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This week, 27 April 2025:

  1. Treatment-resistant hypertension
  2. Influenza transmission
  3. Nanoplastics in human brains
  4. Malaria elimination
  5. Chikungunya vaccine

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    April 2025
  1. AIKEN CE, de Souza FS, Kumaran K, Ozanne SE, et al
    Challenges with developing nutritional recommendations to improve pregnancy outcomes.
    BMJ. 2025;389:e081325.
    PubMed     Abstract available


    March 2025
  2. MAHASE E
    Aid cuts threaten decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths, warns UN.
    BMJ. 2025;388:r600.
    PubMed    


  3. TANNE JH
    US states that restricted abortion law after Dobbs decision saw worsened access to obstetricians and gynaecologists.
    BMJ. 2025;388:r489.
    PubMed    


    February 2025
  4. WISE J
    Sixty seconds on . . . chewing gum in pregnancy.
    BMJ. 2025;388:r273.
    PubMed    


    January 2025
  5. NADARAJAH S
    Ozempic babies: are weight loss drugs leading to unintended pregnancies?
    BMJ. 2025;388:q2440.
    PubMed    


  6. FLETCHER-WATSON S
    The pressure and shame of a high risk pregnancy.
    BMJ. 2025;388:q2784.
    PubMed    


    November 2024
  7. MAJEED A
    Improving vaccine uptake during pregnancy.
    BMJ. 2024;387:q2631.
    PubMed    


  8. SACKEIM M
    Banning abortion prevents us from providing safe care to all pregnant women.
    BMJ. 2024;387:q2459.
    PubMed    


    October 2024
  9. WISE J
    Blood clots are leading cause of death during pregnancy, report shows.
    BMJ. 2024;387:q2252.
    PubMed    


  10. LAKHANPAUL M, Svirydzenka N
    Pregnant women experiencing homelessness struggle to access healthcare.
    BMJ. 2024;387:q2126.
    PubMed    


    September 2024
  11. TANNE JH
    More than 200 women faced criminal charges over pregnancy loss in the year after US abortion law was overturned.
    BMJ. 2024;386:q2136.
    PubMed    


  12. WISE J
    Surrogates have higher risk of pregnancy complications, research finds.
    BMJ. 2024;386:q2100.
    PubMed    


    August 2024
  13. CHEN Y, Fan R, Wang L, Morse AN, et al
    Improving integrated perinatal care for women with hepatitis B in China.
    BMJ. 2024;386:e078643.
    PubMed    


  14. ZHANG Y, Wang H, Wu S, Xiao Y, et al
    Empowering new mothers in China: role of paediatric care in screening and management of postpartum depression.
    BMJ. 2024;386:e078636.
    PubMed    


  15. IACOBUCCI G
    Medical abortion: Taking first tablet at home after 12 weeks of pregnancy is safe, study reports.
    BMJ. 2024;386:q1902.
    PubMed    


  16. WILKINSON E
    Whooping cough: Why have vaccination rates plummeted in pregnant women?
    BMJ. 2024;386:q1900.
    PubMed    


  17. KANG F, Luo B, Chen D
    A postpartum woman with chest pain.
    BMJ. 2024;386:e079975.
    PubMed    


  18. BRAILLON A
    Risk minimisation measures to prevent topiramate use during pregnancy: maximal delay, minimal actionability.
    BMJ. 2024;386:q1813.
    PubMed    


  19. WISE J
    Whooping cough: Health officials urge pregnant women to get vaccinated as another infant dies.
    BMJ. 2024;386:q1777.
    PubMed    


  20. BERGENDAHL S, Wendel SB
    Episiotomy: Are we ready to let women make choices in pregnancy and childbirth?
    BMJ. 2024;386:q1746.
    PubMed    


  21. SELLEY P
    Vaccine manufacturers should produce a pertussis only vaccine for use in pregnancy.
    BMJ. 2024;386:q1669.
    PubMed    


  22. WILKINSON E
    "Things cannot remain as they are"-UK's top obstetrician on workforce morale.
    BMJ. 2024;386:q1708.
    PubMed    


    July 2024
  23. TAYLOR L
    Oropouche fever: Latin America on high alert for virus that can cause stillbirths.
    BMJ. 2024;386:q1667.
    PubMed    


  24. TANNE JH
    Pregnancy and parenthood are especially difficult for female surgical residents, US study shows.
    BMJ. 2024;386:q1688.
    PubMed    


  25. MAGNUS MC, Soderling J, Ortqvist AK, Andersen AN, et al
    Covid-19 infection and vaccination during first trimester and risk of congenital anomalies: Nordic registry based study.
    BMJ. 2024;386:e079364.
    PubMed     Abstract available


    June 2024
  26. MAHASE E
    Pregnant women and older adults in England and Scotland to be offered RSV vaccination.
    BMJ. 2024;385:q1436.
    PubMed    


  27. MAHASE E
    Topiramate: Screen patients for pregnancy risk, says drug agency.
    BMJ. 2024;385:q1435.
    PubMed    


  28. BERGENDAHL S, Jonsson M, Hesselman S, Ankarcrona V, et al
    Lateral episiotomy or no episiotomy in vacuum assisted delivery in nulliparous women (EVA): multicentre, open label, randomised controlled trial.
    BMJ. 2024;385:e079014.
    PubMed     Abstract available


  29. RAZAI MS, Berendes S, Nagraj S, Oakeshott P, et al
    As whooping cough rates rise, we urgently need to increase maternal vaccination rates.
    BMJ. 2024;385:q1289.
    PubMed    


  30. KITCHEN K
    Moves to limit prison custody for pregnant and postnatal women are welcome-and long overdue.
    BMJ. 2024;385:q1209.
    PubMed    


  31. TANNE JH
    Texas court rejects legal challenge by women denied abortions for dangerous pregnancies.
    BMJ. 2024;385:q1216.
    PubMed    


    May 2024
  32. FURLEY K
    As a doctor with pregnancy associated osteoporosis, I know that the NHS can do better for women with this condition.
    BMJ. 2024;385:q1115.
    PubMed    


  33. DEVROE S, Rex S, Lucas N
    Unlocking maternal health: labour epidurals and severe morbidity.
    BMJ. 2024;385:q1053.
    PubMed    


  34. GOODING T
    Pregnancy associated osteoporosis: NHS is "failing women" with rare but serious condition.
    BMJ. 2024;385:q1046.
    PubMed    


  35. KEARNS RJ, Kyzayeva A, Halliday LOE, Lawlor DA, et al
    Epidural analgesia during labour and severe maternal morbidity: population based study.
    BMJ. 2024;385:e077190.
    PubMed     Abstract available


  36. CHOI A, Lee H, Jeong HE, Lee SY, et al
    Association between exposure to antibiotics during pregnancy or early infancy and risk of autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disorder, language disorder, and epilepsy in children: population based cohort study.
    BMJ. 2024;385:e076885.
    PubMed     Abstract available


  37. NOGRADY B
    Australia: Inductions and preterm births fell during early pandemic years.
    BMJ. 2024;385:q1112.
    PubMed    


  38. RAUB A, Heymann J
    Workplace rights around pregnancy and childbirth.
    BMJ. 2024;385:q1050.
    PubMed    


  39. WISE J
    Pregnant women in UK offered extra opportunity to screen for Edwards' syndrome.
    BMJ. 2024;385:q1071.
    PubMed    


    April 2024
  40. ROBINSON A
    The future health risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes ... and other research.
    BMJ. 2024;385:q917.
    PubMed    


  41. WEN X, Brothers T, Ward KE, Kogut S, et al
    Reducing the risks of prenatal opioid exposure in children.
    BMJ. 2024;385:q803.
    PubMed    


  42. KANG J, Kim HJ, Kim T, Lee H, et al
    Prenatal opioid exposure and subsequent risk of neuropsychiatric disorders in children: nationwide birth cohort study in South Korea.
    BMJ. 2024;385:e077664.
    PubMed     Abstract available


  43. TANNE JH
    US pregnant workers get new legal protections, but not paid time off.
    BMJ. 2024;385:q926.
    PubMed    


  44. FEINMANN J
    The world has made no progress in reducing preventable deaths in pregnancy and childbirth, says UN agency.
    BMJ. 2024;385:q905.
    PubMed    


  45. WANG S, Deng CM, Zeng Y, Chen XZ, et al
    Efficacy of a single low dose of esketamine after childbirth for mothers with symptoms of prenatal depression: randomised clinical trial.
    BMJ. 2024;385:e078218.
    PubMed     Abstract available


  46. IACOBUCCI G
    Abortion: MPs propose decriminalisation in England and Wales.
    BMJ. 2024;385:q831.
    PubMed    


  47. TANNE JH
    Attorneys general in 25 US states ask for emergency abortions to be excluded from bans.
    BMJ. 2024;385:q801.
    PubMed    


  48. TANNE JH
    Texas Medical Board guidance on when abortion is acceptable lacks clarity, say critics.
    BMJ. 2024;385:q785.
    PubMed    


    March 2024
  49. TANNE JH
    US abortions reached record high in 2023 despite legal restrictions, though access varies.
    BMJ. 2024;384:q715.
    PubMed    


  50. GOODFELLOW L, Curran C, Care A
    Early PPROM: women and babies who should not be lost in the system.
    BMJ. 2024;384:q690.
    PubMed    


  51. RIMMER A
    NHS staff to receive paid leave following pregnancy loss.
    BMJ. 2024;384:q638.
    PubMed    


  52. VAN DIJK CE, van Gils AL, van Zijl MD, Koullali B, et al
    Cervical pessary versus vaginal progesterone in women with a singleton pregnancy, a short cervix, and no history of spontaneous preterm birth at less than 34 weeks' gestation: open label, multicentre, randomised, controlled trial.
    BMJ. 2024;384:e077033.
    PubMed     Abstract available


  53. SUTER S, Cahn N
    Lawmakers rushed to protect IVF in Alabama-Why wasn't abortion afforded the same urgency?
    BMJ. 2024;384:q581.
    PubMed    


    February 2024
  54. LITTELL JH, Abel KM, Biggs MA, Blum RW, et al
    Correcting the scientific record on abortion and mental health outcomes.
    BMJ. 2024;384:e076518.
    PubMed    


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