With summer temperatures steadily rising above 100 degrees, pregnant women should take special care to stay cool, comfortable and safe. Maintaining good hydration while pregnant is extremely important, and even more so during the summer when our bodies can become dehydrated. Expectant mothers should drink at least eight 12-ounce glasses of water daily, and avoid consuming sugary or caffeinated beverages.

With summer temperatures steadily rising above 100 degrees, pregnant women should take special care to stay cool, comfortable and safe. Maintaining good hydration while pregnant is extremely important, and even more so during the summer when our bodies can become dehydrated. Expectant mothers should drink at least eight 12-ounce glasses of water daily, and avoid consuming sugary or caffeinated beverages.

Proper nutrition during pregnancy is key to promoting healthy development of the fetus as well as managing weight gain. And while most foods are considered safe during pregnancy, consumption of some foods should be reduced or avoided.

To understand any of this, you need to understand what I look like pregnant. Not that I’m pregnant at this moment. At this moment I just look like...

Groups that work with domestic violence victims are challenging a new law that denies state tax credits to donors because the organizations tell women where they can get an abortion.

Groups that work with domestic violence victims are challenging a new law that denies state tax credits to donors because the organizations tell women where they can get an abortion.

Preparing a birth plan is a frequent topic of articles on websites and in pregnancy magazines. Many pregnant patients wonder about this concept, wanting to understand what it is and whether it is necessary.

Birth defects, ranging from minor to life-threatening, affect 3 to 4 percent of all pregnancies. Prenatal blood tests, ultrasounds and genetic testing can help identify possible defects. Performing these tests is a decision only an expectant mother can make, taking into account factors such as her health, age, previous pregnancy experience, family history, and moral and ethical beliefs.

Over 100 Hispanic high school students spent a four-day, three-night experience at the Arizona State University Tempe campus last week learning important leadership skills and college entrance information.

On tax increases and the cost of government

On tax increases and the cost of government

Preparing a birth plan is a frequent topic of articles on websites and in pregnancy magazines. Many pregnant patients wonder about this concept, wanting to understand what it is and whether it is necessary.

Teenage girls may prefer the pill, the patch or even wishful thinking, but their doctors should be recommending IUDs or hormonal implants — long-lasting and more effective birth control that you don’t have to remember to use every time, the nation’s leading gynecologists group said on Sept. 20.

Infant massage may sound unconventional, but one local proponent said it has the potential to provide life-long benefits for both parent and child.

Lois Earley and Jaci Felix, both of Glendale, are two of the 150-word life stories being considered for publication in an upcoming issue of Reader’s Digest magazine.

Recently, I've had an influx of clients come to me devastated because of the additional weight they gained after their experience with the hCG diet. They were under the belief that the hCG diet was the cure-all diet that promised to melt away their unwanted fat forever.

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Recently, I've had an influx of clients come to me devastated because of the additional weight they gained after their experience with the hCG diet. They were under the belief that the hCG diet was the cure-all diet that promised to melt away their unwanted fat forever.

Five hospitals sit within an easy drive of my Indianapolis home. It’s comforting to know, considering that my wife will deliver our second child in late August.

I always knew that at some point in my children’s lives, we would have to say goodbye to our family dog.

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