Pregnancy: Recognizing The Symptoms Of Common Complications
Recognizing the warning signs of common pregnancy complications allows any expectant mother to seek care more quickly. If you know what to look out for you could save your life, and your baby's.
Breastfeeding Your Baby: Why Breast Is Still Best
Breastfeeding meets all of a baby's nutritional needs in the first six months of life, and provides many benefits that formula doesn't. Read on to find out why breast isn't best — breast is normal!
Fertility: Know Your Facts And Achieve Pregnancy
It's Pregnancy Awareness Week here on SteadyHealth, and we're celebrating it with a fact-packed infographic. How many women get pregnant every second, and what can you do to join them?
Baby Food Contains Fungus-derived Hormones that May Cause Infertility Later in Life
Scientists at the University of Pisa, under the leadership of Francesco Massart tested as many as 185 infant formula feeds and 44 samples of meat based baby food and found almost 28% of them contaminated with a type of fungal hormone.
Cancer Drug Avastin Could Prevent Blindness in Premature Babies
A cancer medicine called Avastin may have the potential to prevent a condition called retinopathy of prematurity, also known as ROP, blinding babies born before their natural antioxidant systems have a chance to develop.
Will the Morning-After Pill Soon Be Available Only with Prescription?
The maker of the Plan B morning-after emergency contraceptive pill is gearing up for another round with a FDA experts panel of to examine the ongoing question: should this pill should be sold to girls under the age of 17 without a prescription?
Tylenol Found Unsafe for Women During Pregnancy
Millions of pregnant women take Tylenol, an over the counter pain reliever with the active ingredient acetominophen, for relief of aches and pains during pregnancy. New research finds that taking Tylenol, unfortunately, may put baby's development at risk.
Blood Test for Down's syndrome Prediction Developed
A new blood test has been developed which can predict Down’s syndrome without resorting to these invasive techniques. It involves analyzing the mother’s blood to find the differences in her DNA and the DNA of the fetus.
Medical Indications For Planned And Emergency Cesarean Sections
The c-section rate in the United States stands at around 32 percent. In what situations are scheduled and emergency cesarean sections carried out?
Genetic Screening Of Eggs Could Increase IVF Success
A team of researchers has road-tested a revolutionary new IVF screening technique. Could it increase IVF success rates to 60 percent or more in the future?