A new mother in Bangladesh got quite a surprise last week: Less than a month after she had delivered a healthy baby…
In 2017, a team of Australian and Japanese scientists announced a breakthrough that could someday save the lives of…
Researchers in Chicago have seemingly found a much easier way for premature babies in intensive care to get the human…
Moms and dads shouldn’t expect their sleep habits to bounce back to the way they were before kids for at least the…
A team of doctors in Brazil have announced a medical first that could someday help countless women unable to have…
The idea that air pollution can hurt developing fetuses in the womb is not controversial. But new preliminary research…
Couples in the U.S. looking to either conceive or avoid pregnancy will now have a new tool available to them. On…
The devastating story of thalidomide—a once-popular morning sickness drug later found to cause terrible birth…
A Dutch trial meant to study whether sildenafil, the active ingredient in the brand-name drug Viagra, can prevent…
Being a millennial is no picnic. But a new study published this Friday in JAMA Open suggests it’s especially hard for…
Getting an early ultrasound to figure out when your child will be born has become part and parcel of becoming a new mom…
The ties that bind us to our ancestors might be even more influential than we knew, suggests a new study published…
American women had fewer children in 2017 than in any year since 1987, according to a new report released by the…
Heath data is some of the most sensitive information out there, and modern life sometimes puts that information at risk…
Pregnancy is hard on the body. But for women with two specific genetic variants, it may be especially difficult.
“I don’t know” and “yes” are very different things. “I don’t know if my child is allergic to peanuts” does not mean,…
It may look like a glorified Ziplock bag, but the artificial womb could one day save the lives of the thousands of…
Today in America, if you are poor, you are also more likely to suffer from poor health. Low socioeconomic status—and…
A scary scan taken at the 22 week mark of a 33-year-old woman’s pregnancy revealed a baby with its feet extending right…
On Sunday’s episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, doctors told Kim that a third pregnancy would be risky and even…
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