7+ hour, 21+ min ago  (1296+ words) Men who eat bacon and sausages will find it harder to father a baby, suggests new research. Ultra processed foods, or UPFs, are ready-to-eat-or-heat items made with ingredients extracted from foods or synthesised in labs, with little or no whole…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1212+ words) A sign at a stall in Manila advertises "pamparegla", medication believed to help stimulate menstruation. More than 250 women are hospitalised every day due to complications from unsafe abortions, according to a PINSAN study, and about three of them die Abortions…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (710+ words) Three cousins were born on the same day - in what a hospital says is ''truly extraordinary coincidence." Identical twin girls Frankie and Connie were born on February 6 to mom Georgie. Just hours later, her brother Billy welcomed his own son…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (922+ words) Three in four new moms struggle with their body image, according to new research. Many feel intense pressure to "bounce back" to their pre-pregnancy shape soon after giving birth, the findings reveal. The pressure can even trigger eating disorders for…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (425+ words) The March of Dimes has released its annual report of maternal and infant health, giving the nation a D-plus grade." Mississippi is among eight states receiving a failing mark and leads the country in preterm births, with a rate of…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (690+ words) blood glucose test pregnant pregnancy GDM diabetes Gestational diabetes is steadily increasing in the United States Rates for the condition have risen each year since 2016 The condition carries immediate risks to a pregnancy and increases future risk of diabetes and…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (450+ words) MISSISSIPPI - Mississippi lawmakers are exploring a bold idea to tackle the state's high infant mortality rate." At the State Capitol Thursday, lawmakers heard from Dr. Mona Hanna, founder of RX Kids, a Michigan program that gives pregnant women $1,500, and $500 a…...