Obstetrics

New Evidence Connects Nausea in Pregnancy to Sense of Smell

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 12th, 2000

Based on data from a pilot study, Stanford University, California, researchers hypothesize that the "morning sickness" many women experience during pregnancy may be connected to a heightened sense of smell.

Richard Blum, MD, and LeRoy Heinrichs, MD, both of the department of gynecology and obstetrics at Stanford's School of Medicine, have co-authored a new book that surveys the literature on women's nausea and vomiting and presents new research to support this hypothesis.

Blum, an emeritus consulting professor, and Heinrichs, emeritus professor, were invited to speak on the topic of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy at a September 20-21, 2000,...

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