Louisiana hospitals have locked up a key drug used to stop women from bleeding out after giving birth as a new state law takes effect Tuesday. The law, named Act 246, classifies two common pregnancy ...

For decades, one of the most widely prescribed pregnancy drugs has been used on faith: doctors knew it helped sustain early pregnancies, but not exactly how. Now, after roughly 70 years in clinics and ...

Diclegis is now the only FDA-approved drug for morning sickness. April 9, 2013— -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Monday approved Diclegis, a drug used to treat pregnant women for morning ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Antimalarials, azathioprine, colchicine, cyclosporine, sulfasalazine and tacrolimus are deemed compatible with ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. The president of the United States recently claimed that the use of acetaminophen, commonly known by the brand name ...

The study also found that women with a history of GLP-1 use had a 30% higher risk of developing gestational diabetes, a ...

Almut Winterstein consults on medication safety issues to Merck, Syneos, Lykos and Novo Nordisk. She receives funding for pregnancy-related research from NIH, CDC, FDA, and the Gates Foundation. Sonja ...

Treasure McGuire does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Penicillin allergy delabeling is recommended for low-risk pregnant patients. Breastfeeding is not an absolute ...

It isn’t known for sure whether it’s safe to take clopidogrel during pregnancy. The drug’s clinical trials didn’t include people who were pregnant or breastfeeding. In animal studies, there was also ...

During the past few months, President Trump and his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., have made sweeping, thinly evidenced claims that Tylenol (acetaminophen) in pregnancy is linked to autism ...