We heard the same story again and again this year: The women were having miscarriages. They were bleeding and in pain. They needed a medical procedure to clear their uterus, but their doctors delayed ...

Monica da Silva, a critical care and cardiac anesthesiologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, was counseling a patient who had been in a car accident. She had suffered a broken bone and ...

Prevention, screening, and vaccination are vital for managing infection risk during pregnancy due to altered maternal immunity.

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X-rays during pregnancy have long been considered unsafe. The radiation could potentially harm your baby, even causing birth defects. Sometimes, however, getting an x-ray while you are pregnant may be ...

Doctors are breaking down these misconceptions and empowering hopeful mothers through advanced testing and technology that ...

A California woman was scheduled to have a large cyst removed but, in the lead-up to the procedure, learned she had a rare ...

Benzodiazepine use during pregnancy is associated with a 20% higher risk for preterm birth and a 6% increased risk for small ...

A new investigation published in JAMA examines how COVID-19 vaccination affects maternal and perinatal outcomes among ...

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