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Can bending and walking really increase the risk of a miscarriage?

By Alex Polyakov, Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Sarah Lensen, Research Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne

A new study found each extra hour of bending forward at work raised a woman’s miscarriage risk by 36%. But there are reasons to be cautious of this finding.

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