More than 50,000 pregnant women per year experience life-threatening complications of pregnancy and childbirth, but no one understands why.
Category: Women’s health
Explore a cornucopia of accomplishments in prematurity research
A compilation of stories highlights the work of Stanford prematurity experts, who are advancing how we understand and predict premature birth.
More family doctors need to provide long-acting reversible contraception
Increasing numbers of women use long-acting reversible contraceptives, but less than half of family physicians provide these forms of birth control.
Exercise and diet key during midlife for women to avoid heart disease, diabetes
Modifying diet and increasing exercise during midlife can help women ward off heart disease and diabetes, Stanford-led study finds.
Stanford project brings health education videos to mothers in South Africa
A Stanford team is developing health education videos that can be used by community health workers to help mothers and babies in South Africa.
Stanford group has new targets for lowering maternal mortality
A Stanford team has taken a multi-pronged approach to reducing preventable maternal deaths among California women, a new scientific paper explains.
Stars of Stanford Medicine: Empowering women globally
In this Stars of Stanford Medicine Q&A, obstetrics and gynecology resident Nichole Young-Lin discusses her interests and plans to help women worldwide.
Pediatricians could help lower rate of unplanned pregnancies
Two Stanford physicians would like to expand role of pediatricians in family planning and contraception for both teenagers and new mothers.
Reproductive choices facing women with disabilities require careful consideration
Reproductive decisions for women with disabilities should be based on each individual's abilities and desires, Stanford gynecologist Paula Hillard writes.
Improving domestic violence screening: A Q&A
NFL cheerleader and Stanford scribe and research coordinator Laurel Sharpless has improved screening for intimate partner violence in primary care clinics.
A look at how California lowered maternal mortality rates
A new NPR story explains how California experts have been examining the causes of maternal mortality and successfully figuring out how to counteract them.
Starting a family, against the odds
Denise Wong had survived breast cancer treatment at 27. Ten years later, she and her husband wanted to have a child. Her treatment had made that unlikely, but her fertility team at Stanford found a way.
What everyone should know about HPV
During a recent talk, Lisa Goldthwaite, a clinical assistant professor at Stanford, told the truths of HPV, sharing practical insights and lessons that are important to everyone's health.
Contraception: An evolution and history
At the recent Stanford Women's Health Forum, Kate Shaw, a clinical associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, spoke about the evolution and history of birth control.
New toolkit aims to prevent dangerous blood clots in pregnancy
The Stanford-based California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative has released a new toolkit to help doctors prevent dangerous blood clots in pregnant women and new mothers.
In Uganda, women with heart disease shown to take great risks to have a family
Thousands of women in the East African country of Uganda suffer from rheumatic heart disease. Although pregnancy can lead to severe complications, a new study shows that many women are putting their health at risk in order to have children.