Women’s Health

July 18, 2019

Effort seeks to improve safety of drugs given during pregnancy

A 19-year-old student is leading a multi-institutional collaboration to identify drugs that can be prescribed safely to pregnant women without harming the fetus.

By Bill Snyder
June 12, 2019

Baby boom hits Emergency Room; 17 employees expecting babies this year

Fourteen nurses, two doctors and a social worker walk into an Emergency Department. They’re all pregnant.

By Kristin Smart
February 7, 2019

New clinics expand Women’s Health services

To meet the growing demand for specialized and comprehensive women’s care services, Vanderbilt’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) has opened three new clinics focusing on peripartum and perineal disorders, infertility and polycystic ovary syndrome.

By Kelsey Herbers
January 31, 2019

In utero antibiotics and obesity risk

Maternal antibiotic use during pregnancy was not associated with childhood obesity at age 5, according a national study led by a Vanderbilt pediatrician.

By Leigh MacMillan
January 2, 2019

Welcome to 2019

Say hello to Vanderbilt’s first baby of 2019, Ozlynn-Kay West.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 13, 2018

Early postpartum opioids linked with persistent usage

Vanderbilt researchers have published findings indicating that regardless of whether a woman delivers a child by cesarean section or by vaginal birth, if they fill prescriptions for opioid pain medications early in the postpartum period, they are at increased risk of developing persistent opioid use.

By Jill Clendening
November 8, 2018

Initiative to reduce C-sections showing positive results

As the worldwide medical community takes notice of the nearly doubled rate of cesarean section surgeries since 2000, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has seen a steady decrease in its rate of primary C-sections over the last 11 months.
By Kelsey Herbers
October 26, 2018

Fetal membranes and microbial threats

Understanding how cells communicate in the membranes surrounding the developing fetus could suggest new strategies for preventing infections, premature birth and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
By Leigh MacMillan
October 1, 2018

Probing the genetics of fibroids

A new study identified multiple genetic locations associated with the size and number of uterine fibroids — common non-cancerous uterine tumors.
By Leigh MacMillan
September 13, 2018

Vanderbilt employees, families focus of new OB service

The Center for Women’s Health at Vanderbilt will see the return of a service designed for Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University employees and their families.
By Jessica Pasley
July 2, 2018

Mother knows best

The first demonstration of bacterial DNA in mammalian fetal intestinal tissue suggests that the mother’s microbiome moves into the fetal intestine.
By Leigh MacMillan
June 19, 2018

Velez Edwards named to Women’s Health Research leadership

Digna R. Velez Edwards, PhD, has been named director of Women’s Health Research, succeeding longtime director and founder, Katherine Hartmann, MD, PhD, associate dean of Clinical and Translational Scientist Development and professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 28, 2017

“Baby” it’s cold outside

Babies born at VUMC over holidays got a special shirt
By Jennifer Wetzel