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Cooling May Reduce Brain Lesions in Newborns

Health - November 5, 2009

Treatment after oxygen deprivation accounts for better motor skills later, study suggests more >>

Health Tip: Getting Ready for Birth

Health - November 4, 2009

Be prepared before you leave for the hospital more >>

CDC Finds U.S. 30th in Infant Mortality

Health - November 3, 2009

Finding is attributed to country's high rate of premature births more >>

Asians Seem to Suffer Less During Childbirth

Health - October 30, 2009

Length of labor and intensity vary among ethnic groups, study finds more >>

One Embryo as Good as Two in Second IVF Attempt

Health - October 28, 2009

Study found live birth rates similar, fewer multiple births with one embryo more >>

Health Tip: Recovering After Childbirth

Health - October 27, 2009

What you should expect more >>

Assessing Embryo Metabolism May Aid IVF Success

Health - October 22, 2009

Aim is to determine which have best chance of success more >>

Sex of Twins May Affect Outcomes

Health - October 21, 2009

Early birth, breathing problems more likely when pair includes a boy, study finds more >>

New IVF Guidelines Aim to Reduce Multiple Births

Health - October 20, 2009

Key provision limits embryo transfers more >>

Transplant May Treat Metabolic Disorders in Womb

Health - October 16, 2009

Cord-blood stem cells given early in pregnancy might save infants most at risk, researchers say more >>

Health Tip: Bringing Baby Home

Health - October 13, 2009

Prepare for the trip from the hospital more >>

Miscarriage Treatment Won't Harm Future Fertility: Study

Health - October 9, 2009

Most women give birth within five years, researchers find more >>

Most Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Healthy Babies

Health - October 6, 2009

But pregnancies should be closely monitored, researchers say more >>

Antidepressants May Be Linked to Birth Problems

Health - October 5, 2009

Moms-to-be taking SSRIs had double the risk of early delivery, study finds more >>

Do Preemies Benefit From High-Tech Measures?

Health - October 5, 2009

Despite medical advances since the 1990s, success rate the same for babies born extremely early more >>

1 Million 'Preemie' Babies Die Each Year: Report

Health - October 4, 2009

13 million babies are born preterm, almost 10 percent of total births worldwide more >>

Pre-Pregnancy Weight Linked to Babies' Heart Problems

Health - October 1, 2009

Overweight women more likely to have infants with certain birth defects, research shows more >>

Health Tip: Reduce the Risk of Preterm Labor

Health - October 1, 2009

Lifestyle choices can help you have a healthy pregnancy more >>

Cooling Helps Oxygen-Deprived Newborns

Health - September 30, 2009

Study found it lowered risk of neurological problems later more >>

Study Urges Treatment for Even Mild Gestational Diabetes

Health - September 30, 2009

Women, babies alike benefit when therapy goes to more than just severe cases, experts say more >>

Fetal Surgery May Treat Heart Defect

Health - September 29, 2009

Researchers see some success in alleviating hypoplastic left heart syndrome more >>

Improved Screening for Jaundice Can Protect Newborns

Health - September 28, 2009

Universal testing would help prevent severe cases that can lead to brain damage, study finds more >>

Antidepressants Linked to Heart Defects in Newborns

Health - September 24, 2009

Certain drugs increase the possibility of septal malformation, researchers find more >>

Predicting Postpartum Depression May Be Possible

Health - September 23, 2009

Spanish researchers report 80 percent success with their method more >>

Recession Has Women Rethinking Childbearing