For young women facing chemotherapy as part of a range of treatments for breast cancer, the question of fertility post-treatment is of particular concern. But the results of a phase III clinical trial mean that women might be able to have their cancer treated, and still go on to have children. Watch the video interview with Dr. Halle Moore The…
Month: August 2014
Sickle cell disease not always a barrier to pregnancy
For women that carry a genetic disease – such as the blood disorder sickle cell disease – pregnancy may seem an unrealistic ambition. Apart from the fears of would-be parents that their child may inherit the disease, a condition like sickle cell disease makes a complicated pregnancy more likely. But that doesn’t make it impossible. Choosing the right medication is…
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Lacking an alternative, doctors are prescribing opioid-based drugs for pregnant women in pain
Research published in May 2014 revealed considerable numbers of expectant mothers are taking opioid painkillers. Just overa fifth of the 1.1 million pregnant women enrolled in the US social healthcare program Medicaid received a prescription for these drugs in 2007. These figures represent an 18.5% increase overthe number of prescriptions of opioids dispensed to pregnant women back in 2000. However,…
