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 ...

As winter pollution peaks, doctors warn that poor air quality can quietly strain pregnant women's lungs, raising the risk of ...

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

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

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

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

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