Obstetrics & gynaecology

How the Middle Ages' female doctors were consigned to oblivion

The figure of the witch has long cast a spell on artists and scientists, who have alternately associated her with women displaying an uncanny knowledge of nature or a voracious sexuality. In fact, many of "witches" persecuted ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Fertility measures presented for 15- to 49-year-olds in the US

Women aged 15 to 49 years have 1.3 biological children and men aged 15 to 49 years have fathered 0.9 children on average, according to a study published online Jan. 10 in the National Health Statistics Reports, a publication ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

U.S. birth rates continue to fall

Continuing a decades-long trend, the percentage of American women who've ever had a child declined again in the latest figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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