Maternal and infant health is one of the critical challenges of Nigeria’s public health system. With UNICEF data highlighting ...

As the planet heats up, the conversation about children and climate change is shifting from distant futures to the wiring of ...

Winter can come with its own set of challenges for pregnant women. From dry skin and dehydration to seasonal infections and ...

Research at Karlstad University shows that exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and adverse life events during ...

A child's blood pressure may be influenced by exposure to air pollution before and shortly after birth, according to a study ...

Noticing blood during early pregnancy can be really scary. For a lot of events, even a few spots of blood can cause panic about miscarriage or complications. The truth is "mild bleeding in early ...

Scientists Recreate Human Womb Lining to Study Implantation Failure (Image: Canva) Researchers on Tuesday reported creating a laboratory model mimicking the human womb lining. The study, published in ...

Described in a paper in the journal Cell, the model allows scientists to study interactions between the womb and embryo, and look for causes behind implantation failure -- a main reason for early ...

Implantation, one of the most poorly understood phases of early human development, occurs in the depths of the womb, at a time when embryos are microscopic, fragile, and well out of reach. Until ...

First-trimester exposure to nonbenzodiazepine sedative hypnotics (Z-drugs) was not associated with an increased risk for overall or organ-specific congenital malformations, in a large US cohort study ...

Prevention, screening, and vaccination are vital for managing infection risk during pregnancy due to altered maternal immunity.

Women with high blood pressure prior to pregnancy are less likely to maintain breastfeeding for at least three months, ...