Pregnancy News

Teen pregnancy rates high among Hispanics
Mar 13, 2006 ... ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - There's no definitive reason Hispanic teenagers have the highest teen pregnancy rate in the state and in the nation, but some New Mexicans ...

Diet during pregnancy could be a cause of obesity, study
Mar 13, 2006 ... 13/03/2006 - Adjusting the diet of a mother during pregnancy could reduce a childs later risk of developing obesity, diabetes and heart disease, according to ...

Birth control won't prevent all pregnancy, disease
Mar 13, 2006 ... ... August 1996) show that 57 percent of the women having abortions already were using contraceptives and were, presumably, aware that sex can result in pregnancy. ...

Healthy Pregnancy: Pilates Helps Expecting Mothers From Pregnancy ...
Mar 13, 2006 ... ... form. The benefit of Pilates’ movement therapy exercises for women thru pregnancy and post-partum is mostly misunderstood. Simply ...

Healthy babies
Mar 13, 2006 ... ... Poverty also plays a role in school readiness, especially as it impacts a mother’s ability to have a healthy pregnancy and birth outcome, said Virginia Berry ...

Pregnancy appreciated
Ventura County Star (subscription), CA -
Mar 12, 2006When I sat down to write this, I had intended to complain, in the most grateful way possible, about the woes of pregnancy. I wanted ...

A Wrongful Birth?
New York Times, United States -
Mar 11, 2006... screen for genetic disorders. But she was 31, so they did not, despite the fact that she had an unusual pregnancy. Branca bled during ...

AT&T wins ruling on pregnancy suit
San Francisco Chronicle, USA -
Mar 9, 2006Phone company employees who took pregnancy leave before 1979 -- when a federal law first banned pregnancy-related discrimination -- aren't entitled to the same ...

Calcium deficit common during pregnancy, lactation
Reuters.uk, UK -
Mar 9, 2006... Health) - Women who have habitually low levels of calcium in their diet undergo significant changes in bone calcium turnover during pregnancy and lactation ...

Record HIV year prompts screening at pregnancy
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand -
Mar 9, 2006... The Auckland board hopes to start its programme later this year. "If detected early, an HIV pregnancy may result in a healthy HIV-free child. ...

Fraudster faked triplet pregnancy
Toronto Star, Canada -
Mar 9, 2006DARTMOUTH, NS—A Nova Scotia woman who duped her boyfriend's family into believing she was pregnant with triplets, only to tell them later that the babies had ...

Aguilera hints at pregnancy
Ireland Online, Ireland -
Mar 9, 2006Christina Aguilera has sparked rumours she's pregnant by insisting she's all out to realise her dreams of becoming a young mother. ...

NS woman faked triplets pregnancy
Toronto Star, Canada -
Mar 9, 2006DARTMOUTH, NS — A Nova Scotia woman who duped her boyfriend's family into believing she was pregnant with triplets has pleaded guilty to fraud and possessing ...

Abortion trend in much of world contrasts with dispute in US
The State, SC -
Mar 12, 2006... Nepal, which had prohibited abortion, legalized it in 2002 without restrictions during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy and after that to protect a woman’s ...

Man sues for right to refuse to support unintended pregnancy
Kentucky.com, KY -
Mar 10, 2006NEW YORK - Contending that women have more options than they do in the event of an unintended pregnancy, men's rights activists are mounting a long-shot legal ...

No compo for sterilisation pregnancy
Ninemsn, Australia -
Mar 10, 2006... her tubes had indeed been blocked. Her pregnancy was a rare and inexplicable medical anomaly, he found. Ms Moore, who has eight ...

Reduce unintended pregnancy numbers
Canon City Daily Record, United States -
Mar 9, 2006The United States has one of the highest unintended pregnancy rates in the First World, even though federal health officials have placed a high priority on ...

Mulgrave woman found guilty of stealing identities, faking ...
ChronicleHerald.ca, Canada -
Mar 10, 2006... the doctors and the hospital. "She maintained this facade through 8 1/2 months of a fake pregnancy," he said. "She put on weight ...

Moms Shed Pregnancy Pounds By Pushing Strollers
Mar 13, 2006 ... , IL -
Mar 10, 2006While babies just get to sit back and watch, moms are getting a workout and hoping to shed their pregnancy pounds, with Stroller Strides. ...

Analysis:Pregnancy and breast cancer
United Press International -
Mar 10, 2006... The guideline differentiates whether a woman is in the first, second or third trimester of her pregnancy when the cancer is discovered. ...

The Newest Technology Trends for Pregnancy
eMaxHealth.com, NC -
Mar 10, 2006A new special report on the latest medical technologies and major health issues related to pregnancy has been published by the not-for-profit National Women's ...

Former drug users produce pregnancy leaflet
24dash.com, UK -
Mar 10, 2006A leaflet written by women who have been through a pregnancy while in drug and alcohol treatment has been made available to other would-be mums seeking help in ...

Study: West Nile poses small risk for pregnancy outcomes
CIDRAP, MN -
Mar 9, 2006Seven of 72 children of mothers who had West Nile infection during pregnancy were born with major abnormalities, but the timing of the illnesses indicates that ...