The Illinois General Assembly passed SB1814 earlier this year. The law requires the Illinois Department of Health to create a public education campaign and help train more healthcare workers on ...

Some babies never make it to birth. Some — and there is no easy way to say this — are born to die. During pregnancy, a woman’s body undergoes fundamental changes to accommodate the growth of a fetus.

Background: The ultrasound-guided axillary vein approach for central venous catheterization (UAVC) demonstrates high success rates and low complications; however, its utilization in trauma care ...

Intra-amniotic infection (IAI), or chorioamnionitis, complicates up to 10% of all pregnancies and up to 2% of labors at term. There is a significant risk of complications for the mother and the ...

A pulmonary embolism (PE) occurs when a foreign substance blocks an artery in your lungs, stopping blood flow. It’s usually caused by a blood clot, but can sometimes be due to lipid, air, or tumor ...

For most of my life, I was afraid to become a mother—partially because I had a traumatic childhood myself. Once I got into a healthy relationship and got married in my late 20s, other friends were ...

One evening, a pet owner noticed their usually playful feline retching violently. Instead of the typical hairball, the animal expelled a dark, grainy substance resembling coffee grounds. This ...

When I was five months pregnant with my second child, I woke up to warm fluid leaking beneath me in the middle of the night. Bleeding during pregnancy can be understandably scary, and I feared the ...

Researchers have developed a new stem cell model of the mature human amniotic sac, which replicates development of the tissues supporting the embryo from two to four weeks after fertilization. This is ...

Pain under your left rib cage or breast is common, especially after eating or while seated. Movements like bending or activities such as eating certain foods may worsen this discomfort. The pain can ...

Standing outside the hospital elevator doors, Matthew Okula faced an impossible decision. Doctors and nurses were wheeling his wife, 33-year-old Hailey Okula, to the intensive care unit shortly after ...

R esearchers from UC San Francisco have announced a study that found computed tomography, or CT scans, may account for as much as 5% of all cancers annually. This is comparative to the cancer risk ...