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For women aged younger than 50 years

Poor Prognosis for Women With Pregnancy-Associated Melanoma

Among women aged up to 49 years, invasive melanoma less common in those 19 years or younger
Severe migraines are associated with an increased risk of complications during pregnancy and childbirth

AAN: Preeclampsia, LBW Up With Severe Migraine While Pregnant

Women older than 35 appear most at risk, researchers find
A combination drug therapy widely used to treat malaria in adults -- dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine -- also protects pregnant women and their fetuses from the disease

Combo Tx Protects Pregnant Women, Fetuses From Malaria

Findings suggest older medication is losing effectiveness, researchers say
Maternal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency in early pregnancy is associated with increased risk of multiple sclerosis in offspring

Maternal Vitamin D Deficiency May Up MS Risk in Offspring

Maternal vitamin D deficiency in early pregnancy linked to nearly two-fold increased MS risk
Chorioamnionitis does not appear to be associated with decreased Bayley II scores at age 2 years

Chorioamnionitis Not Linked to Lower Bayley II Scores at Age 2

No difference in proportion of abnormal scores for mothers with, without chorioamnionitis
Recommendations on screening for genetic disorders and fetal aneuploidy have been updated

ACOG Issues Recommendations on Prenatal Screening

Bulletins relate to prenatal diagnostic testing for genetic disorders, screening for fetal aneuploidy
The rate of unintended pregnancies in the United States decreased from 2008 to 2011

Decrease in Rate of Unintended Pregnancies From 2008 to 2011

Those below federal poverty level or cohabiting had two to three times the national average
For older women

Induction of Labor Seems Safe for Women of Advanced Maternal Age

No increase in rate of C-section, adverse maternal or neonatal outcomes with induction at 39 weeks
In a media statement issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC Issues Advice for Travel to Rio 2016 Summer Olympics

Pregnant women should consider not travelling to the 2016 Olympics, Paralympics
Five of nine pregnancies among U.S. women who were infected with the Zika virus have resulted in adverse outcomes

CDC: Zika Found in Nine U.S. Pregnancies

Four cases ended in either miscarriage or abortion, one involved severe birth defect