Janell Green Smith, a certified nurse-midwife and doctor of nursing practice in South Carolina, chose her career because of ...

An artificial intelligence-based tool can predict the medical trajectories of individual premature newborns from blood samples collected soon after they are born, a Stanford Medicine-led study has ...

Older mothers are more likely to give birth prematurely or suffer complications, warns new research. Giving birth to a child after the age of 40 is becoming more common, but it can entail an increased ...

Janell Green Smith, a dedicated midwife, tragically passed away from childbirth complications after delivering her first ...

In addition to pain control during labor, a major concern is how to provide anesthesia for women with low platelet counts who require cesarean delivery. In normal-risk women, spinal or epidural ...

Being pregnant with more than one baby is pretty special! And odds are everything will go smoothly for you and your little ones. But it's important to know that carrying twins or multiples ...

Gestational diabetes may occur when your body doesn’t produce enough insulin during pregnancy. If blood glucose levels aren’t managed well, you may face complications such as hypertension and ...

Janell Green Smith, a respected nurse-midwife, died from childbirth complications, raising urgent questions about postpartum risks and maternal safety.

Just a 10-point increase in a pregnant woman’s systolic blood pressure — the top number in a blood pressure reading — is ...

ELGIN, S.C. - A 31-year-old South Carolina mother died from complications of COVID-19 just weeks after giving birth to her fourth child. Sara Caitlin Vilchez was diagnosed with COVID-19 38 weeks into ...