Tamara Jenkins’s new film stars Kathryn Hahn and Paul Giamatti as a 40-something New York couple trying to
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Delaying Motherhood Increases Chances of Having a Multiple Birth [new study]
Assisted reproductive technologies are not the sole cause of multiple births — naturally occurring multiple births due to
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Pregnant Women Can Protect Their Newborns Against the Flu (and themselves). Here’s how.
It’s that time of the year, the weather is starting to turn colder and people are beginning to
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Young Female Entrepreneur Finds Solution to the Shocking Rise in Maternal Bleeding Deaths
Alydia Health, a tiny Menlo Park, CA startup co-founded by a 21-year-old woman, announced it has secured $10
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This Is How Sleep Changes When You’re Pregnant
Pregnancy is a time of rapid and constant changes in your body. The baby brewing inside you affects
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Warning for Pregnant Women and Breastfeeding Moms: Don’t Use Pot! Here’s Why.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released its first-ever guidelines on marijuana use for pregnant and breast-feeding women.
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Pumping Breast Milk at Work: Why Are So Many Women Giving Up?
From conversations with women around the country who have recently negotiated pumping in their workplaces, it seems that
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Gene Editing Can Save Your Unborn Baby’s Life! But Will Americans Allow It to Happen? [new study]
Americans are more likely to anticipate negative than positive effects from widespread use of gene-editing technology An astonishing
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Boxers Vs. Briefs: How the Right Underwear Can Improve your Odds of Getting Pregnant [new study]
A large-scale study at Harvard confirms what smaller studies have shown: boxers are better for sperm count than
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Editing the DNA of Unborn Babies Is Here. What You Need to Know About “CRISPR”
CRISPR is one of the biggest science stories of the decade. It could revolutionize everything from medicine to
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Why So Many American Women Are Deciding to Not Have Kids
Women have more options, for one. But a new poll also shows that financial insecurity is altering a
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Why Does Alzheimer’s Afflict More Women Than Men?
A 65-year-old American woman has a 16% chance of developing Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s odds of a man at that
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World’s First IVF Baby Turns 40. What’s Next for Reproductive Help?
On July 25, 1978 the birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first “test tube baby”, changed science and
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6 Things You Did Not Know You Were Supposed To Do While Pregnant
I like to talk to writers who are covering topics that are important to women, our health, our
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Female Tennis Stars Paving the Way for Motherhood in Pro Sports
This year’s women’s singles draw at Wimbledon featured six moms, including Serena Williams and Evgeniya Rodina. Williams defeated
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Babies Can Now Make Music in the Womb! Behold the Womba
The device, strapped to a pregnant woman’s belly, creates music in response to the baby’s kicks and other
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