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Traditional Chinese Medicine Increases Risk for Congenital Malformations

Significant associations seen particularly for congenital heart defects

Labor Induction Tied to Worse Later Education Performance in Offspring

Findings seen for school performance at age 12 years and lower-secondary school achievement

Self-Service Vending Machine Provides Harm Reduction Services

Vending machine dispenses naloxone, sharps containers, safer injection/smoking kits, pregnancy tests, HIV tests

Preeclampsia, Eclampsia Linked to Increased Offspring Mortality

Maternal hypertensive disorders of pregnancy linked to increased risks for all-cause mortality, several cause-specific mortalities in offspring from birth to young adulthood

Five Causes Explain Most Fetal Deaths in 2018 to 2020

Causes include fetal death of unspecified cause, fetus affected by complications of placenta, cord, and membranes

COVID Shot After SARS-CoV-2 Recovery in Pregnancy Ups Antibodies in Infants

Predictors of detectable IgG in infants at delivery also included third-trimester infection, mild/moderate and severe/critical disease

New Tool Helps ID Children at High Risk of Asthma

Gestational Phthalate Exposure Tied to Childhood Lung Function

Consistent but mostly statistically nonsignificant associations observed for gestational phthalate metabolite levels and lower FVC, FEV1 at ages 4 to 11 years

Prepregnancy BMI Tied to Risks for Maternal Morbidity, Mortality

A large proportion of this association was mediated by hypertensive disorders

Maternal Smoking Linked to Delayed Embryonic Development

Periconceptional maternal smoking of ≥10 cigarettes/day showed strongest link, reflected by 0.9-day delay in reaching final Carnegie stage

GDM May Up Risk for Range of Later Cardiovascular Conditions

Traditional risk factors such as subsequent diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia only partially contribute to higher risk