578 per 100,000 births, though the World Health Organization puts the count at 950 maternal deaths per 100,000 births.

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