Report Details Drug And Alcohol Use By Pregnant Women

Connie K. Ho for RedOrbit.com The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently released a report with interesting statistics regarding pregnant women, including the use of cigarettes and other drugs. The article states that 21.8 percent of pregnant White women between ages 15 to 44 (within the past 30 days) smoked cigarettes; this is higher than the level among ...

Share of working moms nearing all-time high, but has it gotten any easier?

What's become clear in the weeks since Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen said Ann Romney "never worked a day in her life" is that the touchy, judgment-passing hostilities of the so-called mommy wars have not ceased to rankle moms of all stripes.

Weighing news for at-risk babies

In April there was good news on the teen pregnancy front -- fewer babies born to girls ages 15 to 19 -- and not-so-good news for infant mortality in Ohio. Thankfully, while those rates are still high, more agencies across the state are working together to do something about it.

Paying tribute to a brilliant artistic visionary

ON FORM — an exhibition to honour the life and work of Durban artist Martin Burnett, who died in December 2011, is being held at The COLLECTIVE in Florida Road, Durban, until May 12. The KwaZulu-Natal visual-arts community have rallied together to create the works for this exhibition to pay tribute to this artist, teacher and collector.

40 percent of Maine births are to single mothers: Experts look at what it means

Catherine Audet of Lewiston laughs as her daughter, Haven, 1, hams it up for the camera on a recent Thursday night. Audet decided to have her child and raise her alone after an unintended pregnancy.