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Pregnancy articles from PubMed of the National Library of
Medicine. The articles listed here tend to be highly
technical research papers, but careful searching of the
articles can often uncover important and useful
information. Type the topic in the search box on the
PubMed Web site.
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WomensHealth.gov.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "The
OWH was established in 1991 within the US Department of
Health and Human Services. OWH coordinates the efforts of
all the HHS agencies and office involved in women's
health. OWH works to improve the health and well-being of
women and girls in the United States..." Hundreds of
articles dealing with pregnancy.
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- Alliance for the
Improvement of Maternity Services (AIMS). "All
too often our children's potentials are decided at birth
by avoidable birth trauma and injury.
The goal of the ALLIANCE is to bring about a reduction of
birth injury and trauma in newborns and their mothers
through the sharing of scientific information and public
information."
- American Society for
Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). "ASRM is a
voluntary, non-profit organization devoted to advancing
knowledge and expertise in reproductive medicine,
including infertility, menopause, contraception, and
sexuality."
- Center for the
Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR).
"The NTP and the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences established the NTP Center for the
Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction in 1998 to serve
as an environmental health resource to the public and to
regulatory and health agencies. The Center provides
scientifically-based, uniform assessments of the potential
for adverse effects on reproduction and development caused
by agents to which humans may be exposed. This is
accomplished through rigorous evaluations of the
scientific literature by independent panels of scientists.
There is widespread concern among health professionals,
environmental scientists, and the public that
environmental exposures may be contributing to human
reproductive and developmental disorders. Between five and
ten percent of couples desiring children encounter
problems achieving pregnancy, approximately 35–50 percent
of pregnancies are not successfully completed, and 3 to 5%
of newborns have major birth defects. The etiology of
these problems is largely unknown. There is a clear need
for readily accessible, scientifically authoritative
evaluations of the human and experimental evidence that
adverse effects on human reproduction and development may
result from chemical exposures. The Center's goal is to
provide such evaluations. A special effort is made to
summarize these reports in terms that can be understood by
those who are not scientifically trained."
- Childbirth.org.
"Pregnancy is a very special time in a person's life.
Educating yourselves to be good consumers, knowing your
options, and how to provide yourselves with the best
possible care are essential to a healthy pregnancy."
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Children Now.
"Children Now is a national organization for people who
care about children and want to ensure that they are the
top public policy priority."
- Hypnobabies
Network. "At Hypnobabies Network, we are a group
of caring professionals providing education, support and
excellent natural products to expectant families before,
during and after childbirth. It is our goal that all women
learn about their birthing choices, become empowered to
take responsibility for their own pregnancies, births and
babies, and truly enjoy the amazing beauty of childbirth.
We consistently maintain updated resources for pregnancy,
natural childbirth, breastfeeding, midwifery, attachment
parenting and natural living as a gift to all who visit
our site, encouraging an innate bond between the external
world and our all-knowing spontaneous inner selves."
- Pregnancy.org.
"We're built by parents for parents. We've banded together
to build a website to educate, empower, and connect
ourselves, other parents, and people trying to become
parents. We're doing this out of our love for children,
and our desire to do our best raising them to become good
adults. We believe parenting is a sacred responsibility,
and that education and communication will help us fulfill
this responsibility the best we can."
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Teratology Information
Services (TIS). "Teratology Information Services
(TIS) are comprehensive and multidisciplinary resources
for medical consultation on prenatal exposures. TIS
interpret information regarding known and potential
reproductive risks into risk assessments that are
communicated to individuals of reproductive age and health
care providers."
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration Pregnancy Exposure
Registry. "What is a pregnancy exposure
registry?
FDA defines a pregnancy exposure registry as a prospective
observational study that collects information on women who
take medicines and vaccines during pregnancy.
Enrollment requires that the health of the baby be unknown
to reduce bias. Data collected on babies born to women
taking a particular medicine are compared with babies of
women not taking the medicine. These studies provide
important information the effect medicines have on fetal
development."
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WomensHealth.gov.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "The
OWH was established in 1991 within the US Department of
Health and Human Services. OWH coordinates the efforts of
all the HHS agencies and office involved in women's
health. OWH works to improve the health and well-being of
women and girls in the United States..."
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