Heart disease continues to be a leading cause of death worldwide. Healthy eating plays a significant role in controlling heart disease and reducing the risk factors associated with heart attacks and strokes.
When you’re expecting, it’s natural to be excited and anxious about your delivery day. Even though your due date is three to four weeks away, you may already have a hospital bag packed.
Nebraska Medicine interventional radiologists Joseph McBride, MD, and Maria O’Malley, MD, discuss frequently asked questions about uterine fibroids and the benefits of fibroid embolization.
Congenital syphilis occurs when a pregnant person infected with the organism responsible for syphilis (Treponema pallidum) transmits that infection to the fetus via the placenta. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a tenfold increase in congenital syphilis in the past 10 years.
Being told you have a high-risk pregnancy can seem scary, but it's just a way for doctors to make sure that you and your baby get the attention you need. While you may need extra care and monitoring, most expecting mothers make it through their pregnancies with little to no complications.
Choosing a birth control method is an important, personal decision. Because there are so many different methods, it’s tough to know which side effects are typical or mythical.
Recently, a new drug called zuranolone became the first drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration developed specifically for treating postpartum depression.
A gynecologic oncologist is a physician trained in obstetrics and gynecology. They also have specialized training in gynecologic oncology. Gynecologic oncologists treat patients with cancer of the uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and peritoneum (lining of the abdominal cavity).