Want to close the healthy baby gap -- and lower costs -- even further (and who doesn't)? Let's start even sooner. Let's begin health care before the beginning.
Valerie Tarico | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics
Dear Bishops: In our struggle to get health care for all, you saw an opportunity to make sure that American women can't afford abortions, a way to be the deciders for all of us.
Amie Newman | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living
Are there "good" reasons for inducing labor through medical intervention? It's a loaded question for which different providers may give you different answers.
Birgitta Lauren | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living
The US infant mortality rate is worse than most developed countries both in Europe and Asia. Twenty-one countries rate better than the US.
Wendy Gordon | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
A new EPA study found 268 bio-accumulative and toxic chemicals--notably mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins and furans--in fish from a national sampling of 500 lakes and reservoirs.
Linda Bergthold | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
The Stupak-Pitts amendment takes me back to the days when abortion was not legal and the shame of an abortion was very much like wearing a big red letter A on your forehead.
AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 11.09.2009 | World
GENEVA — In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cau...
Sphere | Buck Wolf | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living
Allison Henry isn't the first to suffer from a horrifying medical condition that few women talk about. But her case was particularly bad, and she's ju...
Helen I. Hwang | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living
I had my first baby under private health care in the U.S. and then my next one under socialized medicine in the U.K. The differences in the two systems are enlightening, to say the least.
Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.31.2009 | Impact
An estimated 11-15% of babies are exposed to drugs or alcohol in utero. Many of these babies are born with addictions or physical disabilities. For ye...
Yahoo! News | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living
New mothers may be so consumed with their newborns that they forget the ordeal of childbirth. How quickly their bodies actually recover is another sto...
Wendy Gordon | Posted 11.10.2009 | Impact
How can we cut health care costs, save lives and improve our kids' chances to do well in school? Reduce our mercury emissions.
Amie Newman | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics
Is the fact that women experience gender discrimination in health care even debatable? Many insurance companies even regard a C-section as a pre-existing condition. This must stop.
The Guardian | Sarah Boseley | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living
Scientists have established beyond doubt that in rare cases cancer can be transmitted in the womb, following the birth of a baby to a woman with leuke...
True/Slant | Kate Klonick | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics
Mary Cheney, the former vice president's daughter, and her long-time partner, Heather Poe, are expecting their second child, a source close to the fam...
Heather Cabot | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living
For any new mom who hasn't been blessed with a body that easily lets go of pregnancy pounds, bouncing back feels like a long, long road. Even the Biggest Loser's toughest trainer, Jillian Michaels recognizes that.
Peter Clothier | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living
We are reminded by the current debate about health care that we are, as a nation, doing a pretty poor job of taking care of the bodies we have been given to inhabit for the course of our earthly lives.
Huffington Post | Michael Macher | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living
***UPDATE 9/28/09*** The couple was interviewed about their experience this morning on the "Today Show." WATCH: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, W...
Barbara Dehn | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics
Insurance companies have no liability or risk if they chose not to cover prenatal tests. And since health care providers must do these tests, whether they are paid for or not, OB providers and hospitals absorb the cost.
forbes.com | Steve Forbes | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living
Along with keeping mom healthy, regular exercise during pregnancy helps prevent excessive newborn weight, a new study shows....
Morgan Carroll | Posted 11.14.2009 | Denver
Women are charged as much as 30 - 40% more than men for the same coverage in individual health insurance plans.
Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living
Great sex and orgasms are not only possible during pregnancy, it is a practical must for every woman with a healthy, normal pregnancy.
Divine Caroline | The Frisky | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living
What weird foods do stars crave when they're expecting? Nicole Richie is preggers with her second child. She looks like she barely eats at all, so ...
Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 10.20.2009 | Entertainment
Professional athletes are constantly targeted by unscrupulous individuals for unsavory reasons, most of them financial.
Jill Brooke | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment
Almost one in five women seeking infertility treatments are over 40 and two-thirds will not be able to get pregnant on their own.
Heidi Murkoff | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living