Early-onset type 2 diabetes is rising in women of childbearing age, increasing the risk for fetal and maternal complications ...

Instead of receiving the care they need, some mothers are self-medicating with substances like alcohol or opioids.

Dead butt syndrome occurs when the gluteus medius stops firing due to unuse or sitting all day. Here are 5 exercises to help activate your glutes right now.

As a humanitarian and medical nonprofit founder working in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake, I discovered several issues contributing to extremely high maternal and infant mortality rates in the ...

Katsina State & Society for Family Health (SFH) partner to improve maternal and child health through the DISC 2.0 project, impacting communities across 34 LGAs. Improved child spacing and reduced ...

Extreme emotional stress can cause a medical condition called broken heart syndrome. For decades, doctors thought it should mainly concern women — but that’s changing.

According to the 2024 USAID report on Preventing Child and Maternal Deaths, Kenya’s maternal mortality rate stands at 594 deaths per 100,000 live births.

Influences of maternal and paternal PTSD on epigenetic regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor gene in Holocaust survivor offspring. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 171 (8), 872–880. https ...

Tyler Perry’s Straw follows a mother pushed to the edge. Starring Taraji P. Henson, the film explores Black motherhood, mental health, and sisterhood.

Turner syndrome is a rare genetic disorder found in some women and people assigned female at birth. It can cause short stature and a range of health issues including heart defects, learning ...

DiGeorge syndrome results from the deletion of the 22q11.2 segment in one of the two copies of chromosome 22. It affects approximately 30 to 40 genes. Many of these genes are not yet fully understood.