News for Pregnant Moms

During pregnancy, don't pin your hopes on the results of a cervical exam.

Pregnancy after 35 — Older moms face higher risks, but a healthy pregnancy is still likely.

Group prenatal care helps provide a sense of community during pregnancy.

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A miscarriage is what happens when a mother loses a pregnancy in the first 20 weeks of gestation, if you lose the fetus after 20 weeks it is considered a preterm birth or a still born. It is perhaps one of the most devastating things that can happen when you are pregnant.

Your Birth Plan lets you reflect some of your personality, what your hopes and plans are, how you feel about the birth. Your Birth Plan strategy is not just a laundry list of what you want but is a way for everyone to work together.

Lead Found in Purses, in Toxic Levels danger for pregnant women. The colors that showed the highest levels of lead are yellow, and yellow tinted colors, such as green and orange.

When you are pregnant and preparing for baby, there are several things most parents do to get ready. However, many don’t spend any time at all preparing their marriage for the arrival of the baby.

The hallucinogen psilocybin -- known by the street name magic mushrooms -- may help ease the anxiety that often accompanies late-stage cancer, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

It's hard to predict which pills will best lower which patient's high blood pressure, but researchers are hunting ways to better personalize therapy — perhaps even using a blood test.

Long-term weight loss may release into the blood industrial pollutants linked to illnesses like diabetes, hypertension and rheumatoid arthritis, researchers said on Tuesday.

Japan has confirmed the nation's first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India, a Health Ministry official said Tuesday.

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: