Pregnancy transforms the body. Hormones fluctuate, blood volume rises, and the nervous system adapts, which can increase the risk of neurological disorders. Most pregnancies go smoothly, but some ...

Pregnancy complicated by diabetes—whether pre-existing type 1, type 2, or gestational diabetes—requires heightened vigilance regarding illness prevention. Approximately 10% of pregnancies involve ...

Researchers conducted a cohort study to examine whether major adverse pregnancy outcomes were linked to a future risk for AF. Over 2.2 million Swedish women with a singleton delivery between 1973 and ...

Around 1 in 5 mothers experience perinatal depression. This condition involves depressive episodes during pregnancy or just after birth—often with lasting effects on both mother and child. Yet despite ...

Imagine you got a rough night of sleep. Perhaps you went to bed too late, needed to wake up early or still felt tired when you woke up from what should have been a full night's sleep. For the rest of ...

FUTURE STUDIES. WELL, IN TONIGHT’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, PREGNANCY COMES WITH MANY SYMPTOMS, BUT HAVING A HEALTHY MOM IS A TOP PRIORITY, SO IF YOU PLAN ON BECOMING PREGNANT, YOU MAY WANT TO SPECIFICALLY ASK ...

Based on study findings, women with hypertensive disorders during pregnancy may need additional testing and interventions to prevent future heart disease. Hispanic women who developed signs of high ...

Every woman experiences pregnancy differently, and for many it can be hard to know what is normal and what is not normal, especially for first-time mothers. Because drastic physical changes and ...

Children born to mothers infected with covid-19 during pregnancy faced a higher risk of autism, along with other neurological differences such as delays in speech and motor development, according to a ...

Individuals with subclinical hypothyroidism, thyroid peroxidase antibodies, or both during pregnancy were more likely to develop overt hypothyroidism over the following decades than those with normal ...