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Navigating twin pregnancies: A parent’s guide to screening

Guest article by Stephanie Ernst, Founder and Director of The TAPS Support Foundation, and Professor Asma Khalil, Consultant Obstetrician and Fetal Medicine specialist at St George's Hospital, London.   The ISUOG Practice Guidelines have long been an important resource for healthcare professionals managing twin pregnancies. However, their technical nature can be difficult for expectant parents to fully understand. To address this gap, the Patient Guide to Twin Pregnancy Screening was created by Stephanie Ernst and Prof. Asma Khalil. This guide…
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Highlighting the power of nutrition: New recommendations on preventing preterm birth through omega-3 fatty acid intake during pregnancy

Preterm birth is difficult to predict and most women who deliver preterm have no prior risk factors. Recent studies now agree that there is a promising, effective, and safe way to prevent preterm birth and especially early preterm birth. The daily intake of omega-3 fatty acids by pregnant women can reduce the risk to deliver preterm by up to 50% whilst being easy to integrate into the daily diet. Omega-3 fatty acids are…
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Expert feedback wanted: new EMA guideline drafted for public consultation

The European Medicines Agency (EMA)  released a draft guideline  for public consultation on the quality requirements for medical devices in human medicines that include a medical device, known as drug-device combinations. The guideline covers devices that are necessary for the administration, dosing or use of the medicine. They can be integral, co-packaged or referred to in the product information of the medicine but obtained separately. It is intended that this guideline will increase transparency and consistency of information in regulatory…
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