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    Adults who were born extremely preterm or had an extremely low birth weight had worse CV profiles compared with adult controls, according to findings published in Hypertension.“Young adults born preterm have less favorable cardiovascular health profiles than their term-born peers,” Jeanie L.Y. Cheong, MD, from Neonatal Services at Royal Women’s Hospital and Clinical Sciences at

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    Background Despite being one of the wealthiest nations, disparities in adverse birth outcomes persist across racial and ethnic lines in the United States. We studied the association between historical redlining and preterm birth, low birth weight (LBW), small-for-gestational age (SGA), and perinatal mortality over a ten-year period (2006–2015) in Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Francisco,…

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    Thyroid dysfunction is common in women of reproductive age.1 Normal functioning of the thyroid gland is essential for successful conception and pregnancy. The association between overt thyroid disease and adverse obstetric and fetal outcomes is well recognised,2 but this is less clear for subclinical thyroid dysfunction. This lack of clarity is compounded by the inconsistent definitions used to…

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