Mom's good heart health lowers risk of baby's developmental delays
Want to give your baby the best start in life? Then tend to your heart health, both prior to and during pregnancy, a new study says.
Jun 24, 2026
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Research on mate choice and gametes may bring new hope to the childless
So you have finally found the partner of your dreams—but no matter how hard you try, no children have come along. Could science offer new answers to mate choice and infertility? For several years, researchers at the University ...
Jun 23, 2026
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Maternal obesity linked to 64% increase in childhood obesity risk
The roots of childhood obesity may begin in the womb. New research led by the George Mason University College of Public Health found that children whose mothers entered pregnancy with obesity were 64% more likely to become ...
Jun 23, 2026
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Estrogen-based hormone therapies could protect brain health in older women
Researchers from the University of Kansas have shown a link between reproductive hormone exposure throughout life and brain health in 459 women ages 65 to 80. They discovered older women who had used hormonal birth control ...
Jun 23, 2026
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PCOS becomes PMOS: Condition that affects one in eight women has been renamed
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has been renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). Professor Helena Teede led this name change after 14 years of research and global collaboration. But why was it needed?
Jun 23, 2026
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Fertility preservation care is still out of reach for many girls and young women with cancer, review finds
A new Columbia University School of Nursing systematic review reveals access to fertility preservation (FP) care remains limited and unequal for girls and young women with cancer. The research article, "Fertility Preservation ...
Jun 23, 2026
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Severe nausea linked to pregnancy, birth complications
Pregnant women with a severe form of nausea face increased risks for several pregnancy and birth complications, according to a new Stanford Medicine study of 2.5 million California births.
Jun 23, 2026
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Treatment of moderate pre-cancerous cervical cells may be safely delayed without raising cancer risk, trial finds
A target trial emulation study found that among women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade 2 (CIN 2), a moderate form of precancerous cervical dysplasia, excision within six months did not lower three-year ...
Jun 22, 2026
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Down syndrome isn't a tragedy, but misinformation about it is
For more than a century, people with Down syndrome have been defined by what medicine says they cannot do. That framing has consequences. It shapes the information families receive during prenatal screening, the choices they ...
Jun 21, 2026
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Maternal weight may influence microbiota signaling in amniotic fluid
A study conducted at the University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital suggests that factors related to maternal weight are reflected in signaling particles produced by the maternal microbiota not only in the gut but also ...
Jun 21, 2026
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