Leaving N.L. for pregnancy care an ordeal: patient

A woman who is one of 11 in the past month to have been sent out of Newfoundland and Labrador for medical care because the province's hospitals couldn't handle her high-risk pregnancy says her experience was horrible.

Pregnancy care shortage unusual: MD

An obstetrician who has been working in St. John's for three decades says he has never seen high-risk pregnancies and premature babies sent out of the province for care before.

Pregnancy week by week

Dr. Lawrence Gibson likens bad health information on the Internet to food poisoning. Consumers, he says, need to be aware and will find reliable information at MayoClinic.com.

'The Determinants Of A Successful Pregnancy' - ESHRE's First Workshop In Croatia

The workshop provides a forum for clinicians and scientists to share research results and discuss new developments: ESHRE Campus symposium, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 24-25 September 2010. The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology Special Interest Groups Reproductive Surgery, Early Pregnancy and Reproductive Endocrinology invite you to this campus course where scientists and clinicians ...

Neonatal Intensive Care Units Critical To Infant Survival

March of Dimes supports congressional briefing on infant mortalityVery low birthweight and very preterm infants are more likely to die if they are not born at hospitals with neonatal intensive care units specially equipped to care for seriously ill newborns, in contrast to similar babies born at those specialized facilities."We encourage women who have high risk pregnancies to talk with ...