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December 15, 2016

CDC issues South Texas warning for pregnant women over Zika concerns

Pregnant women should consider postponing travel to Brownsville, Texas, because of concerns about mosquitoes there spreading the Zika virus, federal health officials said Wednesday.

December 15, 2016

6 surprising health benefits of sex you probably don't know

As if we needed an excuse.

December 14, 2016

Birth defects seen in 6 percent of Zika pregnancies, US study finds

Roughly six percent of women in the United States who were infected with the Zika virus during pregnancy had fetuses or babies with birth defects, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.

December 14, 2016

Health agencies say Miami Beach no longer Zika transmission zone

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Florida Department of Health said on Friday that the Miami Beach area was no longer considered an active Zika transmission zone.

December 14, 2016

1 in 10 women spy on their husbands, survey says

She might not trust you as much as you think: 1 in 10 women admit to spying on their husband’s emails and text messages, according to a recent survey of 1,000 married people from One Poll, a research company in the U.K. In fact, 1 in 20 women have gone as far as downloading secret tracking software to their husbands’ phones.

December 13, 2016

Zika virus can keep growing in infant brains even after birth, CDC reports

U.S. researchers have found evidence of the Zika virus replicating in fetal brains for up to seven months after the mother became infected with the virus, and they showed the virus can persist even after birth, according to a study published on Tuesday.

December 13, 2016

Post-partum doulas are the latest must-have accessory for new moms

Two months ago, when new mom Mara Glick should have been happily celebrating her son Jackson’s bris, she was marooned upstairs in her parents’ home with a fever, unable to feed the baby.

December 12, 2016

Can chemotherapy drug ‘turn back the clock’ in women’s ovaries?

It's generally thought that women are born with a finite number of egg cells, and cannot grow new ones.

December 11, 2016

Birth control pills recalled, may not prevent pregnancy

Pfizer said on Tuesday it was recalling about 1 million packets of birth control pills in the United States because they may not contain enough contraceptive to prevent pregnancy

December 11, 2016

Debate Over Who Needs a Thyroid Check in Pregnancy

Check-ups during pregnancy tend to focus around the waist. But there's growing debate about which mothers-to-be should have a gland in their neck tested, too