Topic: Darios Getahun

Can delaying pregnancy cut early water break risk?

Anne Harding NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women whose water has broken early may want to wait at least 18 months before having their next child, new research shows. Known by doctors as preterm premature rupture of membranes, this complication, in which ...

Study links infections in womb to asthma

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have linked mothers' infection during pregnancy to asthma, the most common chronic disease among American children, in their offspring. A 16-year study following nearly 400,000 births in California found that when mothers had an inflammation known as ...