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Pregnancy is the state of carrying an unborn baby or the period in which a fetus develops inside a woman's womb or uterus. Pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks, counting from the first day of your last normal period. The weeks are grouped into three trimesters.
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JAN 08, 2018Immunology
The Zika virus is notorious for its deleterious effects on pregnancy, whether through causing miscarriages or birth defe ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 03, 2018Cannabis Sciences
More women are using cannabis during pregnancy -- but is that safe for them and their developing fetus?Written By: Loren DeVitoJAN 03, 2018Neuroscience
Postpartum depression (PPD) can be debilitating and severely impact a mother's ability to enjoy her newborn child. T ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 02, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Women are born with all of the eggs they will have, and maintaining those cells until it's time to start releasing them ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2017Immunology
Immune cells in the uterus that produce important growth-promoting factors could be both the explanation for and the sol ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 21, 2017Health & Medicine
The United States is one of the most advanced countries in the world, especially regarding healthcare. Of the top ten ho ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 20, 2017Videos
Post-partum baby blues are most commonly associated with mothers of newborns. But a new study finds that new dads are no ...DEC 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A cheap and commonly used diabetes drug may also treat and prevent preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a medical condition tha ...DEC 19, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Women who experience miscarriage may not have to delay trying for another half a year. The results of the study aggregat ...DEC 13, 2017Cardiology
"High blood sugar levels are not only unhealthy for adults; they're unhealthy for developing fetuses," say ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 07, 2017Health & Medicine
The benefits of vitamin D seem to hit the news on a regular basis. There is growing evidence that keeping levels of the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 14, 2017Microbiology
Zika virus is a member of the Flavivirus family which also includes the dengue, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, and ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 13, 2017Videos
Seahorses mate and reproduce quite differently than most other fish in the sea. It all starts with a romantic encounter ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 10, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Miscarriage is one of the most common complications in early pregnancy, affecting around one in every four pregnancies. ...NOV 09, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Eat your spinach or you may risk losing your hearing, suggests a study. In examining a large cohort of over 300,000 peop ...NOV 06, 2017Immunology
Around the world pregnant women and their babies are at risk of a bacterial infection that is a major cause of maternal ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 03, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A recent study reported that fevers in early pregnancy increased the risk for birth defects. Thus, moms-to-be may want t ...OCT 30, 2017Plants & Animals
The Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus batesii) can be found throughout South America, residing in the vast rainfor ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 24, 2017Health & Medicine
When a woman is pregnant, it's often said that she is eating for two. While that may be true, what matters more than ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 24, 2017Videos
Before the discovery of the human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) hormone and the invention of the home pregnancy test, ma ...OCT 18, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
If any new moms out there have reservations about whether or not to consume the placenta after birth, a newly published ...OCT 16, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
The precious fluid that protects a baby in the womb may also hold the potential to restore bone loss. Such discovery, re ...OCT 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Many women in their early pregnancies are hesitant to take medications for fear that they may endanger their baby. Howev ...OCT 11, 2017Immunology
The Zika virus is mutating so dangerously fast that experts studying the pathogen in Brazil are concerned that we may be ...Written By: Kara Marker
JAN 08, 2018
Immunology
The Zika virus is notorious for its deleterious effects on pregnancy, whether through causing miscarriages or birth defe
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 03, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
More women are using cannabis during pregnancy -- but is that safe for them and their developing fetus?
Written By:
Loren DeVito
JAN 03, 2018
Neuroscience
Postpartum depression (PPD) can be debilitating and severely impact a mother's ability to enjoy her newborn child. T
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 02, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Women are born with all of the eggs they will have, and maintaining those cells until it's time to start releasing them
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2017
Immunology
Immune cells in the uterus that produce important growth-promoting factors could be both the explanation for and the sol
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 21, 2017
Health & Medicine
The United States is one of the most advanced countries in the world, especially regarding healthcare. Of the top ten ho
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 20, 2017
Videos
Post-partum baby blues are most commonly associated with mothers of newborns. But a new study finds that new dads are no
...
DEC 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A cheap and commonly used diabetes drug may also treat and prevent preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a medical condition tha
...
DEC 19, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Women who experience miscarriage may not have to delay trying for another half a year. The results of the study aggregat
...
DEC 13, 2017
Cardiology
"High blood sugar levels are not only unhealthy for adults; they're unhealthy for developing fetuses," say
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 07, 2017
Health & Medicine
The benefits of vitamin D seem to hit the news on a regular basis. There is growing evidence that keeping levels of the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 14, 2017
Microbiology
Zika virus is a member of the Flavivirus family which also includes the dengue, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, and
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 13, 2017
Videos
Seahorses mate and reproduce quite differently than most other fish in the sea. It all starts with a romantic encounter
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 10, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Miscarriage is one of the most common complications in early pregnancy, affecting around one in every four pregnancies.
...
NOV 09, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Eat your spinach or you may risk losing your hearing, suggests a study. In examining a large cohort of over 300,000 peop
...
NOV 06, 2017
Immunology
Around the world pregnant women and their babies are at risk of a bacterial infection that is a major cause of maternal
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 03, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A recent study reported that fevers in early pregnancy increased the risk for birth defects. Thus, moms-to-be may want t
...
OCT 30, 2017
Plants & Animals
The Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus batesii) can be found throughout South America, residing in the vast rainfor
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
When a woman is pregnant, it's often said that she is eating for two. While that may be true, what matters more than
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 24, 2017
Videos
Before the discovery of the human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) hormone and the invention of the home pregnancy test, ma
...
OCT 18, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
If any new moms out there have reservations about whether or not to consume the placenta after birth, a newly published
...
OCT 16, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The precious fluid that protects a baby in the womb may also hold the potential to restore bone loss. Such discovery, re
...
OCT 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Many women in their early pregnancies are hesitant to take medications for fear that they may endanger their baby. Howev
...
OCT 11, 2017
Immunology
The Zika virus is mutating so dangerously fast that experts studying the pathogen in Brazil are concerned that we may be
...
Written By:
Kara Marker