Women with lupus or rheumatoid arthritis - two rheumatic diseases in which the immune system mistakenly attacks tissues in the body - face an increased risk of pregnancy complications, according to a…

Clot-busting drugs, such as rt-PA or urokinase, can be used to treat strokes during pregnancy, but there are important risks for the mother and fetus, according to a new report.

A study of pregnant women with chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease, shows that the antibiotic azithromycin is highly effective with no significant adverse effects on mother or infant, physicians at the…

Babies born to women hospitalized for alcohol-related reasons during pregnancy are smaller, have lower Apgar scores and are more likely to be admitted to a special care unit,…

“Even though it’s ‘oh so trendy’ to carry water, during pregnancy it is quite wise,” says Mary Brucker, director of the Women’s Health Education Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.

Women who take decongestants during pregnancy don’t appear to risk having poor outcomes or to be putting their baby at risk for birth defects, a Swedish team reports.

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Fibroids are quite often discovered on a sonogram after a woman becomes pregnant, and they are associated with an increased likelihood of complications such as cesarean delivery, breech presentation and preterm birth.

Those…

More doctors must be trained to prevent pregnant mothers with heart disease from dying unnecessarily, experts say.

Women with heart disease are 100 times more likely to die in pregnancy than other…

Women who have habitually low levels of calcium in their diet undergo significant changes in bone calcium turnover during pregnancy and lactation, according to the results of a new study.

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MUMS-to-be are risking their health and that of their babies by not eating enough of the right foods.

Pregnant women are eating fewer calories and taking less iron and fibre than…

Infertility due to abnormalities of the fallopian tube or uterus raises the risk that in vitro fertilization or other assisted reproductive techniques (ART) will result in an “ectopic” pregnancy, one…

Treating orthopaedic trauma during pregnancy - most testing and treatments safe for fetuses and mothers
Pregnant women who suffer orthopaedic trauma should be diagnosed and stabilized in the same manner as…

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can help rule out acute appendicitis in pregnancy when ultrasound findings are inconclusive, according to a study in the March issue of…

Older women are more likely to conceive twins because rising concentrations of a naturally occurring hormone over-stimulate their ovaries, according to a new study.

The discovery by a team…

Physicians must consider a number of variables when treating couples who cannot naturally conceive because of factors involving both the woman and man. However, a new tool developed at the University…

Pakistani doctors are battling to save the life of a woman found to have had a pair of forceps lodged inside her since a caesarean birth a year ago, a…

Bladder control problems during pregnancy can be stressful for some first-time moms, but they typically improve quickly after childbirth, a new study shows.

Among 344 pregnant women researchers followed, 45 percent…

Use of the selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) type of antidepressants, such as Prozac or Zoloft, during late pregnancy seems to raise the risk of a serious problem called pulmonary hypertension…

Children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy may be at risk of becoming overweight by the age of 8, a large U.S. study has found.

The findings add to evidence that…

Compared to normal-weight women, overweight and obese women suffer more pregnancy complications and their babies have more medical problems at birth, according to a position paper…

By testing for four proteins in fetus-cushioning amniotic fluid, doctors can predict when pregnant women are at risk of delivering preterm and when their infants are at risk for severe infections,…

A team from the University of California, Berkeley, have found in a study that pregnant women are more likely to miscarry male fetuses than females fetuses during times of…

If pregnant smokers need another reason to quit, a new study may have found it. The habit, researchers say, may raise the risk of having a baby with extra,…

Vitamin D supplementation of pregnant women could lead to longlasting reduction in osteoporotic fractures in their children, according to a study published in this week’s…

Researchers report that application of a weak electrical current inhibits uterine contractions in pregnant rats and rabbits and therefore may serve as a new method of preventing preterm delivery.

Electrical inhibition…