22 June 2023

Anticoagulant heparin does not increase live birth rate in women with inherited blood clotting and recurrent miscarriage

A medication commonly prescribed to pregnant women with an inheritable blood clotting condition and a history of recurrent miscarriage does not help to reduce their miscarriage...

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25 October 2022

Single stranded suture threads could prevent pregnancy infection complications, C-STICH trial finds

Women at risk of pregnancy loss who need a specialist surgical procedure could benefit from a single-stranded suture thread to...

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7 April 2022

Reduction in severe perineal tearing when two midwives are present during childbirth

Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have studied whether severe perineal tears – known as sphincter injuries – are reduced...

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16 November 2021

UK study of over a million births finds stark racial and social inequalities in pregnancy outcomes

A nationwide study of over 1 million births in the English National Health Service (NHS) between 2015 and 2017, published...

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