Along with a hefty list of side effects and symptoms like swelling, morning sickness and fatigue, pregnancy can also bring unwanted health conditions and complications. Symptoms that you try to shrug ...

ATLANTA -- Women who had been taking GLP-1 receptor agonist medications prior to becoming pregnant had a lower risk of gestational diabetes but not pre-eclampsia during pregnancy, according to a small ...

Cholesterol doesn’t have the same clout as plenty of other heart-related biomarkers. You can’t check the amount of cholesterol (a.k.a. a waxy fat made by your liver) floating in your blood using a ...

A new paper published in the American Journal of Hypertension suggests that a woman's blood pressure before pregnancy is related to her likelihood of giving birth to a boy or girl. The possibility of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Women who have high blood pressure before becoming pregnant are less likely to breastfeed for at least three months and more likely to stop earlier than women without the condition, ...

Daily metformin use in the month before pregnancy is associated with more than 70% reduction in risk for hyperemesis gravidarum in first pregnancies. The protective effect persists in second ...

The window of opportunity to address risk factors for birth defects lies in pre-pregnancy care, according to a study based on responses from 5,374 women that published in August. Research, published ...