Puerperal psychosis, also known as postpartum, is a mental health disorder that begins or recurs quite suddenly shortly after a pregnant woman delivers a baby. The typical symptoms of any episode ...

Lajos Koltai's period drama tells the story of Hungarian doctor Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis, an early pioneer of antiseptic ...

Miranda Black has been awarded the September DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurse. Black was nominated by Grace Cameron for ...

By applying the principles of resolve in our own lives, we can overcome obstacles, achieve our goals and make a positive ...

Today neurosurgeon Dr Henry Marsh chooses “the saviour of mothers” Dr Ignaz Semmelweis The Hungarian doctor discovered the link between childbirth and puerperal fever in 19th century Vienna ...

Women with disabilities have a significantly higher risk of SMM during delivery compared with those without disabilities ...

May 14: Dorothy Ballard marries Barnabas Lambard. Alexander Gordon writes A Treatise on the Epidemic of Puerperal Fever of Aberdeen, in which the Scotsman observes that the fever is spread from ...

who delivers babies and carries out autopsies on a daily basis whilst looking for the cause of puerperal fever, the mysterious epidemic that decimates patients in the hospital. Semmelweis’ boss ...

COVID-19 temporarily reversed South Africa's hard-won reduction in maternal mortality, but the death rate has now stabilised, and hopes are high that the downward trend will resume. However, if ...

The Western Australian preterm birth prevention initiative: a whole of state singleton pregnancy cohort study showing the need to embrace alternative models of care for Aboriginal women.