Maternal health News

As India observes World Health Day 2025, the collective focus on maternal and newborn health serves as a reminder of the work yet to be done. 

Premature birth, occurring 37 weeks before pregnancy, is a growing concern, with various factors contributing to the risk. 

Recognizing the importance of zinc and ensuring its proper intake is essential for a healthy pregnancy and the well-being of both mother and child. Here's how.

Prioritizing a healthy lifestyle and consistent prenatal care serves as a powerful strategy to navigate the complexities of pregnancy, ensuring a safer and healthier journey for both mother and child.

Dr Neelam Suri, Senior Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist shares how air pollution can have an adverse effect on maternal and child’s health. 

Studies have shown that sleep is associated with a lot of neurocognitive outcomes and health in kids Researchers suggest that parents can be quite proactive even early in life to get their kids off on the right foot Getting kids to bed earlier is important, say experts

Researchers analyzed the sleeping habits of 103 mothers in their baby's first year of life.

Singing workshops saw the mothers learning lullabies and songs from around the world with their babies and creating new songs together about motherhood.

Scientists from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland found that human ovaries exposed to paracetamol for a week in laboratories lost up to 40 percent of their egg cells.

The findings indicated that women delivering in winter and spring may be attributed to the seasonal enjoyment of indoor activities.

The findings showed that fever itself interferes with the development of the heart and jaw during the first three to eight weeks of pregnancy, causing deformities within the embryo.

Findings suggest that long-held practice of reducing or stopping an epidural in later stages of labor could be "out of date and misguided.”

When women got vaccinated in the second trimester, the vaccine was 64 percent effective.

 Researchers recruited pregnant women who were already enrolled in an established text messaging programme called "Text4baby".  

Overall, about 5 percent to 15 percent of all mothers are diagnosed with depression after giving birth, the study team notes in PLoS Medicine.

The placenta is an organ serving as the connection between mother and developing baby. 

According to the Union Health Ministry, the cooperation between India and Norway will continue to be aligned with the development goals of India as outlined in its National Health Policy 2017 for achievement of Sustainable Development Goals.

 According to researchers, exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields associated with the maternal use of mobile phones during pregnancy is not linked to neurodevelopment in children.

Breastfeeding is a healthy start for laying a strong foundation in the initial years as breast milk provides the energy and nutrients that an infant requires during this stage.

The study found that women who were unemployed, had a history of mental health problems or were experiencing severe symptoms were more likely to not to report to doctors.