Many doctors know that there's no good evidence that bed rest helps. But they try it anyway because they think it's harmless. Unfortunately, studies have found that bed rest poses real risks.

Laura Kalehoff, Executive Editor for American Baby, gives tips on how to keep your spirits high when confined to your bed while pregnant.

When you get the flu or a nasty cold, doctors typically suggest you stay at home in bed. That's not always supposed to be taken literally, but speakin ...

Comment and Health Doctors need to listen to the evidence about bed rest in pregnancy Bed rest is commonly prescribed for high-risk pregnancies. It can't hurt and might help, right? Wrong, says ...

We have all had days where the idea of staying in bed under the covers seemed extremely appealing. Unfortunately, for many pregnant women, bed rest during pregnancy is not a luxury, but a medical ...

As many as 20 percent of women are prescribed bed rest for a period of time during their pregnancies, ranging from a few days to multiple months. Usually the concern is threatened premature labor ...

Despite lack of evidence about bed rest's effectiveness, doctors annually prescribe it for roughly 1 million pregnant women to delay preterm births. In a new report, a nursing researcher says a ...

That's why doctors tell people on bed rest to sit up and cough from time to time. But you're way too engrossed in those podcasts to remember to cough. Within a week, your problems only get worse.

A medical board formed Thursday to treat the just bailed Tarique Rahman at BSMMU Hospital have advised him to take total bed rest for two days.

A trip to the doctor can yield any number of recommendations, including bed rest and medicine. But as of late January, Canadian patients can be sent home with a more novel note: a prescription for ...

Actor Dimple Hayathi has been MIA from Telugu films this year, and it looks like she had a good reason for it. The actor posted a ‘happy note’ on her Instagram, along with a bunch of pictures ...

This New York judge must not have read, “What to Expect When You’re Expecting.” White Plains federal Judge Kenneth Karas got fed up with a politically connected lawyer’s bid to delay the ...