A new study on regional low birth weight offers promise for health care experts in an area of prenatal health on a national scale where progress has been elusive.

Although researchers have long known that low birth weight (defined as a newborn weighing 5.5 lbs or less) can be influenced by many factors including the biological interaction of the mother and the fetus, the parent's socioeconomic status, and medical care, these factors are little understood and public health initiatives aimed at reducing the incidence of low birth weight have been largely unsuccessful

Brooke Shields teams up with a free and confidential educational service called Fertility LifeLines to announce a national infertility awareness campaign encouraging women to know their options, ask fertility questions, and take action early.

Shields, who tried unsuccessfully for over one year to have a baby before getting the help of a fertility specialist, is now the proud mother of daughter Rowan. She acknowledges her experience with infertility was isolating, causing feelings of failure and frustration and says that until she and her husband consulted a fertility specialist, they didn't know how many options were available to them

A British Medical Journal study challenges the belief abortion yields a higher risk of depression.

The authors suggest abortion may be linked to a lower risk of depression through beneficial effects on education, income, and family size

A British Medical Journal study challenges the belief abortion yields a higher risk of depression.

The authors suggest abortion may be linked to a lower risk of depression through beneficial effects on education, income, and family size

Local representatives and senators were asked for more research funding to prevent pregnancy complications at the Women in Government's 7th annual regional conference, on September, 28.

The number of preterm birth and low birth-weight infants are the most pressing obstetrical issues today, reports Michael Paidas, M.D., associate professor and director of The Program for Thrombosis and Hemostasis in Women's Health in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine