UCLA Medical School
OB/GYN and a professor at the UCLA Medical School
PROFILE
Neil Silverman
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FROM Neil Silverman
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
The Bed Rest Hoax Each year, hundreds of thousands of pregnant women are put on bed rest. Most of us know someone who has been prescribed days or weeks in bed, either at home or in the hospital. Often it’s because they’re in danger of going into labor too early. The problem is that spending all that time lying in bed can lead to health problems for the mother. And recent studies have concluded that bed rest doesn’t actually help the pregnancy.
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
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