Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fetus develops a brain and spinal cord early on. Find out how this development occurs and what you can do to support it. Fact ...

A team of more than 200 researchers around the world, involving multiple health and scientific institutions, led by the University of Oxford, has published the first digital atlas showing the dynamics ...

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Medically reviewed by Kiarra King, M.D. Pregnancy hormones are amazing and, at times, mysterious things. These powerful chemicals don’t just help your body grow a baby; they also influence your ...

In a recent study published in The Lancet Global Health, researchers investigate whether using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to limit human exposure to home air pollution during pregnancy affects ...