Eating Licorice and Premature Babies
    Eating Licorice and Premature Babies

    Pregnant women who eat lots of black licorice may be at increased risk of pre-term labor, according to a study in the June 2001 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. (more…)…

    Preventable Mental Retardation?
    Preventable Mental Retardation?

    A study in the July issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology reports that untreated urinary tract infection during the first and third trimester of pregnancy is associated with a 40% increase in mental reta…

    Pregnant Women Should Take Caution Using Untested Remedies
    Pregnant Women Should Take Caution Using Untested Remedies

    An expecting mom in her 37th week of pregnancy told me that her midwife recommended that she take evening primrose oil to bring on labor slowly, but surely. The mom asked me if there would be any side…

    Effects of Alcohol and Pregnancy
    Effects of Alcohol and Pregnancy

    The first trimester of pregnancy can be a vulnerable time. Some medicines taken during that period can have catastrophic effects on the baby. The third trimester is generally safer. Evidence published…

    Dilemma in Treating Cancer During Pregnancy
    Dilemma in Treating Cancer During Pregnancy

    How tragic to be expecting a child - one of life's great joys - and to discover that you have breast cancer. This nightmare happens during about one in 3,500 pregnancies. We know that chemotherapy wor…

    Mother's Instincts
    Mother’s Instincts

    As parents we know that having children changes our entire experience of the world. Women also know that the miracle of pregnancy changes the body in tangible ways. New research published in the Novem…

    Fast Facts about SIDS
    Fast Facts about SIDS

    Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, is defined as the sudden, unexpected and unexplained death of any infant or young child. (more…)…

    Fast Facts about Trisomy 13
    Fast Facts about Trisomy 13

    Trisomy 13 (also called Patau Syndrome) occurs in up to 1 out of 5,000 newborns (Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation, Saunders 1988). (more…)…