Pregnancy & Birthing

According to a new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience, chronic stress can cause brain inflammation and memory loss in mice. Mouse brains are similar to human brains, and researchers ... Read More

Adolescent attitudes may predict whether a man eventually lives with his future children, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Researchers ... Read More

When the Carolina Panthers’ Philly Brown suffered a possible concussion during the Super Bowl, he was taken out of the game. Doctors now know concussions are significantly more dangerous ... Read More

Symptoms of posttraumatic stress (PTSD) may improve during pregnancy for as many as 75% of pregnant women, according to a study published in Depression and Anxiety. For the remaining 25%, ... Read More

Mindfulness, which encourages people to notice their thoughts and feelings from a distance in the moment, may be an effective tool against childhood obesity. Researchers from Vanderbilt ... Read More

Have you recently been experiencing difficulty after having a baby but question whether you fit a postpartum diagnosis? Maybe you aren’t necessarily sad. Or maybe the four- to six-week ... Read More

A large study of Canadian women and their children published in JAMA Pediatrics has reported a link between the use of certain antidepressants by mothers during pregnancy and increased ... Read More

A moderate amount of caffeine during pregnancy is unlikely to affect the future Intelligence Quotient (IQ) of a developing fetus, a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology ... Read More

New research is examining the previously established link between women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and an increased risk for anxiety and depression, suggesting hormone imbalances ... Read More

When Claire found out she was pregnant, she was happy and wanted to tell everybody—or did she? She decided to wait a bit, to be sure, and to relish the news privately with her partner, ... Read More

Conversion therapy—a controversial and largely discredited practice that attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation—is opposed by most major medical and psychiatric ... Read More

Between 10% and 25% of all clinically recognized pregnancies result in a miscarriage, and chemical pregnancies—pregnancy loss shortly after implantation—may account for as much ... Read More