Hundreds of Costa Ricans marched to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, protesting abortion in response to the Beatriz ...

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A recent study conducted in mice suggests that specific beneficial bacteria in a pregnant mother’s gut could support healthy ...

Vitamin D during pregnancy improves children's bone strength at age seven, according to a UK study. The MAVIDOS research ...

The ad, dubbed “Caroline,” told the story of a woman who was diagnosed with brain cancer when she was 18 weeks pregnant ...

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 upright walking, new research in chimps suggests.

Researchers are uncovering deeper insights into how the human brain ages and what factors may be tied to healthier cognitive aging, including exercising, avoiding tobacco, speaking a second language ...

The menopause describes the end of a woman's reproductive years, and normally happens around the age of 51. The lead-up to ...

Experts say that healthy lifestyle behaviours, coupled with screening, education and medication to lower the risk factors for cardiovascular disease and stroke, could stop a first stroke.

Nearly 16% of American adults -- that's close to 1 in 6 -- now has diabetes, according to the latest data from the U.S.

Nataleigh’s mother, Kelsie, had planned to give birth at her local hospital and had little warning that her daughter would be born early. During a routine checkup, prenatal tests showed her pregnancy ...