Health of fathers-to-be is linked to risk of pregnancy loss ANI | Updated: Dec 18, 2020 11:25 IST
Washington [US], December 18 (ANI): The findings of a new study suggest that more than a quarter of pregnancies might be ectopic or end in miscarriage or stillbirth if the father-to-be is unhealthy and has three or more medical conditions such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol levels.
In a retrospective study of nearly a million pregnancies between 2009 and 2016 in the US, published today in the journal Human Reproduction, researchers found that if the father was diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, which includes these medical conditions, there was an increased risk of the mother losing the pregnancy.
TORONTO A new study suggests that pregnancies involving unhealthy fathers are more likely to end in loss, and researchers say couples hoping to become parents should pay more attention to paternal health in the lead-up to pregnancy. The study, published Thursday in the scientific journal Human Reproduction, studied nearly 1 million U.S. pregnancies between 2009 and 2016. Researchers analyzed pregnancies involving fathers diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, a widespread condition that includes obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure, and compared those pregnancies to those involving healthy fathers. Metabolic syndrome is very common in Canada. About one in five people live with the condition, according to Metabolic Syndrome Canada.
This article was published on Friday, December 18, 2020 in ProPublica.
Though African Americans are being hospitalized for COVID-19 at more than triple the rate of white Americans, wariness of the new vaccine is higher in the Black population than in most communities. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlighted communities of color as a critical population to vaccinate. But ProPublica found little in the way of concrete action to make sure that happens.
It will be up to states to make sure residents get the vaccine, but ProPublica reviewed the distribution plans of the nine states with the most Black residents and found that many have barely invested in overcoming historic mistrust of the medical establishment and high levels of vaccine hesitancy in the Black community. Few states could articulate specific measures they are taking to address the vaccine skepticism.
Expecting Dads Health Linked to Risk for Pregnancy Loss by Iswarya on December 18, 2020 at 11:05 AM
Human Reproduction.
More than a quarter of pregnancies might be ectopic or end in miscarriage or stillbirth if the father-to-be is unhealthy and has three or more medical conditions such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, or high cholesterol levels.
In a retrospective study of nearly a million pregnancies between 2009 and 2016 in the US, researchers found that if the father was diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, including these medical conditions, there was an increased risk of the mother losing the pregnancy.
Compared to men who had none of the metabolic syndrome components, the risk of pregnancy loss increased by 10%, 15%, and 19%, respectively, for men with one, two, or three or more components.
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Though African Americans are being hospitalized for COVID-19 at more than triple the rate of white Americans, wariness of the new vaccine is higher in the Black population than in most communities. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlighted communities of color as a “critical population” to vaccinate. But ProPublica found little in the way of concrete action to make sure that happens.
It will be up to states to make sure residents get the vaccine, but ProPublica reviewed the distribution plans of the nine states with the most Black residents and found that many have barely invested in overcoming historic mistrust of the medical establishment and high levels of vaccine hesitancy in the Black community. Few states could articulate specific measures they are taking to address the vaccine ske