When you picture labour, you might think of contractions, breathing techniques, and the final push. But your baby’s position inside your womb also plays an important role in how smoothly birth unfolds ...

Robertson's 18-year-old daughter, Priscilla, has given birth to her first baby—three months after revealing she was expecting ...

The Virginia Zoo announced this week the birth of three Asian small-clawed otter pups to a fledgling family of the vulnerable species at the zoo’s facilities. The trio of babes, which are all male, ...

Postpartum depression is not new. It is as old as childbirth itself, but in a society obsessed with perfect motherhood, it ...

Babies start processing language before they are born, a new study suggests. A research team in Montreal has found that ...

Tylenol should be used judiciously. But given the risks posed by fevers and pain during pregnancy, it's the safest option for treating these conditions.

Research led by the University of Cambridge has found the first clear evidence that the "good" gut bacteria Bifidobacterium ...

The cold and flu season is beginning amid conflicting guidance on vaccination and the use of acetaminophen—a common ...

The nurses who Ashton and Cliff Harris leaned on during the nearly three-and-a-half months their daughter was in the NICU ...

Background Globally, adolescent mothers and their children have poorer health outcomes. However, little is known regarding ...

A new study reveals that the brain’s social perception pathway—a network that processes faces, gaze, and speech—is already active at birth or shortly thereafter.

Prince Harry reportedly had a very cutting response to a comment made about his son from the late Dr Jane Goodall. Dr Goodall ...