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Telehealth interventions are associated with improvements in obstetric outcomes

Telehealth May Aid Obstetric Outcomes

Benefits seen for perinatal smoking cessation, breastfeeding, early access to medical abortion services
Prescribing macrolide antibiotics during the first trimester of pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for major fetal malformation

Major Malformations Up With Macrolide Prescribing in Pregnancy

Macrolide prescribing during any trimester linked to increased risk for genital malformations
There currently is no evidence of intrauterine infection caused by vertical transmission in women who develop 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia in late pregnancy

No Sign of Vertical Transmission of COVID-19 Found in Late Pregnancy

Varied symptoms identified in nine pregnant women with 2019 novel coronavirus disease
Prenatal tobacco exposure is associated with an increased risk for pediatric psoriasis

Prenatal Tobacco Exposure May Raise Risk for Pediatric Psoriasis

Exposure-response relationship observed for increasing quantities of cigarettes smoked daily
From 2003 to 2016

Pregnancy-Related Deaths Down in U.S. Health Care Settings

But maternal mortality in other settings, including the decedent's home, increased significantly
Many women who are readmitted for postpartum hypertension have not been diagnosed with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy before discharge

Many Women Readmitted for De Novo Postpartum Hypertension

Many readmitted for postpartum HTN had no prior diagnosis of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Among children at risk for asthma

Prenatal Vitamin D Does Not Reduce Asthma, Wheeze at Age 6

Maternal vitamin D supplementation has no impact on asthma, recurrent wheeze among children at risk
Seasonal variation in vitamin D status may explain seasonal variation in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

Seasonal Sun Variation Tied to Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy

Risk for hypertensive disorder highest in women with estimated date of conception in June, August
Prenatal exposure to maternal smoking is associated with an increased fracture rate before age 1

Fracture Rate Up in Infants With Prenatal Smoking Exposure

Risk for fractures increased before age 1, with dose-dependent pattern observed
Both parity and breastfeeding are inversely associated with the risk for early natural menopause

Parity, Breastfeeding Inversely Tied to Early Natural Menopause

Risk for early menopause lowest among those reporting exclusive breastfeeding for seven to 12 months