Unsplash Becoming a mother should never feel like a gamble, yet where a woman lives still shapes her odds of surviving ...

Evidence shows that birth control pills containing the hormones estrogen and progestin can increase the risk of different types of cancers and decrease the risk of others. Since 1999, the World Health ...

Pregnancy and birth are deeply personal experiences, yet they are also medical events that can turn unpredictable. In India, hospitals remain the norm, but conversations about home birth are rising, ...

An NHS trust failed to inform a mother of the risks involved with a natural home birth, a coroner has found after her baby died a week after delivery. Poppy Hope Lomas was just seven days old when she ...

A large study found that pregnant women are exposed to dozens of common chemicals, many of which were associated with earlier births and lower birth weights. Researchers also discovered that some ...