December 2, 2024
Tapping into a vast archive of web data associated with crisis pregnancy centers from ChoiceWatch.org, a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine provides the first national assessment of crisis pregnancy centers and their operations to guide healthcare education and health policies governing their regulation.
May 4, 2012
…will focus on identifying the best ways to optimize pregnancy outcomes and to improve the health of children in San Diego through groundbreaking research and patient care.
June 23, 2022
A $10 million grant over four years will support further examination of a national study looking at COVID-19 vaccination safety during pregnancy and immune response pre-and post-delivery for both mom and baby.
December 10, 2024
For the third consecutive year, UC San Diego Health has been recognized as a High Performing Hospital for maternity care by U.S. News & World Report.
February 25, 2020
A new study at UC San Diego, published February 11, 2020, found that exposure to heatwaves during the last week of pregnancy was strongly linked to an increased risk of preterm delivery – the hotter the temperature or the longer the heatwave, the greater the risk.
April 22, 2021
…deaths.” Environmental exposures affect pregnancies The health effects of climate change aren’t always as obvious as heatstroke. Other scientists are studying the myriad ways a shifting environment and rising pollution levels are affecting human development. Like Benmarhnia, Christina Chambers, is not necessarily the person you’d expect to be at the…
May 8, 2013
As Mother’s Day approaches, the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine announces MotherToBaby CA, the new name of its free, statewide counseling service that connects experts in the field of birth defects research with moms-to-be and the general public.
May 5, 2014
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered a genetic risk factor for premature birth. The risk factor is related to a gene that codes for a protein that the scientists have found helps the body’s immune cells recognize and fight Group B Streptococcus (GBS)…
September 26, 2022
Researchers study human milk, pregnancy and COVID-19. This story appeared in the Fall 2022 issue of UC San Diego Magazine.
August 11, 2014
During pregnancy, certain hormones trigger specialized mammary stem cells to create milk-producing cells essential to lactation. Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center have found that mammary stem cells associated with the pregnant mammary gland are related to stem cells found in…
