“a complex mix of factors that a person is exposed to over their lifetime…health, nutrition, education, and how they are treated by society, creates an environment that allows for greater brain growth. Not cesarean sections, but the environment”
Ignore misogynistic, arrogant billionaires who think they know it all. They are just looking for attention and influence.
#Reproduction #ReproSci #ObGyn #Science #Scicomm
https://vajenda.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-brain-size-birth-and
The Daily — Births and stillbirths, 2023
“In Canada, the rate of premature births (occurring at less than 37 weeks of gestation) has increased by over a percentage point over the past 30 years, from 7.1% in 1993 to 8.3% in 2023. The rate in 2023 was higher than in any of the previous 50 years.”
#ObGyn #Pregnancy #PretermBirth #Pregnancy #Science #ReproSci
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/240925/dq240925c-eng.htm
And the paper itself in Cell Host and Microbe (paywalled for some unfortunately).
#ReproSci #DevBio #Immunology
How the virus that causes COVID-19 can infect and damage the placenta.
Using a cell model SARS-CoV-2 infection caused significant reduction in the survival and differentiation of syncytiotrophoblast cells, which led to lower production of the human chorionic gonadotropin hormone (hCG) - needed for early pregnancy maintenance.
#pregnancy #placenta #medicine #science #ReproSci #COVID19
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-07-covid-placenta-lab-grown-placental-tissue.html
Know the signs of Preeclampsia.
#preeclampsia #pregnancy #medicine #MedMastodon #WomensHealth #ReproSci