Reproductive timing matters when it comes to aging and age-related disease. In a study now online at eLife, Buck Institute ...

Early puberty or childbirth doubles the risk of diabetes, obesity, and heart failure. Later timing is linked to longer ...

Study finds pregnant women often doubt their ability to use labor techniques. Mental well-being, not knowledge, is key to ...

A new analysis finds that women who experience early puberty and early childbirth face faster biological ageing and higher ...

“Childbirth can cause muscular damage due to trauma and severe stretching of the pelvic floor muscles,” Chughtai explained. “When these muscles are disrupted, later on women can experience ...

Midwives have been left buzzing after they found using honey was helping mothers to recover after childbirth. Women at ...

Sometimes life has a way of putting us exactly where we’re needed most. For one Chattanooga, Tennessee Fire Department ...

Some new Pennsylvania parents pay thousands of dollars out of pocket for pregnancy and childbirth care. When they can’t afford these costs, the resulting debt affects their finances and health.

Unfortunately, he is one of many partners who has lost someone through childbirth. At least 861 women died of maternal causes in the U.S. in 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Childbirth Is Deadlier for Black Families Even When They’re Rich, Expansive Study Finds By Claire Cain Miller, Sarah Kliff and Larry Buchanan Produced by Larry Buchanan and Shannon Lin Feb. 12, 2023 ...

Pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum care average a total of $18,865 with average out-of-pocket payments totaling $2,854, according to KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research organization, based ...

With national childbirth harm numbers soaring – 700 women dying every year, 50,000 more injured – a focus on hospitals with the highest rates could provide a road map to improvement.