Pigs have been chosen as an ideal species for xenotransplantation due to their physiological similarities to humans and their ...

New research reveals that the timing of stress during pregnancy has gender-specific effects on infants, altering how boys and girls respond to stress differently.

A team of researchers at Michigan State University and the University of Michigan found new insights into the timing of ...

The Camden Study, a pregnancy cohort of 4,765 women recruited between 1985 and 2006 from one of America’s poorest cities, has ...

The March of Dimes awarded a grant to further research into profiling the vaginal microbiome and investigate its connection ...

Haemorrhage remains the leading cause of death, despite the existence of effective clinical interventions, emphasising the ...

Oxytocin, a hormone already known for its role in childbirth, milk release, and mother-infant bonding, may have a newfound purpose in mammalian reproduction. In times of maternal stress, the hormone ...

Oxytocin, a hormone already known for its role in childbirth, milk release, and mother-infant bonding, may have a newfound ...

In this article, Drs. Cooper, Ejiogu, and Odunsi offer some useful advice on how to get your body ready for pregnancy.

Depression poses serious health concerns, particularly during pregnancy and after childbirth ... as part of the process. Human editors reviewed this content before publication.

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The European Union has issued a warning that caffeine is “harmful to humans if swallowed” under a ruling banning the use of the central component of coffee in pesticides. The decision by the ...