Should an OB or a midwife deliver your baby? We explain the differences so you can make the best decisions for you and your baby throughout your pregnancy.
Stop fretting and follow these get-comfortable tips from doctors nationwide.
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, more than all cancers combined. Your OB-GYN can play a key role in helping detect heart disease early on. Learn more.
Birth control pills are so safe and so important to women that they should be sold on drug store shelves, without a doctor's prescription, says a group representing the very doctors who often prescribe them.
You may have thought that since you don't need a Pap test every year you're off the hook when it comes to regularly checking in with your gyno. It's no one's idea of a fun 15 minutes after all, so why not skip it? According to a recent survey from Genentech and the Foundation for Women's Cancer, 25% of women who haven't been to the ob-gyn in the last year haven't gone because—surprise, surprise—they don't like going.
There are lots of reasons that any given pregnancy may be considered “high risk.” It might be a medical condition affecting the mom or a fetus with a heart defect or other structural problem. Or
The FBI is urging current and former patients of obstetrician-gynecologist Javaid Perwaiz to reach out to authorities if they believe the doctor may have performed a surgery on them without their c…
One doctor gets candid about what she is (and isn't) thinking during your visit.