A few years ago I visited Dar a Luz, the only free-standing birth center in New Mexico. It looks nothing like the towering urban hospitals I have spent my career working in. Nestled into a valley at ...

WASHINGTONBed rest during pregnancy may not bring all the health benefits new moms may have hoped for. New research is raising fresh concern that the age-old treatment for troubled pregnancies doesn't ...

New research is raising fresh concern that an age-old treatment for troubled pregnancies - bed rest - doesn't seem to prevent premature birth, and might even worsen that risk. Doctors have known for ...

Dads-to-be are known to moan unsympathetically about uncomfortable chairs or beds while their partners are waiting to give birth. However, one dad had even more cause for embarrassment after failing ...