We’re Investigating How Insurance Gaps Endanger Mothers. This Is Why ProPublica
- “…the U.S. remains one of the most dangerous high-income countries in the world for women to give birth”
- "But hundreds of thousands of mothers every year are kicked off the program just 60 days after giving birth, turning the safety net into a cliff."
VitaminDWiki
Pregnancy category starts with
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- 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
Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D has the following summaryProblemReduces 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
- Preterm births are VERY costly – Feb 2017
- Note: Many preterm births expenses continue past the 60 day Medicaid cliff
- Costs of Pregnancy much reduced by Vitamin D
- Pregnant women were 2.6 times more likely to stop smoking when given financial rewards – RCT Jan 2015
- Medicaid should give financial rewards to pregnant women when they take vitamin D
Medicaid pays for 70 percent of US pregnancies for women under age 25 – April 2019Printer Friendly Follow this page for updates2910 visitors, last modified 25 Apr, 2019, This page is in the following categories (# of items in each category) - All items in category Infant/Child