Family Health Articles

If you were active in a contact sport like basketball or kickboxing before you got pregnant, you'll want to know if you can safely carry on during your nine months.

Have you recently found out that you are pregnant with twins? You'll have plenty of questions about the future, and the birth of your babies is only the start!

Preimplantation Genetic Screening is a procedure that can be used in combination with IVF or ICSI. It can identify embryos at risk of carrying genetic diseases. Who should consider having this procedure done, and how does it work?

Spina bifida is a birth defect that affects one in every 1,000 babies. How do pregnant women find out if their baby has spina bifida, what kinds of symptoms do these children experience, and what can you do to help prevent spina bifida?

Are you in your ninth month of pregnancy and nearing your estimated due date? You may be getting nervous, especially if your doctor has mentioned inducing you through medical means like Pitocin.

Do you know the early signs of a pregnancy? Have you chosen a contraceptive method? Or are you already pregnant and looking into your options? Read on to find out more about teen pregnancy, its risks, and the options if you do become pregnant.

A rabbit trial of a new non-hormonal male contraceptive exceeded researchers' expectations, and the method could be on the market within two years!

Chorionic Villus Sampling and amniocentesis may offer remarkably accurate prenatal diagnoses, but could these tests be missing part of the picture? New research suggests that they do, and that abnormal cells may be repaired down the line.

Is sexual intercourse during pregnancy safe, or can it induce a miscarriage? This is one of the questions that bothers many couples who are expecting their first child. Read on to find the answer to that and many other questions.

All kinds of factors influence your chance of being successful at IVF your age and your partner's, the reason for your infertility, and whether you have had a child before or not are just some of them.