A pudendal block is when your doctor injects numbing medicine into the vagina and the nearby pudendal nerve.

If you are thinking about having a baby and you have high blood pressure, talk first to your doctor or nurse

Preconception health care is care given to a woman before pregnancy to manage conditions and behaviors that could be a risk to her or her ba...

Researchers and health care providers use the term neural tube defects to describe one important category of birth defects.

The debate rages on- which healthcare system best serves its citizens, the US' tiered health care system, or Canada's socialized system?

Basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma are the two types of non-melanoma skin cancers. Luckily, there are many options for treatin...

scientists successfully grew and implanted penile tissue into rabbits

A new study has found that drinking

Are all birth defects something about which we can do nothing? Or can many birth defects actually be prevented?

According to the CDC and Prevention, "maternal prenatal alcohol use is one of the leading preventable causes of birth defects and devel...