Press Room

If you are a member of the media in need of information about maternal-fetal medicine or the Society, please contact Kerri Wade via email at kwade@smfm.org or phone at + 1 (202) 517-6121. SMFM staff can direct you to physicians who are expert sources in a wide variety of pregnancy-related issues. The press office is open Monday-Friday 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM ET
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Press Releases

• February 27, 2018: Dr. Mark Clapp Will Study an OB Quality Measure that Aims to Better Balance Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes
• February 20, 2018: Dr. Lorie Harper Will Study Telemedicine to Treat Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Pregnant Women
  
• February 14, 2018: SMFM Issues a Call to Action: Pregnant Women Must be Considered in Ongoing Efforts to Combat the Opioid Epidemic
• February 1, 2018: Induced Labor After 39 Weeks in Healthy Women May Reduce the Need for Cesarean Birth
• January 30, 2018: MFM Researchers Advance Understanding of Preterm Birth
• January 29, 2018: Low Cost, Easy to Administer Drug May Be the Key to Preventing Maternal Deaths
• January 27, 2018: Leading Experts in High-Risk Pregnancy to Gather in Dallas: Cutting Edge Research and Events to Support the Dallas Community are Planned
• January 26, 2018: SMFM, ACOG, and ASAM Gather to Discuss Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy
• January 9, 2018: SMFM Issues a Position Statement with the International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis and the Perinatal Quality Foundation on Genome Sequencing for Fetal Diagnosis
• October 19: SMFM and ACOG Issue Recommendations Regarding Hepatitis C in Pregnancy
• October 10: SMFM Convenes Experts to Discuss Quality Measures for High-Risk Pregnancies
  

SMFM in the News

• The Hill (April 19): Maternal Death Rates Keep Rising in US, Raising Scrutiny
  
• Healio (April 9): New Preeclampsia Screening Method Outperforms Existing UK Guidelines
• Korea Biomedical Review (April 6): Pregnant Women with Severe Morning Sickness Risk Having Low Birth Weight Infants
  
• Clinical Practice Today (March 13): SMFM Summarizes Guidelines for HCV Screening and Management During Pregnancy
  
• Marin Independent Journal (March 11): Many Women Can Have a Vaginal Birth Even After a C-section
• KFYR Bismark (March 9): Study Shows Inducing Labor Reduces C-section, Respiratory Treatments
• The Virginian-Pilot (March 9): A Hampton Roads Woman was Born to a Drug Addict. She's Urging Pregnant Women to Get Treatment.
• Harvard Heath (March 7): Inducing Labor: A Way to Avoid A Cesarean?
• KDKA Pittsburgh (March 6): New Study Examines Health Effects of Inducing Labor for Pregnant Women
  
• Medscape (Feb 28): Pregnancy Apps: Your Patients Use Them - Are You Up to Speed?
  
• Ob.Gyn News (Feb 26): Maternal Hypertension QI Initiative Cuts Severe Morbidity by 41%
• Greenville News (Feb 19): C-Sections Not More Likely in Induced Births, New Research Shows
• The Herald Times (Feb 18): New Study Suggests Induced Labor at 39 Weeks May Reduce C-Section Risk
• Deseret News (Feb 17): New Study Says Induced Labor May Shave Weeks off Pregnancy for Some Moms
• WBUR Boston (Feb 16): New Research Shifts Thinking on Pregnancy Dilemma: Induce Labor at 39 Weeks?
• Contemporary ObGyn (Feb 13): Drug Used for Menorrhagia may Prevent Postpartum Hemorrhage
• Ob.Gyn. News (Feb 12): TRAAP Trial Looks at Tranexamic Acid to Prevent Postpartum Hemorrhage after Vaginal Delivery
• Medscape (Feb 12): Cesarean Rates Lower with Induced Labor vs Expectant Management
• ObGyn News (Feb 9): Prenatal Betamethasone Could Save Millions in Care Costs for Women At Risk of Late Preterm Delivery
• McGovern Medical School (Feb 8): Blackwell Named President of SMFM
• Healio (Feb 7): Induced Labor at 39 Weeks May reduce Need for Cesarean Delivery
• UT Southwestern (February 6): Should More Pregnant Women Be Induced
• Pittsburgh Post Gazette (February 5): In 'Dogma Challenging' Study, Early Results Find Induced Labor for First-Time Moms may Reduce C-sections
• MedPage Today (February 5): Babies Born with NAS Have Smaller Head Circumference
• Prevent Accreta Foundation (February 5): New Research on Labor Induction Creates Controversy
• MedPage Today (February 5): CSF Inflammatory Cytokines Linked to Perinatal Depression
• MedPage Today (February 4): Torsemide Fails to Stem Post-Partum Hypertension
• MedPage Today (February 4): Educational Tool Boosts Cervical Length Screening
• MedPage Today (February 3): Tranexamic Acid Cuts Risk of Postpartum Hemorrhage
• MedPage Today (February 2): Induction of Labor at 39 Weeks May Reduce the Rate of C-Sections
• Medical Xpress (February 1): Induced Labor after 39 Weeks in Healthy Women may Reduce the Need for Cesarean Birth
• ABP Live (January 31): Researchers Advance the Understanding of Preterm Birth
• Deccan Chronicle (January 31): New Groundbreaking Research on Preterm Birth Sheds Light on Risk Factors
• Texas Tribune (January 17): A Shrinking Number of Rural Texas Hospitals Still Deliver Babies
• MD Magazine (January 16): Spike in HCV Linked to Opioid Injection Hits Adults Hardest
• Lubbock Journal (January 16): Is Texas Doing Enough to Stop Moms from Dying?
• Waco Herald Tribune (January 15): Dangerous Deliveries
• US News & World Report (January 10): Research Related to IUDs is Presented at SMFM's Annual Meeting
• Genome Web (January 10): Position Statement Spells out Fetal Diagnostic Sequencing Recommendations
• ASH Clinical News (January 1): Blood Donating: Separating Myth from Fact

• News Max Health (December 12): Why You Should Cut Your Sugar Intake
• MedPage Today (November 27): Hospitals Should Incorporate Levels of Maternal Care when Disaster Planning
• Healio (November 10): Recommendations Address ‘Public Health Concern’ of Hepatitis C in Pregnancy
• The ObG Project (October 20):  Guidelines on Screening and Management of Pregnant Women with Hepatitis C
• Medical XPress (October 10): Leaders in Obstetric Care Gather to Identify Quality Measures for High-Risk Pregnancies
• The Guardian (October 4): A Third of People Get Major Surgery to Be Born: Why are C-Sections Routine in the U.S.?
• Orlando Sentinel (Aug 17): Orlando Health Revamping Pediatric Neurology Services
• Atlanta Journal Constitution (Aug 11): Why Pregnant Women Should Be Careful Around Cats
• People.com (Aug 4): California Woman Nearly Bleeds to Death After Childbirth at U.S. Maternal Mortality Rates Double
• Infectious Disease Advisor (Aug 1): CMV Infection in Mothers and Infants: Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges
• CNN (July 25): Experts Say Detoxing While Pregnant Can Be Safe
• Washington Post (July 24): New Zika Testing Recommendation Issued for Pregnant Women
• MomsRising (July 19): A Loss of a Mother is Devastating
• Consumer Reports (June 30): C-Sections Are Still Too Common, Experts Say
• The Chicago Tribune (May 15): One in Three U.S. Women have C-Sections: How Chicago Doctors are Working to Change That
• Columbus Dispatch (April 30): Greater Columbus March for Babies, Parents, Children Gather for a Day of Miracles
• Medscape (March 30): Senate Kills Funding Protection for Planned Parenthood

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