Pregnancy - Management

Can Asthma Affect Your Fertility?

Researchers in Denmark have found that women with asthma seem to experience delays in getting pregnant. Find out why this may occur.

The Link Between Folic Acid and Autism

If you're considering having a baby, you'll want to ask your doctor about folic acid and its potential role in preventing autism.

Could Motherhood Cause OCD?

Find out why new moms are at increased risk and how to get help.

Pre-eclampsia and Diabetes: Know the Risks

This serious medical condition not only jeopardizes the health of a pregnant mom and her unborn baby; it can increase the mother s risk of another condition later in life.

Roadblock to Pregnancy: PCOS and Diabetes

If you've got diabetes, you may also have a condition that's keeping you from getting pregnant. Here's what you need to know.

Preeclampsia: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments

Here's what you need to know about this pregnancy complication.

Living With Diabetes While Pregnant

Here's exactly what you need to know about your blood sugar, cholesterol, and other key factors through your high-risk pregnancy.

Myths About Being Pregnant (or a New Mommy)

You'll hear lots of advice if you're pregnant or a new mom, but not all of it is correct. We'll help you sort the facts from the folklore.

Gestational Diabetes: What It Means for Mom and Baby

An increasing number of women are developing this complication of pregnancy that delivers some serious health consequences. Here's what you need to know about gestational diabetes.

6 Life-Changing Medical Breakthroughs on the Horizon

From the harvesting of stem cells without embryos to a pill that delays aging, we've rounded up a few of medicine's amazing advances coming down the pike.

Diabetes and Pregnancy: Protect Yourself, Protect Your Baby

Diabetes raises the risk of complications for mother and baby. Here's how to help have a healthy pregnancy.

Get the Facts About Urinary Incontinence

What are the types, causes, risk factors, and treatments of this hard to control, and sometimes embarrassing, condition?

Health by the Numbers: Pregnancy

Millions of women become pregnant each year, but too many of them don't have all the facts. Here's a look at pregnancy by the numbers.

Health by the Numbers: Heartburn

Occasional heartburn isn't dangerous, but if it occurs on a frequent basis, it could indicate a more serious health condition. Here's a look at heartburn by the numbers.

No Crest for the Antibacterial Wave

You know the old saying, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is? We might want to apply this truism to the idea that using antibacterial cleaners reduces the spread of illness.

How to Choose the Right Birth Control

Selecting the right form of birth control depends on a variety of factors including hormone levels and sexual habits. Follow these five tips to make an educated decision.

How to Combat Fluid Retention

Fluid retention is a common occurrence. Here are 10 lifestyle changes you can make to help reduce or eliminate excess fluids.

Body Pillow Basics

More than a snuggle buddy, a body-length pillow can improve your bedtime posture and help you get a better night's sleep by relieving common aches and pains that are keeping you awake.

BPA Plastic: 7 Safety Steps

Keeping safe from toxic chemicals is no easy task these days. Here are practical steps you can take to minimize exposure.

4 Tips for Healthy Multiples

Raising more than one? Multiples have special health concerns.

The Link between Mom's Symptoms and Her Child's Depression

Having children is an exciting, rewarding experience for most parents. For women suffering from depression, however, parenting is especially difficult and untreated depression can have long-lasting effects on their children.

In Utero and Infant Exposure to X-Rays

What precautions should you consider when it comes to these radiation risks?

Risks and Benefits of Eating Heart-Healthy Fish

When it comes to mercury exposure from fish, what do you need to know to make the healthiest choices?

Have Diabetes and Thinking of Getting Pregnant?

A baby, maybe? Here's what you need to know before trying to conceive.

Skull Deformities in Infants

Most babies' misshapen heads round out within the first few weeks after birth, but some do not and require intervention.

Understand the Hemoglobin A1C Test

Get to know this common test, what it measures, and what percentage number means you're in good control.

5 Common Congenital Heart Defects

Congenital cardiovascular defects, ranging from mild to severe, occur in about one percent of all live births, or approximately eight out of every 1,000 births, and are the most common congenital malformation in newborns.

10 Tips to Boost Your Fertility for Both Sexes

If you re considering adding a bundle of joy to your family, you may be in for a surprise to find that getting pregnant isn t necessarily as easy it seems. Still, there are plenty of low-tech ways that you and your partner can increase the odds of becoming parents.

The Truth About Caffeine's Effect on Your Health

Is caffeine good or bad for your health? Get the truth here.

Could Fluctuating Hormones Be the Cause of Your Bloating?

Bloating is never pleasant, but uncomfortable and irritating. Not only is bloating caused by foods and stress, but can also be induced by hormones. Find out how this happens and what you can do to prevent it.
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