June 5, 2016 Pregnancy migraines: how to cope and when to call your doctor The mind-numbing pain, the nausea and the sensitivity to light and sound that come along with migraines can make you miserable.
June 3, 2016 WHO experts say Zika may cause birth defects in thousands of babies World Health Organization officials on Friday cautioned that "many thousands" of infants infected with Zika virus could suffer neurological abnormalities and said nations dealing with an outbreak need to watch for problems beyond the widely reported cases of microcephaly.
June 3, 2016 Scientists say Zika may be transmitted by oral sex, kissing Amid growing concern over an increasing number of Zika cases in the Americas, scientists are now cautioning that the usually mosquito-borne virus may be transmitted not only by vaginal sex, but also by oral sex and kissing.
June 3, 2016 Perfect storm: Pregnant woman gets appendicitis during blizzard A pregnant woman in remote Greenland faced a scary medical emergency after doctors diagnosed her with appendicitis in the middle of a blizzard, hundreds of miles away from the nearest surgical center, according to a new case report
June 2, 2016 It turns out it's tough to 'disrupt' childbirth Cutting the high cost and heartache of in-vitro fertilization isn’t as easy as Silicon Valley thought.
June 2, 2016 Mom who thought she was having a girl shocked to learn newborn is a boy A photographer captured the shocked reaction of a new mother who was just told the baby girl she was expecting was actually a newborn boy.
June 2, 2016 Plummeting US teen birthrate hit record low in 2015, CDC reports The birthrate among U.S. teenagers dropped 8 percent last year to another record low, the latest sign of major progress in efforts to reduce teen pregnancies, a federal health agency reported on Thursday.
June 1, 2016 In order to eat her placenta, Mississippi woman had to go to court There are the routine entries of the pregnancy to-do list: Buy and safely install the car seat.
May 31, 2016 Husband writes of battle to get pregnant with humor, honesty After trying to get pregnant for three years and suffering a miscarriage in the process, a Cincinnati couple have decided to go public with their story of joy and heartbreak and joy again as they announce not just their pregnancy but the many ups and downs of their path to it.
May 31, 2016 WHO advises 8 weeks of safe sex after return from Zika areas People returning from areas with transmission of the Zika virus should follow safer sex practices or abstain from sex for at least eight weeks, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, doubling the four weeks it had previously recommended.