July 12, 2016 Prenatal multivitamins don't help much, study says For pregnant women, taking prenatal vitamins may be a waste of money, a new review of previous research suggests.
July 12, 2016 Austrian biotech plans Zika vaccine clinical trials in 12 months An Austrian biotech company working with the Institut Pasteur said on Tuesday it planned to start clinical trials with an experimental Zika vaccine in the next 12 months, marking a further acceleration of research in the field.
July 11, 2016 1 in 8 women experience infertility One in eight women and one in 10 men in the U.K. have experienced infertility, struggling to get pregnant for at least a year, and almost half do not seek help for the problem, according to a new study.
July 11, 2016 El Salvador confirms second case of Zika-linked microcephaly El Salvador confirmed on Friday a second case of a baby born with microcephaly linked to the Zika virus, the mosquito borne disease that can cause the serious birth defect and other severe fetal brain defects.
July 10, 2016 9 supplements to ease pregnancy complaints Between “morning” sickness that can last all day, exhaustion and the myriad of aches and pains that can happen during pregnancy, sometimes eating healthy foods, exercise and rest aren’t enough or even doable.
July 8, 2016 New mom Sarah Brown fails to make Olympic track team Four months after giving birth, top American runner Sarah Brown did not make the U.S. Olympic team during the 1,500 meter preliminary round at the U.S. Olympic Trials on Thursday.
July 8, 2016 Illinois woman discovers she's pregnant, gives birth on same day n Illinois woman says she delivered a baby girl a few hours after she found out she was 39-weeks pregnant.
July 8, 2016 Prescription-drug monitoring saves lives, could save more State programs that monitor narcotic prescriptions help prevent 10 opioid-overdose deaths a day in the U.S., yet improvements could save another two people a day, a new study finds.
July 8, 2016 Anti-HIV pill may not be reaching those most at risk Only a small proportion of gay and bisexual men who could have taken a daily pill to reduce their risk of HIV actually did so in 2014, according to a new study.
July 8, 2016 CDC says HPV-associated cancer cases on the rise in the US New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests an increase in cancer cases associated with human papillomavirus (HPV), a common sexually transmitted infection for which several strains can be prevented with vaccination.