Articles categorized as Pregnancy Health Concerns

Do Antibiotics Interact with Oral Contraceptives?

An unplanned pregnancy is life-changing. Why aren't women warned that antibiotics may interact with oral contraceptives? When 1+1=0 and 3!

How Would You Manage This Ethical Question?

A pharmacist refused to fill a valid prescription because he had an ethical question about it. The customer called him out on social media. What would you do?

Watch Out for Pain Relievers When Trying to Conceive

Podcasts

Show 1119: What Can You Do to Facilitate Fertility?

Couples having difficulty conceiving a child can get help from a fertility specialist. In this broadcast for April 28, 2018, learn what should you say to someone struggling with infertility?

Do Mothers with Heartburn Have Babies with Asthma?

Pregnant women who take PPIs or H-2 blockers to treat heartburn symptoms during pregnancy increase their risk of having babies with asthma.

Pregnant Women Suffer Sticker Shock in the Drugstore

When doctors prescribe a brand-name drug rather than its compounded version, it costs 50 times more. That's extreme sticker shock!

Should Women Worry About Antidepressants during Pregnancy?

A new study finds no increased risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or autism in babies born to women taking antidepressants during pregnancy.

Can You Treat Heartburn in Pregnancy without Harming Baby?

When pregnant women treat heartburn with popular acid-suppressing drugs, their babies have an increased risk of developing asthma.

Looking on the Bright Side of Morning Sickness

Women at risk of miscarriage were less likely to lose the baby if they experienced morning sickness very early in the pregnancy.

How to Protect a Pregnancy with Folic Acid

Women may need to make sure they take a vitamin supplement with folic acid before pregnancy begins to ensure adequate amounts for a developing fetus.

If Mom Overdoses on B Vitamins, Will Her Child Be Autistic?

Women whose B vitamin levels were elevated during pregnancy were significantly more likely to have a child with autism spectrum disorder.

Will Mom’s Diet Soda Make Baby Fat?

A new study links mom's diet soda consumption during pregnancy to a greater risk that the infant will be overweight at one year.

How to Reverse a Consequence of Gestational Diabetes

Women who ate lots of vegetables and not much meat or sweets were 25 percent less likely to develop hypertension after gestational diabetes.

Benefits of Prenatal Vitamin D Are Unclear

Two careful studies of the effects of extra prenatal vitamin D supplementation on a child's chance of developing asthma gave ambiguous results.

Pregnant Women Should Be Screened for Depression

The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening for depression in all adult Americans, including pregnant women and those who just gave birth.

Will You Change Your Travel Plans to Avoid Zika Virus?

Pregnant women are being urged not to travel from the US to South American or Caribbean countries where Zika virus is prevalent.

Antidepressants, Birth Defects and a Broken System

Fluoxetine (Prozac) and paroxetine (Paxil) taken during early pregnancy increase the possibility of birth defects, but other antidepressants may not.

Clamping Umbilical Cord Later Can Help Babies

Waiting at least three minutes to clamp a newborn's umbilical cord can give a male infant a small but significant advantage in later years.

Body Care Chemicals May Limit Men’s Fertility

High urinary concentrations of compounds from antiperspirants, aftershave and possibly sunscreens were linked to longer time to conception.