Most Americans know that it’s important for someone to take care of their health before getting pregnant and during pregnancy to increase their chance of having a healthy baby. Many people know, for ...

Smoking even one or two cigarettes a day in the months leading up to pregnancy or during pregnancy significantly increases the risk that the baby will have a severe health problem, new research shows.

Even "light smoking" -- defined as just one or two cigarettes a day -- can be a real drag on pregnancy, causing "major health problems" for the newborn, researchers warn in a new study. wong yu liang ...

A new study has found that exposure to second-hand smoke during pregnancy and actually smoking increase the risk of placental abruption, a complication that can be fatal to both parent and baby, to ...

Smoking during pregnancy may increase your baby’s chances of developing a variety of medical complications. Some research suggests a possible link between smoking during pregnancy and autism spectrum ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For each cigarette a pregnant woman lights up each day, she raises her baby's risk of strabismus by 5 percent, new research suggests. Further, the effect of smoking on the ...

Doctors question research suggesting light drinking is OK for moms-to-be. Oct. 6, 2010— -- Most moms-to-be know that heavy drinking during pregnancy is dangerous to an unborn child's health. But ...

"Our study supports the notion that individuals whose mothers smoked during pregnancy are at an elevated risk of MS compared with individuals of mothers who did not smoke during pregnancy."—Nielsen et ...

Trying to kick the smoking habit with e-cigarettes, or just worried about secondhand exposure to electronic cigarettes?