A growing number of women are opting for home births. But when issues arise during labor, transferring to a hospital can be ...

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, whether detected before, during, or after childbirth, are linked to an increased risk of developing high blood pressure 2-7 years after delivery.

Ariel Chavis felt everything going wrong as she delivered her daughter. But attentive nurses and surgeons ensured she and her baby made it through.

A new national analysis reveals that the most common causes of death among pregnant and postpartum women are not traditional medical complications, but preventable injuries and violence.

A figure commonly used to compare the risk of death from pregnancy compared with the risk of death from abortion might be based on outdated data, a new study suggests. When you purchase through links ...

For a long time, the same word has been used to describe women decades apart in age: Geriatric. Its definition refers to the care of elderly adults. When most people hear the word, they first picture ...

All hypertensive disorders of pregnancy were tied to increased long-term cardiovascular risk, but superimposed preeclampsia carried the highest risk. All subtypes were significantly associated with ...

Pregnant patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) have a significantly elevated risk for severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and preterm birth, but a novel risk calculator shows promise for predicting ...

Abortion bans across the U.S. are increasing the health risks faced by pregnant women, according to new research that highlights how pregnancy continues to have a much high mortality rate abortion.

Pregnant women “should feel reassured that they still have a safe option to relieve them of their symptoms,” said the study’s lead researcher Getty A new study has found no link between pregnant women ...