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Society for Maternal‐Fetal Medicine Special Statement: Assessing and using maternal mortality data

Pregnancy
The Society for Maternal‐Fetal Medicine (SMFM) strongly supports using maternal mortality data to inform programs and interventions to reduce the high maternal mortality rate in the United States.
Society for Maternal‐Fetal Medicine (SMFM), SMFM Health Policy and Advocacy Committee, SMFM Publications Committee
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Update from a cohort study for birth defects in Hunan Province, China, 2010–2020

Scientific Reports, 2023
To define the relationship between sex, residence, maternal age, and a broad range of birth defects by conducting a comprehensive cross-analysis based on up-to-date data.
Xu Zhou, Shenglan Cai, Hua Wang, Junqun Fang, Jie Gao, Haiyan Kuang, Donghua Xie, Jian He, Aihua Wang   +8 more
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Avidin is evolutionarily conserved in fish but dispensable for development and resistance against Streptococcus agalactiae in zebrafish

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The presence of biotin‐binding avidin proteins in fish and their biological significance are poorly characterized. We cataloged fish avidins and demonstrate that they are widely present and evolutionarily conserved. We created avd knockout zebrafish and show that zebavidin is dispensable for development and that resistance of avd knockout embryos in ...
Anni K. Saralahti, Markus J. T. Ojanen, Mataleena Parikka, Otto Kauko, Mika Rämet, Vesa P. Hytönen   +5 more
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Elevated Connectivity During Language Processing Is Associated With Cognitive Performance in SeLECTS

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Self‐Limited Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (SeLECTS) is associated with language impairments despite seizures originating in the motor cortex, suggesting aberrant cross‐network interactions. Here we tested whether functional connectivity in SeLECTS during language tasks predicts language performance.
Wendy Qi, Katharine Lee, Kerry C. Nix, Miguel Menchaca, Xiwei Shé, Lorelei Santa Maria, Wei Wu, Zihuai He, Fiona M. Baumer   +8 more
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What do women want? An analysis of preferences of women, involvement of men, and decision-making in maternal and newborn health care in rural Bangladesh

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background To improve the utilization of maternal and newborn health (MNH) care and to improve the quality of care, the World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly recommended men’s involvement in pregnancy, childbirth, and after birth. In this article,
Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Janet Perkins, Shumona Sharmin Salam, Shema Mhajabin, Aniqa Tasnim Hossain, Tapas Mazumder, Shams EL Arifeen   +6 more
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RNA Sequencing Resolves Cryptic Pathogenic Variants in Mitochondrial Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Mitochondrial diseases are the most common inherited metabolic disorders, characterized by pronounced clinical and genetic heterogeneity that complicates molecular diagnosis. Although DNA‐based sequencing approaches have become standard in genetic testing, up to half of patients remain without a definitive diagnosis.
Zhimei Liu, Xin Duan, Fatemeh Peymani, Jia Wang, Chengjia Bao, Chaolong Xu, Ying Zou, Zixuan Zhang, Yunxi Zhang, Tongyue Li, Martin Pavlov, Junling Wang, Minhan Song, Tianyu Song, Xiaodi Han, Mingxi Sun, Danmin Shen, Ruoyu Duan, Huafang Jiang, Manting Xu, Holger Prokisch, Fang Fang   +21 more
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A sustainable organizational structure to integrate psycho-social stimulation programme into primary health care services in Bangladesh: protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial on scaling up early childhood development activities

BMC Psychology
Background Early childhood development (ECD) in low to middle-income nations has been a pressing concern for the last two to three decades. It is estimated that approximately 250 million children under the age of five are not reaching their full ...
S. M. Mulk Uddin Tipu, Sheikh Jamal Hossain, Shams El Arifeen, Syeda Fardina Mehrin, Nur E Salveen, Masuma Kawsir, Mohammad Saiful Alam Bhuiyan, Shamima Shiraji, Mohammed Imrul Hasan, Fahmida Tofail, Jena Derakhshani Hamadani   +10 more
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The Impact of Paid Maternity Leave on Maternal Health [PDF]

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2018
We examine the impact of the introduction of paid maternity leave in Norway in 1977 on maternal health in the medium and long term. Using administrative data combined with survey data on the health of women around age 40, we find the reform improved a range of maternal health outcomes, including BMI, blood pressure, pain, and mental health. The reform
Bütikofer, Aline, Riise, Julie, Skira, Meghan M.   +2 more
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Safety and Tolerability of Givinostat: Evidence From Real‐World and Clinical Practice

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The aim of our study was to establish the prevalence of adverse events in a real‐world setting in boys living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) treated with givinostat as part of an Expanded Access Program (EAP) in Italy. Methods The cohort included 90 ambulant boys, with age when treatment started between 6 and 23 years (mean ...
Marika Pane, Anna Capasso, Chiara Arpaia, Adele D’Amico, Emilio Albamonte, Federica Trucco, Maria Sframeli, Riccardo Masson, Francesca Magri, Luca Bello, Romina Venditti, Claudia Dosi, Michela Catteruccia, Michele Tosi, Claudio Bruno, Sonia Messina, Giacomo Comi, Elena Pegoraro, Valeria A. Sansone, Eugenio Mercuri   +19 more
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Evaluating two models of postpartum family planning counseling on contraceptive uptake, knowledge, and intended use: evidence from a repeated cross-sectional study in Ghana

Reproductive Health
Background Integrating family planning programming into postpartum care is widely established as an effective approach to improve access to family planning.
Sarah Eustis-Guthrie, Benjamin Williamson, Mohammed Awal Alhassan, Anthony Suguru Abako, Abdul Rahman Issah, Catherine Fist, Sofía Martínez Gálvez   +6 more
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