
High blood pressure during pregnancy may raise the risk of seizures in children, according to new research. The condition, known as gestational hypertension, affects nearly 16...

Women using weight loss injections have been advised to use reliable contraception after the UK’s medicines regulator received 40 reports of pregnancies—some of them unexpected, despite...

Children born to mothers with severe obesity are up to 53 per cent more likely to be hospitalised with infections during childhood, a large UK study...

British medical experts are raising concerns about the underrepresentation of women in clinical studies, The Guardian reports, with male-only trials outnumbering female-focused research by 67 per cent. Healthcare...

A new study has evaluated the performance of an AI enabled electrocardiogram (AI-ECG) and an AI-powered digital stethoscope to see how well they could detect early...

Women who experience urinary incontinence after giving birth may get just as much relief from telehealth as they do from physical therapy, a new UC San...

New research found that mothers who are anaemic in early pregnancy face a higher likelihood of giving birth to a child with a heart defect. The...

The UK government is being urged to take action to help employers invest in supportive policies for menopause, menstruation and fertility challenges as well as pregnancy or...

Researchers have identified nearly 300 genetic disorders that can be treated before or immediately after a baby is born. This “treatable foetal findings list” could improve...

Providers at a US hospital have created a process for caring for women giving birth to babies exposed to substances like opioids in the womb. The...