Whooping cough cases in Colorado have tripled so far this year, and schools are experiencing clusters of the preventable respiratory disease, according to the state health department. The Centers for …
A woman who sought a surgical procedure to prevent pregnancy testified Wednesday that a Cape Breton gynecologist told her the choice should be up to her future husband and that “no other …
Getting prenatal care for her first child was a relative breeze, Cheianne Pogline said: the hospital where she would deliver the baby was only about seven minutes from her house. …
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When I found myself single in my mid-30s living in New York City, I was still undecided about whether I wanted to be a mom. However, I really wanted to …
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The process of having a baby isn’t always easy. And for some, that can mean using reproductive assistance like in vitro fertilization (IVF) to try to conceive. In fact, a …
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Getty; Photo Illustration: Aly LimGetty; Photo Illustration: Aly Lim Two years ago, the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling Roe v. Wade, which had legalized abortion for nearly 50 years. …
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Alex Paige Moore didn’t know she was five months pregnant. Moore, who lives in Adelaide, Australia, was 22 at the time and thought she couldn’t get pregnant: She had polycystic …
They can be as small as a grape or as large as a cantaloupe, and in some cases even bigger. Uterine fibroids — non-cancerous tumours that grow spontaneously inside the …