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Pregnancy and Parenting News
Want to stay up to date on the latest pregnancy and parenting news? Here are some sources that are definitely worth checking out on a regular basis. Read Ann Douglas' brand new blog Yahoo! Parenting at Yahoo! Canada Lifestyle for leads on preganancy and parenting stories in the news
.Parenting @ Yahoo Lifestyle. You can access hundreds of Ann's articles about conception, pregnancy, birth and parenting (babies, toddlers, preschoolers, school-aged kids, sleep, feeding your kids, discipline, work-life balance and many other topics) via the newly launched Lifestyle Channel @ Yahoo Canada. You'll also find articles from Today's Parent.
American Press Institute: Medical/Health News
One-stop shopping for the best sources of medical and health news on the Web, courtesy of the American Press Institute.
MedlinePlus.com
The National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health operate Medline Plus -- a health website dedicated to providing comprehensive and accurate health information. This portion of the site provides a 30 day summary of health news from the New York Times Syndicate, Reuters Health Information, and other news sources.
The Mother of All Blogs
The online web log (or "blog") of pregnancy and parenting book author Ann Douglas (the founder of this website and our sister site, PregnancyLibrary.com) frequently includes updates on the latest news on the pregnancy and parenting fronts, links to must-read parent blogs, etc. You may also want to check out Ann's Amazon.com Author Connect blog for pregnancy and parenting news, book news, and much more.
NEW !!! The Mother of All Lenses: Pregnancy and Parenting
A Squidoo "lens" that examines pregnancy and mom culture trends, the best parenting hacks, pregnancy and parenting news (from leading news sources), and much more.
PubMed
The National Library of Medicine's PubMed database includes over 14 million journal article citations dating from the present back to the 1950s. In some cases, you can access full-text versions of these articles for free. A fabulous research tool for the obsessive mamas and papas of the world.
Reutershealth.com
Reutershealth.com is an excellent source of all types of health news. The stories that you read on the Reutershealth.com website today will show up in your morning newspaper tomorrow.
WebMD.com
This popular consumer health website provides extensive coverage of all the latest health and parenting news. To find any stories related to pregnancy or parenting, start at the Pregnancy and Family Center.
Other Excellent Sources of Health and Parenting News
Here are the links to the websites of some print and broadcast news organizations that also provide excellent coverage of parenting news (and, in some cases, pregnancy news, too).
- American Baby
- Baby Talk
- BBC News: Health
- Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers
- CNN: Health Section
- Conceive Magazine
- Fit Pregnancy
- The Globe and Mail
- Los Angeles Times: Health Section
- Literary Mama
- Mamazine.com
- Mothers and More
- MSN.com: Health
- The New York Times: Health Section
- Parenting
- Parents
- Pediatrics for Parents
- Salon: Life
- Today's Parent
- Washington Post's Health Page
- Working Mother
NEW!!!
Here are links to some journals and science magazines that I invariably find useful when researching my pregnancy and parenting books. Note: Some journals will only allow you to access the current month's content unless you're a subscriber, so if there's something in this month's issue that you think you'll want to read again, be sure to print it out.
- Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
- British Medical Journal
- Canadian Family Practice
- Contemporary Pediatrics
- Contemporary Ob/Gyn
- Journal of the American Medical Association
- Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Canada)
- Journal of Pediatrics
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Scientific American
- Science News Online
Updated June 3, 2006