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It's important not to get genital herpes during pregnancy. A first episode during pregnancy raises the risk of passing the infection to your baby.

Preterm labor is labor that starts before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy. Labor is when the uterus regularly tightens and the cervix starts to thin and open. This lets the baby (fetus) enter the birth canal.

Team members may include a child and adolescent psychiatrist, a psychologist, a social worker, and a psychiatric nurse. Read on to learn more.

Gallstones are lumps of solid material in your gallbladder. They're formed when the digestive juice called bile gets hard like a stone. They can be as small as a grain of sand or as big as a golf ball. Your gallbladder may form one big stone, hundreds of tiny ones, or both sizes at the same time.

A pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blood clot that develops in a blood vessel in the body (often in the leg). It then travels to a lung artery where it suddenly blocks blood flow.

The pelvis is a basin-shaped structure that supports the spinal column and protects the abdominal organs.

Testing methods vary from lab to lab and may affect the likelihood that the lab will identify a mutation in the gene if one is present. Different lab studies have the ability to find different types of mutations. Accuracy will vary, depending on the type of genetic testing method performed.

FAP is a syndrome characterized by a large number of noncancer (benign) polyps in the colon and rectum. Without treatment, a person with FAP has a nearly 100% risk of colorectal cancer.

If you have a family history of multiple cases of the same or related types of cancer, you may need genetic counseling. Read on to learn where to find these services and how they can help you.