And when they controlled for a handful of variables (like age and health conditions), they found that the women with the pre-pregnancy high cholesterol were significantly more likely than their normal ...

Progesterone, oestrogen and testosterone can be detected in skeletons over 1000 years old, offering a way to identify individuals who died while pregnant or soon after giving birth ...

Pregnancy is one of the most profound events in a woman’s life, yet it’s almost invisible in the archaeological record. Tiny fetal bones can be missed or mistaken for the mother’s hand bones. The ...

The Human Genome Project, launched in 1990 and completed in 2003, also moved the needle. Scientists had successfully sequenced the entire human genome, which made expanded carrier screening (the ...

The union that represents Columbus Public Health employees is calling on the city to reverse course on its plan to close its in-house medical testing lab and contract with a Texas lab company.

A false negative on a pregnancy test means the test says you're not pregnant when you actually are. Here's how it could happen to you.

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Oct. 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Babies can be safely administered antibody protection against respiratory syncytial virus ( RSV) after birth even if their ...

But that could be about to change, as a test capable of identifying hormones in skeletons breaks new ground in our understanding of ancient pregnancy. For the first time, estrogen, progesterone, and ...

Newsweek spoke to Nika Diwa, 35, about her "pregnancy plot twist" that went viral on TikTok, racking up 1.4 million views.