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New Study Finds Increased Maternal Complications with Previable Premature Rupture of Membranes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Jan. 30, 2025 Media Contact:Karen Addis, APRkaren@addispr.com+1 (301) 787-2394 New Study Finds Increased Maternal Complications with Previable Premature Rupture of Membranes Denver, Colo. ― Previable premature rupture of membranes (PROM) is when the amniotic sac, the... Continue Reading

New Study Highlights AI’s Potential to Help Doctors Detect Congenital Heart Defects

Media Contact:Karen Addis, APRkaren@addispr.com+1 (301) 787-2394 New Study Highlights AI’s Potential to Help Doctors Detect Congenital Heart Defects Denver, Colo. ― Congenital heart defects (abnormalities of the heart that are present at birth) are the most common type of birth defect and,... Continue Reading

New National Study Finds Homicide and Suicide is the #1 Cause of Maternal Death in the U.S.

Media Contact:Karen Addis, APRkaren@addispr.com+1 (301) 787-2394 New National Study Finds Homicide and Suicide is the #1 Cause of Maternal Death in the U.S. Denver, Colo. ― In the medical community, research has traditionally focused on how to prevent and treat the leading medical causes of... Continue Reading

New Study Finds High Concentrations of Plastics in the Placentae of Infants Born Prematurely

Media Contact:Karen Addis, APRkaren@addispr.com+1 (301) 787-2394 New Study Finds High Concentrations of Plastics in the Placentae of Infants Born Prematurely Denver, Colo. ― Microplastics, which are less than 5 millimeters, and nanoplastics, which are invisible to the naked eye, are widespread... Continue Reading

SMFM Announces Cooperative Agreement with CDC

Washington, DC—The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) has received a multiyear award totaling more than $1.3 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to build capacity and collaboration among maternal health professional organizations and to improve care... Continue Reading

Announcing the Editor-In-Chief of Pregnancy, the official journal of the SMFM

On behalf of the Society’s Board of Directors, I am pleased to announce the appointment of William A. Grobman, MD, MBA, as Editor-In-Chief of Pregnancy. Effective September 1, Dr. Grobman will oversee the solicitation, submission, evaluation, peer-review, and selection of scientific and... Continue Reading

Leading Medical Organizations Call for the FDA to Permanently Remove Restrictions on Mifepristone

The following statement is issued jointly by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American College of Preventive Medicine, the American Medical Association, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the American Urogynecologic... Continue Reading

SMFM Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Uphold Access to Medication Abortion

The Supreme Court’s ruling yesterday ensures that mifepristone, a critical medication for reproductive health and abortion care, remains available to patients and that clinicians can continue to provide evidence-based care without additional undue restrictions. “This decision is a... Continue Reading

Clinicians Urge the Supreme Court to Protect Access to Mifepristone

On March 26, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a case in which anti-abortion activists are continuing their ongoing attacks on abortion and other reproductive health care by challenging... Continue Reading

High Cesarean Rates Persist in Obesity Despite Standardized Protocols

NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND — Implementation of a standardized induction of labor protocol had no significant effect on the rates of cesarean delivery in patients with obesity, based on data from more than 5000 individuals. Previous research has shown that the risk for cesarean delivery... Continue Reading

Texas Task Force That Reviews Pregnancy-Related Deaths Losing Advocate Role

In September 2022, just three months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and two months before the midterm that would pit Gov. Greg Abbott against Beto O’Rourke, the state of Texas decided to delay publication of a report on pregnancy-related deaths. Nakeenya Wilson was... Continue Reading

AI Predicts Dangerous Complication for Moms After Delivery

Ob/gyns working with data scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles have developed an algorithm that can help predict which patients are at an increased risk for severe morbidity from bleeding after delivery. The artificial intelligence (AI) model uses data that clinicians... Continue Reading