A new study suggested women who took Ibuprofen in the first 24 weeks of pregnancy may be harming their daughters’ ability to have children. Doctors in France found a dramatic loss of cells that developed into ovary eggs in girls born to mothers who take the pain reliever.
New data from the national institutes of health suggested inducing labor in healthy first-time mothers after 39 weeks may help reduce the need for C-sections. Women in the study who had induced labor also had less pre-eclampsia and respiratory support needed for their newborns.
Regular exercise may help produce better outcomes for surgery patients. Doctors in Australia tracked lung cancer patients and found exercising regularly before surgery cut complication rates in half and reduced hospital stays by almost three days.
Sources :
1 – Human Reproduction
2 – NICHD
3 – British Journal of Sports Medicine
