A new study, published in the journal American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, shows that using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen, around the time of conception and in pregnancy may increase the risk of early miscarriage.
The study was conducted at Kaiser Permanente Northern California and included over 1,000 pregnant women. Researcher followed 241 women who took …
I recently blogged here about new information related to miscarriage: that smog can increase the risk of miscarriage and that it is no longer generally thought that one needs to wait to try to conceive after a miscarriage. This is a policy that we have followed for some time; not new to us.
Now in an article in Self, …
Taking certain types of antibiotics during early pregnancy may lead to an increased risk of miscarriage, according to a new study from Canada.
The study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found that certain types of antibiotics such as macrolides, quinolones, tetracyclines, sulfonamides and metronidazole led to a “60% to two-fold” increase in the risk of miscarriage. The study …
As study presented at ASRM 2013 in Boston and reported in the Washington Post suggests that high levels of BPA, a chemical in many plastics and canned food linings, might raise the risk of miscarriage in women prone to that problem or having trouble getting pregnant.
BPA, short for bisphenol-A, and certain other environmental chemicals can have very weak, hormone-like …
