Hemorrhage—severe heavy bleeding—and hypertensive disorders like preeclampsia are the leading causes of maternal deaths ...

Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) continues to claim the lives of thousands of Nigerian women each year, yet society appears desensitised, as if maternal mortality were an unavoidable fate rather than a ...

Background: Increasing rates of postpartum haemorrhage in developed countries over the past two decades are not explained by corresponding changes in risk factors and conjecture has been raised ...

One of the most overlooked challenges is diastasis recti, a condition affecting more than half of postpartum women. It occurs when the growing uterus stretches the connective tissue along the ...

Ghee saunth ladoos, traditionally consumed by postpartum women in India, are debated for their impact on weight gain. Experts suggest moderating portion sizes and combining them with a balanced ...

Postpartum hemorrhage due to uterine atony is the primary direct cause of maternal mortality globally. Management strategies in developed countries involve crystalloid fluid replacement ...

An outbreak of an "unexplained bleeding" virus that has a 50 per cent death rate has been confirmed by the World Health Organisation (WHO). A 2022 outbreak of the Sudan virus in Uganda ended in ...

A six-year-old girl died of internal bleeding following a medical procedure at a Cambridge hospital. Amelia Ridout underwent a bilateral bone marrow aspirate and trephine procedure at Addenbrooke ...

She emphasized the tremendous changes a woman's body undergoes during pregnancy and the postpartum period — changes that don't simply disappear overnight. "Maternal health and mortality have ...

Since maternal mental health issues are the number one complication of childbirth, let’s talk about a taboo topic—postpartum identity loss and grief. I Lost Who I Was After giving birth ...

At a nondescript office nestled on Edison Way in North Fair Oaks, a small company is hard at work developing a medical device that could transform the way physicians treat postpartum hemorrhage ...