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Poor sleep quality is common among couples undergoing fertility treatment and may be a contributing factor for psychological distress and negative pregnancy outcomes, a recent study has found.

In healthy individuals, higher levels of physical activity seem to correlate with lower insulin resistance independently of waist circumference, a recent Korea study has found.

Actively treating even mild hypertension to a target blood pressure (BP) of <140/90 mm Hg in pregnant women significantly lowers the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes without apparent harm to the foetus compared with a strategy of reserving treatment to only when hypertension becomes severe (≥160/105 mm Hg), according to the CHAP* study presented at ACC 2022.

Use of the dopamine 3 receptor agonist pramipexole (PPX) as adjuvant therapy appears to facilitate the reduction of patient exposure to opioids and its associated risks, according to a study.

Levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) are deficient or insufficient in most children, reports a recent study. Aside from vitamin D intake, time spent outdoors and higher exposure to UV radiation seem to be effective methods of improving 25(OH)D status.