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January 24, 2024

Extreme heat can be risky during pregnancy. How to look after yourself and your baby

Adrienne Gordon, University of Sydney; Camille Raynes-Greenow, University of Sydney, and Ollie Jay, University of Sydney

During pregnancy, the body’s capacity to regulate temperature changes. Here’s how to cool down and the overheating red flags to watch out for.

Up to half of stillbirths happen unexpectedly and a clear cause is never identified. from shutterstock.com

December 7, 2018

Five ways to reduce the risk of stillbirth

Vicki Flenady, The University of Queensland; Adrienne Gordon, University of Sydney; Caroline Homer, Burnet Institute; David Ellwood, Griffith University; Jonathan Morris, University of Sydney, and Philippa Middleton, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute

A Senate Report has put forward 16 recommendations to reduce rates of stillbirth in Australia targeting a 20% reduction in the rate within three years. We can do this by focusing on five practices.

Doctors need to be able to discuss their patients’ weight, but they need to be taught how to do so delicately, for the best outcomes. www.shutterstock.com

August 16, 2016

Doctors need to be taught how to discuss their patients’ excess weight

Adrienne Gordon, University of Sydney and Kirsten Black, University of Sydney

An individual’s weight is a complex and sensitive issue, which may be related to many factors that are not only medical but social, environmental and emotional.

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Extreme heat can be risky during pregnancy. How to look after yourself and your baby

Five ways to reduce the risk of stillbirth

Doctors need to be taught how to discuss their patients’ excess weight

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