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Hope Pregnancy Centers celebrates Walk for Life partnership, expands services across Central Texas
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (744+ words) Members of the Hope Pregnancy Centers team walk alongside families and community supporters during the Texas Alliance for Life Walk for Life at Harker Heights Community Park. The annual event raises funds to support pro-life ministries and pregnancy resource centers…...
Ukrainian mothers see a rising number of complications with their pregnancies, in photos
2+ week, 4+ day ago (507+ words) A doctor holds a newborn girl, Diana, after performing a cesarean section on her mother, Olha Karpenko, at the regional perinatal center of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. A medic calms Olha Karpenko before a cesarean section at the regional perinatal…...
New tech offers 24/7 monitoring for high-risk pregnancies
4+ week, 3+ hour ago (841+ words) A new wearable ultrasound patch could provide continuous monitoring of the fetus and umbilical cord during pregnancy. (Geonho (Tom) Park via SWNS) A new wearable "baby bump" monitor can provide round-the-clock care in high-risk pregnancies. The soft, ultrasound patch continuously…...
Stress-sensing lie detector can also spot distressed babies
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1097+ words) The system wirelessly transmits these synchronized data streams to a smartphone, smart watch or tablet, where machine learning algorithms analyze patterns associated with stress in real time. (John A. Rogers / Northwestern University via SWNS) A new stress-sensing wireless lie detector can…...
'Natural' birth control risks unwanted pregnancy, experts warn
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (770+ words) As "natural" contraception methods become more popular, experts warn they carry a risk of unwanted pregnancy After taking the pill for a decade, Elodie Monnier Legrand decided to try "natural" birth control, an increasingly popular trend that requires tracking fertility…...
Hailee Steinfeld says she and Bills quarterback Josh Allen have welcomed a baby girl
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (210+ words) FILE - Josh Allen, of the Buffalo Bills, and Hailee Steinfeld appear at the NFL Honors award show ahead of the Super Bowl 59 football game in New Orleans on Feb. 6, 2025. FILE - Hailee Steinfeld appears at the 83rd Golden Globes in Beverly Hills,…...
Filipinas seek abortions online in largely Catholic nation
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (783+ 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 Jane…...
US maternal deaths fell in 2024 and may have dropped again last year, government data shows
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (421+ words) FILE - A pregnant woman stands for a portrait in Dallas, May 18, 2023. The U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday reported that 649 mothers died in 2024 during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth. That is down from 669 deaths in 2023, and a…...
2-month-olds see the world in a more complex way than scientists thought, study suggests
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (312+ words) A new study suggests that babies are able to distinguish between the different objects they see around them at 2 months old, which is earlier than scientists previously thought. "It really tells us that infants are interacting with the world in…...
Reader criticizes administration's efforts to push Tylenol-autism link
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (292+ words) I have watched with much irritation and frustration as President Trump and RFK Jr. renew attacks on vaccines, and now, Tylenol, as being the cause of autism. There are not more cases of autism; physicians are just more trained to…...