FOR three years, Angelica Ortiz was told to “just lose weight” when she visited doctors about her rapidly swelling belly. It swelled so badly that strangers congratulated her on her ...

Health care providers said pregnant patients are having more complications linked to stress. But fear of immigration agents is keeping them from prenatal care.

Yes, those were the shocking words that came from the mouths of doctors I was meant to trust. A quick rewind. I first sought ...

Parents can't get enough of Dr Niamh Lynch's no-nonsense, straight talking videos to help navigate children's health. Now the Cork paediatrician has turned that advice into a book.

As the measles outbreak grows in South Carolina and more cases continue to trickle into the Charlotte area, doctors are still ...

LaChunda Hunter didn't think she could have kids. When she learned she was pregnant, she called it a miracle. That miracle ...

The flu has infected "significantly" more Americans this winter than usual, says a doctor and infectious disease specialist.

Casey Gould sees herself as "one of the lucky ones" because she made it out alive and gets a future with her healthy baby.

At first glance, mom Shelby Rupp thought it looked exactly like a bug bite, and nothing about it initially felt alarming.

My husband and I have been going through some very tough times this past year and a half. My husband hurt his back very badly ...

Decades after a landmark study showed the lasting health effects of such trauma, researchers are finding ways to guard ...

It’s important to remember that generosity from others – in good times and bad – isn’t an invoice that we have to scramble to repay somehow, writes.