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- U.S. Maternal Mortality Hits Highest Level Since 1965 - Wall Street Journal
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4 studies in both categories Pregnancy and Mortality - VitaminDWiki – Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D contains
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- VitaminDWiki -Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D contains
U.S. Maternal Mortality Hits Highest Level Since 1965 - Wall Street Journal
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- "Some pregnancy and postpartum complications probably stem from rising obesity and declining heart health in the U.S., doctors said. Around 42% of U.S. adults are considered obese, nearly half have high blood pressure, around 11% have diabetes and 38% have prediabetes, the CDC said. "
- "Black mothers were the most affected. The mortality rate among Black women was 2.6 times as much as the rate for white women in 2021, and 30% of maternal deaths were among Black women."
- "The mortality rate for Hispanic mothers overtook that among white women in 2021,..."
Maternal deaths increasing since at least 2018 - especially blacks
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26 studies in both categories Pregnancy and Dark Skin This list is automatically updated
- US maternal death rate increasing (low D not mentioned) - March 2023
- Vitamin D Status May Help Explain Maternal Race and Ethnic Factors in Primary Cesarean Section Delivery – April 2020
- Dark-skin plus low vitamin D in first trimester made preterm birth 2.9 X more likely – Dec 2019
- Low vitamin D in pregnancy linked to potentially harmful vaginal bacteria in black women - May 2019
- Pregnant while black increases chance of death – mothers 3X, infants 2X (low Vitamin D) – Feb 2019
- Depressed black pregnant women should take vitamin D – April 2018
- Bone loss during black pregnancies – 4000 IU of vitamin D was not enough – Dec 2017
- Preterm birth more likely if dark skinned and low vitamin D (not white-skinned) – April 2017
- Dark skin pregnancies 2.6 times more likely to have low vitamin D – March 2017
- Premature birth and infant mortality worse if dark skin (low vitamin D) - 2015
- Autism with intellectual disability 2.5 times more likely if low vitamin D during pregnancy – April 2016
- Ethnicity and low vitamin D levels during pregnancy – Jan 2016
- Metabolites of pregnant blacks vary with vitamin D level – Nov 2014
- Dark-skined mothers: preeclampsia 12X more likely if gestational hypertension – May 2014
- 78 percent of pregnant immigrants in Sweden had less than 10 ng low vitamin D – Nov 2013
- Depression in pregnant blacks strongly associated to vitamin D levels – Nov 2012
- Dr. Holick video on vitamin D - March 2013
- Dark skinned pregnant women far from equator were very vitamin D deficient – Sept 2012
- Pregnant blacks 50 pcnt more likely to be depressed if 3 ng less vitamin D – July 2012
- 80 percent of South Asian Women in UK had less than 10 ng of vitamin D in winter – April 2012
- Blacks have more pre-term births due to low nutrients such as vitamin D – Sept 2011
- Overview Dark skin births and Vitamin D
- Vitamin D and fertility and birth problems with dark skin – Jan 2011
- Very low vitamin D for first pregnancies and those with dark skin – Jan 2011
- 97 percent of pregnant Blacks had less than 32 ng of vitamin D - 2010
- Pregnant women vitamin D insuficiency Black 97 Hispanic 81 White 67 percent – July 2010
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4 studies in both categories Pregnancy and Mortality This list is automatically updated
VitaminDWiki – Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D contains
FACT - - People with dark skins have more health problems and higher mortality rate than those with light skins
Dark Skin studies: Pregnancy (
FACT - - People with dark skins have low levels of vitamin D
FACT - - People with light skins who have low vitamin D have health problems
OBSERVATION - - The health problems of whites with low level of vitamin D are similar to those with dark skins
CONCLUSION - - People with dark skins have more health problems due to low levels of vitamin D
African American Health Disparities are associated with low Vitamin D - Grant Feb 2021
Low Vitamin D increases health problems - independent of skin color26 studies), Genetics ( 13 studies), Vitamin D Binding Protein ( 8 studies), Vitamin D Receptor ( 7 studies), Diabetes ( 24 studies), Cardiovascular ( 18 studies), Mortality ( 12 studies), Intervention ( 17 studies) Click here to see the studies
VitaminDWiki - Pregnancy category contains
845 items in Pregnancy category - see also
- Overview Pregnancy and vitamin D
- Number of articles in both categories of Pregnancy and:Dark Skin
26 ; Depression 20 ; Diabetes 42 ; Obesity 15 ; Hypertension 43 ; Breathing 31 ; Omega-3 39 ; Vitamin D Receptor 22 Click here for details - All items in category Infant/Child
748 items - Pregnancy needs at least 40 ng of vitamin D, achieved by at least 4,000 IU – Hollis Aug 2017
- 34 papers with Breastfeeding of Breastfed in title as of Jan 2022
- Preeclampsia in VitaminDWiki title (54 as of March 2023)
- PRETERM or PREEMIE: contained by 100 titles as of Feb 2022
- "polycystic ovary syndrome" OR PCOS 303 items as of Jan 2018
- Gestational Diabetes
- c-section OR "caesarean section" (various spellings) 937 items as of Aug 2020
- postpartum depression 208 items as of Aug 2018
- 31 VitaminDWiki pages had MISCARRIAGE in title as of Aug 2022
- Search VitaminDWiki for "Assisted reproduction" 33 items as of Aug 2022
- Fertility and Sperm category listing has
128 items along with related searches - (Stunting OR “low birth weight” OR LBW) 1180 items as of June 2020
- Less labor pain if higher level of vitamin D – August 2021
- Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D
- Ensure a healthy pregnancy and baby - take Vitamin D before conception
VitaminDWiki -Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D contains
ProblemReduces Evidence 0. Chance of not conceiving 3.4 times Observe 1. Miscarriage 2.5 times Observe 2. Pre-eclampsia 3.6 times RCT 3. Gestational Diabetes 3 times RCT 4. Good 2nd trimester sleep quality 3.5 times Observe 5. Premature birth 2 times RCT 6. C-section - unplanned 1.6 times Observe Stillbirth - OMEGA-3 4 times RCT - Omega-3 7. Depression AFTER pregnancy 1.4 times RCT 8. Small for Gestational Age 1.6 times meta-analysis 9. Infant height, weight, head size
within normal limitsRCT 10. Childhood Wheezing 1.3 times RCT 11. Additional child is Autistic 4 times Intervention 12.Young adult Multiple Sclerosis 1.9 times Observe 13. Preeclampsia in young adult 3.5 times RCT 14. Good motor skills @ age 3 1.4 times Observe 15. Childhood Mite allergy 5 times RCT 16. Childhood Respiratory Tract visits 2.5 times RCT RCT = Randomized Controlled Trial
US maternal death rate increasing (low D not mentioned) - March 2023(Cached) Printer Friendly Follow this page for updates145 visitors, last modified 17 Mar, 2023, This page is in the following categories (# of items in each category)Attached files
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