Health & Baby News & Features

For the study, the researchers examined the metabolic health of more than 15,000 women and the start of puberty in their daughters. A growing number of 6- to 11-year-old girls are entering puberty these days, and researchers have been trying to find out why.

The scans indicated that SSRI exposure in the womb was associated with an increase in the size of gray matter found in two parts of the brain: the amygdala and the insula.

The risk also increases about 17 percent for every 10-point increase in mean arterial pressure, or the average blood pressure a person has during an entire heartbeat cycle.

The finding shows the need for parents to educate anyone who cares for their infants about safe sleep practices and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

Nearly 600,000 Dr. Brown’s Lovey pacifier and teether holders have been recalled due to a potential choking hazard.

The study included 715 single mothers and their babies. Infants who looked like their father at birth were healthier when they were 1 year old. The fathers of those babies spent an average of 2.5 more days per month with their babies than other fathers.

Doctors said the case shows "modest but functional lactation can be induced in transgender women," The Guardian newspaper in the U.K. reported.

While the number of babies that die from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has been falling, the number of babies dying from accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed skyrocketed 184% from 1999 to 2015, according to new statistics released Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Lucas' family will receive $50,000 and appear on Gerber's social media channels throughout the year.

The study of four U.S. communities found that at least 1 percent to 5 percent of first-graders had a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, or FASD.

In 2016, 628 cases of congenital syphilis were reported -- the highest rate since 1998.

Researchers have found a link between lack of carbs and serious risk of birth defects.

A stillbirth is the death of a fetus after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Worldwide, most stillbirths occur in low- and middle-income countries. But the United States has higher rates of stillbirth than many other high-income countries, the researchers said.

Pregnancy experts fear this trend may threaten the health of mothers and their babies.

Introducing solid foods or new drinks too early could deprive them nutritionally, the researchers warned. Waiting too long can also have negative effects, they said.

An analysis of urine samples from roughly  300,000 California women finds that more than 7 percent used marijuana while pregnant.

Women with a relatively short cervix are at higher risk of preterm delivery, but new research shows that a cervical device may cut that risk substantially.

But new research shows that the threat may also extend to women who simply have high blood sugar levels -- not just full-blown diabetes.

Newborn babies face a greater risk of health problems if they live close to a "fracking" site, a new large-scale study contends.

A new study found a small increased risk of having a baby with a heart defect if Ritalin/Concerta  (methylphenidate) was taken by the mother-to-be.

But after decades of research, doctors now believe they have created a cure for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID).

The world's first birth after a womb (uterine) transplant occurred in Sweden several years ago, the Associated Press reported.

A group of advocates and doctors told congressional staff that more should be done to prevent women from dying during and after childbirth.

Most pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. happen after a baby is born, prompting some doctors to say the postpartum period should be treated as the "Fourth Trimester."

When 32-year-old Calista Johnson died 5 days after giving birth this summer, she became part of a troubling trend of moms dying in childbirth in the U.S.