Pregnancy

A blood test looks at "chemical tags" on top of DNA to predict how likely a person is to develop preeclampsia.

Fallopian tube "torsion" normally affects women of reproductive age and is extremely rare in children.

In a study, injecting rats with a new gel helped prevent or reverse pelvic floor damage associated with birth.

Maternal mortality rates in the U.S. progressively worsened from 1999 to 2019, a new study finds, and Black populations face the greatest risk.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the nation's first over-the-counter birth control pill after recently being advised to do so by a panel of experts.

"Vaginal seeding" may help restore the gut microbiome of cesarean-born babies, a small trial suggests. However, the practice isn't currently recommended by leading experts and previous studies have warned of its potential safety risks.

New research offers a possible link between endometriosis and a common bacteria that can be treated with antibiotics.

Doctors performed a first-of-its-kind brain surgery on a fetus in the womb to repair a malformed blood vessel.

A new model has predicted that Earth's population is likely to decrease in all scenarios across the next century and will peak nowhere near the 11 billion previously forecast.