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Serious childbirth complications have risen dramatically in U.S., study finds

By Susan Perry | 09/10/2018

The highest rates of complications were among mothers who were poor, uninsured or on Medicaid, living in large urban areas, or over the age of 40.

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Erica Garner and Serena Williams’ stories underscore health inequalities facing black women

By Susan Perry | 01/26/2018

To find out more about this racial divide, MinnPost talked with Rachel Hardeman, an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

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CDC: More and more women are entering pregnancy at unhealthy weights

By Susan Perry | 01/08/2018

In 2015, 43.8 percent of Minnesota women who became pregnant were at a healthy weight, compared to 45.5 percent in 2012.

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More than half of U.S. rural counties have no hospital where women can give birth, U of M study finds

By Susan Perry | 09/06/2017

This means that reproductive-age women living in rural areas — and their babies — are at greater risk of pregnancy- and birth-related complications than previously reported.

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Surge in new hepatitis C cases is driven by opioid epidemic, CDC reports

By Susan Perry | 05/15/2017

Hepatitis C infections among pregnant women almost doubled between 2009 and 2014. Hepatitis C kills at least 20,000 Americans each year.

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FISH project that reduced mercury levels in North Shore women is expanding statewide

By Susan Perry | 05/09/2017

Walleye, northern pike, lake trout, bass and catfish, for example, should be eaten no more than once a month, according to the MDH.

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Experts urge women to exercise during pregnancy

By Susan Perry | 03/27/2017

It is now widely acknowledged that the “misguided recommendations” of the past have been “a major contributor to the worldwide obesity epidemic,” three authors in JAMA say.