All pregnant women are at risk for becoming anemic. That's because they need more iron and folic acid than usual. But the risk is higher if you: In the early stages of anemia, you may not have ...

Anemia is a major global health concern, particularly affecting women of childbearing age, with prevalence rates between ...

Treating anemia during pregnancy might lower the risk of heart defects in newborns, a new study says. Women with anemia in early pregnancy have a 47% increased risk of giving birth to a child with ...

If these needs are not met, the mother may have iron-deficiency anemia.” “The development of the brain in a fetus starts early during pregnancy and is very much dependent on proper supply of ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is proud to announce the early success of its groundbreaking Anemia in Pregnancy Quality Improvement Initiative.

But new research from the University of Oxford has uncovered a startling connection that shifts the conversation—anemia in early pregnancy may significantly raise the risk of congenital heart ...

Treating anemia during pregnancy might lower the risk of heart defects in newborns, a new study says. Women with anemia in early pregnancy have a 47% increased risk of giving birth to a child with ...

Knowing that early maternal anemia is so damaging could be a gamechanger ... for women—both when trying for a baby and when pregnant—could help prevent congenital heart disease in many ...

Anemia during pregnancy increases the risk of heart defects in newborns Anemic women have a 47% increased risk of a heart defect in their newborn Iron supplementation might reduce this risk ...

Women with anemia in early pregnancy have a 47% increased risk of giving birth to a child with a heart defect, researchers reported Wednesday in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics ...