Researchers at Yale School of Medicine and their colleagues at the Society for the Investigation of Early Pregnancy have helped clarify the function of a unique protein called Preimplantation Factor, which…

The rate of induced labor among U.S. pregnant women nearly doubled between 1992 and 2003 - a trend that seems to have pushed more births to the earlier…

The effective use of contraception once becoming sexually active is the best way to avoid unwanted pregnancy during adolescence. This is just one of the conclusions of a study by…

Pregnant women who down six coffee cups’ worth of caffeine every day may have smaller babies than those who consume less caffeine, a new study finds.

Researchers found that among…

High-risk pregnancies are more likely in women who have difficulty getting pregnant, with or without help from hi-tech fertility treatments, new research finds.

The risks should be considered during pregnancy…

Children whose mothers were treated with a medication used for high blood pressure in pregnancy may be more at risk of developing behavioural disorders, according to new research.

Researchers…

Imagine finding out that you have an ovarian cyst while pregnant.

That happened to my patient, Madam Sim (not her real name), who came to see me at week 12 of her second pregnancy two…

Pregnant women who suffer from the high risk condition pre-eclampsia — which leads to the death of hundreds of babies every year — are putting the lives…

Everyday exposure to perchlorate, an industrial chemical found in drinking water and a range of foods, may not impair thyroid function in pregnant women, a new study suggests.

“Our data…

Women who drink alcohol while pregnant raise the risk that their child will develop a rare type of blood cancer called acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, a new study…

University of Adelaide research is showing that the sex of the baby determines the way it responds to stressors during pregnancy and its ability to survive pregnancy complications.

Male…

This sheet talks about the risks that diabetes can have during pregnancy. With each pregnancy, all women have a 3% to 5% chance of having a baby with a birth defect. This information should…

Tamiflu and two other drugs used to treat influenza appear safe for pregnant women and their babies, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical…

Preeclampsia is a high blood pressure syndrome in pregnant mothers that is caused when the blood supply in the placenta of the developing baby is restricted. The blood-deprived placenta releases factors that cause…

A new study adds to evidence that women who smoke during pregnancy have a lower risk of a complication called preeclampsia - in findings that may help shed light on…

For each cigarette a pregnant woman lights up each day, she raises her baby’s risk of strabismus by 5 percent, new research suggests.

Further, the effect of smoking…

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that epigenetic marks on human placentas change from the first trimester of…

Perhaps not surprisingly, children whose mothers gained too much weight during pregnancy tend to have more body fat than those whose moms stayed within the recommended weight-gain range,…

Obese women who have bariatric surgery before getting pregnant are at significantly lower risk for developing dangerous hypertensive disorders during pregnancy than those who don’t, according to…

Studies have shown that married couples’ risk of divorce can go up after the death of a child, and now new findings suggest that relationships may also become…

Large amounts of vitamins C and E do not prevent preeclampsia, blood pressure problems in pregnant women, researchers reported on Wednesday.

In fact, results from the 4-1/2-year test of…

Gaining too much weight while pregnant can have consequences that last well after the pregnancy is over, new research shows.

The findings are probably no surprise to new…

Fewer than 1 in 4 pregnant women meet physical activity guidelines set by doctors and health officials, according to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study.

Guidelines set…

Stress during pregnancy may raise the risk of asthma in offspring, according to researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. The researchers investigated…

When pregnant women take antidepressants, it sometimes causes their babies to hit developmental milestones late, Danish researchers reported on Monday.

However, the delays-up to one month-still place the toddlers within…