According to a new and striking finding, problems associated with very low birth weight infants (those weighing less than 1500 g) have now reached young adulthood. A study of young adults born at very ...

The past few years have seen more attention being paid to maternal mental health. Many people are now aware of conditions such as postnatal depression, which affects one in seven mothers. Up to 45% of ...

UiB research shows that being born to term with a weight lower than 3.5 kilos is related to a higher risk of developing neurodevelopmental problems such as cerebral palsy and autism. In medical ...

Many women experience urinary incontinence and pain during sex a year after giving birth. Little information is available on whether problems relating to the perineum, the area between the rectum and ...

Human childbirth is commonly viewed as uniquely difficult and dangerous. The reason: The combination of bipedalism and large brains creates a tight fit between the baby and the birth canal. Research ...

Women pay more than men for haircuts and dry cleaning. They wait longer to use public restrooms. And in the latest indignity—at least for the short term in Oregon—women at America's colleges and ...