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Survival Improves for Babies of America's Youngest Moms
Survived a Heart Attack? Long Work Hours Raise Your Odds for Another
Symptomatic COVID Could Bring on Emergency Delivery in Pregnant Women
Taking 2 Supplements in Pregnancy Could Lower Baby's Odds for Croup
Talking to Kids About Abortion Bans Can Be Tough. Experts Offer Guidance
Teen Smoking Rates Drop, E-Cig Use Rises: Study
Teens Aren't Turning to E-Cigarettes to Quit Smoking
Teens More Likely to Vape If Parent Smokes
Teens Who Use Pot, E-Cigs and Cigarettes Are in Triple Danger
Telehealth Services Can Help Women Access, Understand Medical Abortion
Texas Mother Transmitted COVID-19 to Unborn Baby: Study
THC From Pot Lingers in Breast Milk for Weeks: Study
The Sooner Young Smokers Start, The Less Likely They Are to Quit
There's No Healthy Alternative to Smoking Except Quitting: Study
Tips for Making 2021 a Healthier Year
Tobacco Company Coupons Raise Odds Ex-Smokers Will Light Up Again
Too Many Fertility Specialists Still Use a Painful, Useless Procedure: Study
Too Many, Too Few Babies May Speed Aging in Women
Too Much Pot During Pregnancy May Endanger Baby's Health
Too Often, Fatal Heart Attack or Stroke Is First Sign of Heart Trouble in Smokers
Tough Childhoods Are Tough on Adult Hearts: Study
Toxic Metals Might Affect Pregnancy, Study Finds
U.S. Leads Wealthy Nations in Pregnancy-Related Deaths
U.S. Maternal Deaths Spiked Upwards During Pandemic
U.S. Moms-to-Be Are Much Less Healthy Now
U.S. Rate for a Dangerous Pregnancy Complication Doubled in 12 Years
U.S. Smoking Rate Hits All-Time Low
U.S. Smoking, Vaping Rates Fell in First Year of Pandemic: CDC
U.S. Teen Birth Rate Hits Another Historic Low
U.S. Teen Vaping Rates Are Leveling Off But Still High
U.S.-Wide Abortion Ban Could Cause Big Uptick in Deaths to Moms
Under 50 and Had a Heart Attack? Quit Smoking, and You'll Live Longer
Unhealthy in Your 20s? Your Mind May Pay the Price Decades Later
Up to 60% of Teens in Some U.S. Schools Used E-Cigs: Study
Use of Frozen Embryos Tied to Higher Odds for Dangerous Complication of Pregnancy
Vaccine Taken During Pregnancy Might Shield Baby Against RSV
Vaginal Bacteria Could Help Predict Risk of Premature Birth: Study
Vaping Can Trigger Gene Changes in Cells: Study
Vaping Could Raise Teens' Odds for Severe COVID
Vaping Could Weaken Your Bones, Study Finds
Vaping Just Once Triggers Dangerous 'Oxidative Stress'
Vaping May Addle the Adolescent Brain
Vaping Might Beat Nicotine Patches in Helping Pregnant Women Quit Smoking
Vaping Pot Worse Than Vaping Tobacco for Teens' Lungs: Study
Vaping Raises Blood Clotting Risks, Harms Small Arteries: Study
Vaping Ups Teens' Odds for Asthma, Asthma Attacks
Vaping Won't Help Smokers Quit, Another Study Finds
Vaping Worse Than Smoking for Boosting Odds for Stroke at Young Age
Vasectomy Reversal Just as Successful in Men Over 50
Weight Loss May Not Affect Fertility Treatment Success
What Are Your Chances of Having a Second IVF Baby?
What Behaviors Will Shorten Your Life?
What Happens to Your Body When You Quit Smoking
What Puts You at High Risk of Midlife Mental Decline?
What's Really Killing the 'Night Owls'?
When COVID-19 Strikes in Pregnancy, C-Section Tied to Worse Outcomes
White Women Tend to Get Better Pain Management After Childbirth
Why Are More Women Using Pot, Other Cannabis Products During Pregnancy?
Why Are Young Black Americans Becoming Less Heart-Healthy?
Why High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy Bodes Ill for Future Health
Why Quitting Smoking Might Be a Bit Tougher for Women
Will Pandemic Produce a Summer Baby Boom?
With Abortion Access Under Threat, Doctors Focus on 'Contraceptive Counseling'
Women Exposed to Racism at Higher Odds for Premature Delivery
Women in Their 50s Can Lower Their Stroke Risk – Here's How
Women Smokers Less Likely to Get Cancer Screenings
Women Talking: Online Therapy Connects Postpartum Depression Patients With Survivors
Women With Type 1 Diabetes May Have Fewer Childbearing Years: Study
You Don't Have to Be a Smoker to Get Lung Cancer
You Don't Have to Smoke to Get Lung Cancer
Young Americans Still Want Same Number of Kids, Just Not Right Now
Youth Vaping Rates Have Plunged During Lockdown: Study
Youth Vaping Triples Odds for Adult Smoking
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