Smoking among women is nothing unusual, but is disadvisable during pregnancy. It is not just a decades-old message, generally taken casually by many women. If are a mom-to-be and have not been able to or bother to quit smoking - do you know,...

This is the story of Tricia and Nathan Lawrenson. Tricia is a 26-year old woman who suffers from Cystic Fibrosis (like myself). During last year she experienced the normal end-stage CF decline in health and lung-function, which led to her having...

According to doctors and researchers, a recent research proves that low cholesterol is linked with a low birth weight. The right amount of cholesterol is very crucial to giving birth to a healthy newborn — at least this is what the scientists...

The analgesic you might be using to get rid of some minor aches and pains during pregnancy may have duel advantage to your body. While relieving you of that pain, it might also help reduce your pregnancy related problems. This is blessed by...

1. Gestational Hypertension: About 5% of women have hypertension before they become pregnant. This is called chronic hypertension. Another 5% or so develop hypertension during pregnancy. This is called gestational hypertension. Extremely...

Whereas eating fish may lead to the birth of healthy child, because it contains omega-3fatty acids, it can also lead to some bad consequences among which we often count severe neurological damage to the fetus due to mercury, which fish contains....

Here is a piece of warning for expecting women: make sure you cut down the intake of Vitamin E from your diet, as a study conducted at St Thomas’ Hospital in London, link it to the risk of stillbirth. Apart from this, high intake of Vitamin...

Europe is facing a shocking increase of premature birth rate. Experts believe that women’s way of living life can be a cause of it. Researchers find difficult to search the basic cause but obesity, smoking and social class can be the...