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Western Pa. families declining vitamin K shots, other preventive care for newborns
13+ hour, 26+ min ago (906+ words) A recent study in a prominent medical journal indicates that many more families are declining vitamin K shots, which prevent bleeding complications in newborns. The JAMA researchers reported that rates of refusing the preventive health measure went from 2. 9% to 5. 2% in…...
Continued antidepressant use during pregnancy can benefit moms, newborns, experts say
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (684+ words) Maternity leave has been blissful for Jess Young. It’ s a feeling the veterinarian radiologist from Bridgeville missed out on following her first two pregnancies. The difference: remaining on the regimen of anti-anxiety medications prescribed years ago during her…...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt pregnant with second child
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (339+ words) White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday that she's expecting to become a mom for the second time. "The greatest Christmas gift we could ever ask for " a baby girl coming in May 2026," she wrote on Instagram. "My husband…...
Dr. Debra Bogen and Dr. Val Arkoosh: Protect Pa. children from hepatitis B infection
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (280+ words) This week, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the group that advises the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on vaccines for all Americans, will discuss whether to change its recommendations for the hepatitis B vaccine. Their vote could…...
Kennedy says there is not enough data to show Tylenol causes autism
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (294+ words) WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's top health official on Wednesday said evidence does not show that Kenvue's pain medicine Tylenol definitively causes autism but that it should still be used cautiously, a month after the president said U. S. health officials would recommend limiting…...
Average age of first-time mothers rises over 31 at Allegheny Health Network hospitals
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (420+ words) People are having children later in life " a trend that's especially pronounced in Western Pennsylvania. The average age of first-time mothers who gave birth in 2024 at an Allegheny Health Network labor and delivery unit was 31. 1 years old " three years higher…...
Trump wants more U. S. babies. This is his plan to lower costs, expand access to IVF
8+ mon, 3+ day ago (792+ words) WASHINGTON " President Donald Trump announced a plan aimed at expanding access to in vitro fertilization, seeking to fulfill a 2024 campaign promise by launching a new effort to lower IVF costs for families. Trump's plan, which he unveiled Thursday in the…...
Henry I. Miller: Autism, Tylenol and the perils of easy answers
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (545+ words) Half of all pregnant women take acetaminophen " better known as Tylenol or paracetamol " to relieve pain or reduce fever. The drug has been around for decades, is available without a prescription and is often one of the few options doctors…...
Lori Falce: What's left for pregnant women?
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (664+ words) Take two aspirin, and call me in the morning" is a clich" for a reason. It is the standard, trite advice you expected from your doctor about 100 years ago. It meant to just relax, take these two innocuous tablets for…...
What is known about autism's causes and any potential link to Tylenol
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (1003+ words) WASHINGTON " Many doctors and scientists were reeling Monday after President Donald Trump went on TV to insist that pregnant women should never take Tylenol and revive debunked theories about vaccines and autism. Dr. Steven Fleischman, president of the American College…...