NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Pregnant Black women die at a rate more than three times higher than white women, according to new numbers released from the CDC. The CDC counts women who died while pregnant ...

A large U.S. cohort-crossover study found that pregnancy and the postpartum period were linked to about a seven-fold higher ...

Growing a fetus is hard work on your body—and your heart. As your baby grows, your blood volume increases by 30–50%, and your heart beats faster to circulate the extra blood throughout your body.

Heart-related health problems might affect as many as 1 in 7 pregnancies, even among women without any prior heart disease, a new study says. Researchers found a steady increase in heart-related ...

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DENVER — Researchers at Intermountain Health have found that women who develop high blood pressure during pregnancy face a significantly higher risk of serious cardiovascular problems in the years ...

Underlying cardiovascular risk, rather than older age, drives complications such as venous thromboembolism, cardiomyopathy ...

Scientists at The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation have identified a previously unknown molecular safeguard that protects the heart during pregnancy, shedding new light on the causes of ...

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Without warning, Cheveria's heart stopped as she lay atop the operating table where minutes earlier doctors had delivered her ...

Feeling unusually warm at night is one of those pregnancy symptoms that many women do not expect. The temperature of the room ...