Jun 10 2010

Neurotic Women Can Have Unhealthy Babies

A new study shows that personality can affect fertility and the health of your offspring.

May 27 2010

Predators Pick Body Parts for Balanced Diet

Hunger pangs probably guide meat-eating animals, including humans, to choose certain body parts of their prey over others.

May 26 2010

Food Worries Linked to Weight Gain, Problem Pregnancy

Tag: Emotions,Fertility,Health,PregnancyTeresa Shipley @ 7:28 pm
Women who worry about getting enough food are almost three times as likely to develop pregnancy-induced diabetes, researchers say.

May 25 2010

Global Death Rates Dropping for Children Under 5

Tag: Current Events,Fertility,Health,PregnancyTeresa Shipley @ 6:26 pm
Global death rates are decreasing for young children, particularly in some regions of Latin America, north Africa and the Middle East.

May 25 2010

9/11-Linked Miscarriages Suggest Boys More Vulnerable to Stress

The stress of 9/11 may have increased the number of miscarriages among women carrying male babies.

May 13 2010

Touch Me, Thrill Me

Tag: Emotions,Gender,PregnancyTeresa Shipley @ 2:25 pm
A woman's touch can make you more likely to take risks, researchers say.

May 11 2010

Healthy Mouth, Healthy Pregnancy?

Tag: PregnancyTeresa Shipley @ 11:46 pm
Taking care of your teeth and gums was never more important -- it could affect the health of your unborn baby.

May 11 2010

Male Birth Control Pill: What’s the Hold-Up?

Tag: Family,Medications,Men,Pregnancy,Sex and Reproduction,WomenEmily Sohn @ 12:30 pm
With the invention of the birth control pill 50 years behind us, challenges still remain before men will have the option of taking a hormonal contraceptive.

May 07 2010

Birth Control Pill Turns 50

Tag: Fertility,Pregnancy,Sex and Reproduction,Women,Women's HealthDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 7:45 pm
Many young women today use "the pill" to treat acne, improve mood and, of course, prevent pregnancy.

Apr 26 2010

Do Fetuses Feel Pain?

Scientists disagree on how early fetuses may feel pain, although a new Nebraska law is based on the idea that they do have the sensation after 20 weeks.

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