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Safer tests to detect the presence of Down syndrome in the fetus during pregnancy are now available after health services in New Zealand started a new screening program.

Women who v...  Read more

Advanced maternal age is linked to a significantly elevated risk of having a child with autism, regardless of the father's age, according to an exhaustive study of all births in California d...  Read more

A large scale study published ahead of print in the journal Thorax has said that estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may increase the risk of developing asthma after the m...  Read more

Injections containing tiny amounts of water into the lower back is a good way to relieve birthing pain.

Reynieze Petersen Leota, 17, who delivered her first baby at the Mater ...  Read more

In a study to be presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Chicago, researchers will unveil findings that show that there is an ...  Read more

A new study has said that pregnant women who are depressed are more likely to have kids who are physically aggressive as teens than other expecting moms.

What's more, women who a...  Read more

A day before the International Day against Female Genital Mutilation, experts and workers on the ground said Friday that men had a key role to play in the fight against female circumcision i...  Read more

A simple urine test to rapidly predict and diagnose preeclampsia has been developed by researchers at Yale School of Medicine. Preeclampisia is a common, but serious hypertensive complicatio...  Read more

Waiting for birth is as effective as inducing labor in cases of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), according to a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine'...  Read more

There were less complications for women, after having a cesarean delivery, if sutures were used instead of staples to close the wound, according to a study to be presented today at the Socie...  Read more