Hormones are substances that act on our body in nanograms, which is one-tenth of a millionth of a new feather. In particular, ...

A study of children exposed to maternal COVID-19 before birth found no adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes by 2 years and a ...

Complicated births may not have arisen in humans as a trade-off between our need for big brains and pelvises suitable for ...

New findings cast some doubt on the notion that there's a direct link between education and the health of the aging brain.

In a paper advocating for improving nutrition in the first 1,000 days, the American Academy of Pediatrics identified 14 key ...

Kayleigh Summers had an amniotic fluid embolism that caused heart and lung failure. She doesn't remember giving birth to her ...

Women around the world experience changes to their mental health during or after pregnancy. Researchers from one Australian university believe they’ve found a crucial ingredient to help combat this.

Since Texas implemented its strict abortion laws, many women facing pregnancy complications have been forced to leave the state for care.

Sarah Pfaffman, 21, and Cole Pfaffman, 26, from Jacksonville, Florida , welcomed baby Georgie into the world in 2023.

He noted that to prevent stroke in children with sickle cell anaemia, measures such as screening, chronic blood transfusion ...

A wealth of research shows that what people eat affects the body’s ability to ward off heart disease and stroke. And a ...

For how common the phrase "mommy brain" is, we still don't know much about how pregnancy, birth, and postpartum alter a person's brain. "It's shocking that in 2024, there's so little information ...