We need leaders who will fight for access to maternal health services, as well as help build socioeconomic systems that will ...

Too many women aren’t as lucky as I am. According to the World Health Organization, postpartum hemorrhage is among the leading causes of maternal morbidity. The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality ...

HemoSonics, LLC, a medical device company focused on acute bleeding management, today announced it has been awarded one of ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced the winners of the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Technology (RADx® Tech) for Maternal Health Challenge, an $8 million prize competition to ...

Depending on the fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio (FAR) in the blood test results, doctors can determine whether someone is at ...

"It's really a dangerous slippery slope when we have legislation that interferes with what we know to be evidence-based ...

Though it’s not the first-line treatment, misoprostol is used to treat postpartum hemorrhage, one of the leading causes of maternal mortality. Because misoprostol will now be classified as a ...

Analysis reveals that misclassified maternal fatalities may distort US mortality statistics, emphasizing the importance of ...

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Other signs of postpartum hemorrhage are dizziness ... With PPH, you can lose large amounts of blood very quickly. It causes a sharp decline in blood pressure, which can restrict blood flow ...

Misoprostol causes the uterus to contract and empty ... Doctors and pharmacists can still prescribe the drugs in the hospital ...