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After months of debate over its closure, and a ruling by a state agency in favor of Ascension’s closing it down, the Alexian ...

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A recent March of Dimes report finds a decline in those getting early prenatal care. Experts explain why that's an issue and ...

The Free Birth Society advised pregnant women to avoid doctors and midwives, with deadly consequences. The bigger tragedy is the brutal system the women were so desperate to flee.

The dangers of heat and humidity are so well known it’s become cliche to mention them. But the impacts can extend farther ...

The dangers of heat and humidity are so well known it’s become cliche to mention them. But the impacts can extend farther than even scientists and doctors ...

The results show that humidity makes heat much more dangerous for pregnant women and for child health later in life. People cool their bodies by sweating. Sweat needs dry air to evaporate and remove ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — The dangers of heat and humidity are so well known it’s become cliche to mention them. But the impacts can extend farther than even scientists and doctors realized. In a ...

After years of hosting her husband’s large family, one pregnant woman pulled the plug on Christmas when her in-laws turned on her ex-sister-in-law Getty A woman turned to the Reddit community for ...