Pregnancy and Childbirth

Maryland suspends licenses of 3 abortion clinics

2013-03-12 16:55:48

State health officials have suspended surgical abortion procedures at three clinics, including one in Baltimore where a patient suffered cardiac arrest and later died at a hospital. The physician who performed the abortion at Associates in OB/GYN Care...

Women should be concerned about low libido

2013-03-06 15:49:00

Low libido can not only ruin a women's sex life but could also cause her to miss out on some key health benefits. Dr. Valerie Omicioli, a certified menopause practitioner and clinical assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences...

Anne Arundel County health briefs

2013-03-08 00:00:00

Vision and health The Health Department offers vision and hearing screenings in public schools for children in preschool, kindergarten, first and eighth grade, and also for students new to Anne Arundel county schools. Students in the following schools...

U.S. lags world, fails women with lack of paid leave

2013-02-21 11:44:00

This month marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Family and Medical Leave Act. The 1993 act is a federal law requiring employers to provide employees 12 weeks of unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons, including pregnancy. On this...

How common is eclampsia today?

2013-02-20 11:58:00

A popular "Downton Abbey" character died in childbirth from eclampsia in a storyline that shocked audiences. But what exactly is eclampsia, and does it kill modern-day moms? Barbara Deller, a nurse-midwife and senior maternal and newborn health adviser...

'Downton Abbey' Season 3 finale, Matthew Crawley's terrible fate

2013-02-17 20:01:00

If you're a big fan, you already knew what was coming in the season finale. But it didn't make it any easier -- or less heartbreaking -- to watch. The majority of the Season 3 "Downton" finale, or the "Christmas special" as its called in the U.K.,...

Roe v. Wade at 40

2013-01-26 04:00:00

At last week's signing of "executive actions" designed to combat gun violence in America, President Barack Obama, flanked by schoolchildren, said, "when it comes to protecting the most vulnerable among us, we must act now." There's no doubt that...

Obama's State of the Union address as prepared for delivery [Text]

2013-02-12 18:28:00

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens:� Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he...

Pregnancy resource center opens in Arbutus

2013-02-11 03:00:00

It has been just over a month since the Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns opened its fourth pregnancy resource center in Arbutus and growth is coming slowly. The Arbutus center had five clients in January, according to Allison Benson,...

Unintended pregnancies higher in military

2013-02-02 17:20:24

Just over 10 percent of women in the military said in 2008 that they'd had an unintended pregnancy in the previous year — a figure significantly higher than rates in the general public, according to a U.S. study. The findings, which appeared this...

'Downton Abbey' recap, Branson's revolutionary war

2013-01-20 16:20:00

What better time than a Crawley dinner with the Archbishop of York for Branson to get all revolutionary and escape to Downton? Loved the transition here. Robert is talking to the archbishop about Catholics and admits that he's anti-Catholic. "There...

Two die in Northeast Baltimore house fire

2013-01-03 18:25:48

Two people died in a two-alarm house fire in Northeast Baltimore late Wednesday, fire officials said. Firefighters were called to the 3000 block of Montebello Terrace just after 11:30 p.m. Seven adults, including a pregnant woman, were inside the 11/2-...

"Pregnant Woman" by Louise Bourgeois

2012-11-02 09:12:00

Gunfire shatters window, glass cuts reportedly pregnant woman inside

2012-10-17 00:00:00

That scene of a shooting where a pregnant young woman and teenage boy were wounded in a drive-by shooting.

2012-08-09 00:00:00