Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “This study is first of its kind showing such an effect of paternal exposure,” Maarten J. Wensink, MD, PhD, ...

Taking folic acid supplements for at least a year before conception is associated with reduction in the risk of premature birth, according to a new study. Taking folic acid supplements for at least a ...

A family have been able to watch the development of their daughter from conception in an IVF lab to birth. Jaycie, who is now 16 months old, was photographed as an embryo in the lab, then developing ...

The risk of serious complications in childbirth, such as stillbirth, preterm birth, low birth weight, and death within the first 28 days is twice as high for babies conceived by assisted reproductive ...

Detecting early pregnancy loss In a pioneering prospective study published in 1980, conception was identified by detecting the pregnancy-specific hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in urine ...

Miscarriage is a rarely discussed, almost taboo topic. Couples confronted with pregnancy loss are usually unprepared and often struggle alone with harrowing bereavement and unwarranted guilt. People ...

When Mrs Alake Latoyosi Nafiu, 54, went to her birth attendant on July 7, 2024, she did not bargain for what she got: 11 babies delivered in two sequences over a 37-day period. The birth of the ...