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If you are going to claim from an observational study that the HPV vaccine reduces fertility rates in women, then provide the plausible biological mechanism to explain it.
Health Headlines Commentary for October 29, 2019 Source:A lowered probability of pregnancy in females in the USA aged 25-29 who received a human papillomavirus vaccine injection. – PubMed – NCBI
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Light alcohol consumption in pregnancy not tied to any harms but why take a chance?
Health Headlines Commentary for September 13, 2017 Source: ‘Weak evidence’ light alcohol use in pregnancy harms Reference: Low alcohol consumption and pregnancy and childhood outcomes: time to change guidelines indicating apparently ‘safe’ levels of alcohol during pregnancy? A systematic review and meta-analyses
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Three times a small number is still a small number with respect to stroke risk in pregnancy
Health Headlines Commentary for September 8, 2017 Source: Rate of stroke three times higher among pregnant women: study
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High sugar intake in pregnancy cannot show any causal link to increased risk of childhood asthma.
Health Headlines Commentary for July 7, 2017 Source: Mom’s sweet tooth may be linked to child’s allergies, study says Reference: Maternal intake of sugar during pregnancy and childhood respiratory and atopic outcomes
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Approved abortion pill not yet available and non-evidence-based prescribing restrictions
Health Headlines Commentary for July 6, 2016 Source: Abortion pill can now legally be prescribed in Canada, but is still unavailable
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Travel advisories for pregnant women issued by CDC regarding Zika virus
Health Headlines Commentary for January 25, 2016 Source: Zika virus: Outbreak ‘likely to spread across Americas’ says WHO
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Ovarian transplant tissue functions reasonable well after cancer treatment
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 7, 2015 Source: Ovarian transplants prove safe and effective for cancer patients Reference: Outcomes of transplantations of cryopreserved ovarian tissue to 41 women in Denmark, Annette Jensen et al., Human Reproduction, doi:10.1093/humrep/dev230, published 6 October 2015.
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Common blood thinner for pregnant women proven ineffective: Lancet study
For pregnant women prone to blood clots, the standard of care has been to provide blood thinners to prevent them and produce better outcomes. A study, authored by Dr. Marc Rodger and published in the July 24 edition of The Lancet demonstrated that for most women, the treatment did not produce the desired effect and…
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Inductions do not increase cesarian section rates
Original broadcast date: October 11, 2009 Although there is a belief that an elective or non-emergency induction of labour will lead to increased rates of cesarean sections, research conducted at the University of California, San Francisco and the Stanford University School of Medicine in affiliation with the Stanford-UCSF Evidence-Based Practice Center, has found the opposite…