Close to 300,000 women continue to die during pregnancy or childbirth each year. More than two million babies die in their first month of life and around two million more are stillborn, says the World ...

A cryptic pregnancy is a hidden pregnancy that goes undetected until about halfway through a pregnancy (20 weeks) or later. Most people realize they're pregnant between four and six weeks when they ...

There were more than 311,000 reported cases of measles in Congo last year. Some 6,000 of them ended as Olive’s did: with a child buried in a small coffin days after first running a fever and ...

It is not advisable to regularly hold urine. Holding in pee may cause a urinary tract infection (UTI), pain, and more. In the long term, it can cause the bladder to stretch.

Most of the time, you won't know the exact day you got pregnant. Your doctor will count the start of your pregnancy from the first day of your last menstrual period. That's about 2 weeks ahead of ...

A coroner has written to the Home Secretary calling for urgent action over the classification of ketamine after a man's death. Senior coroner Alison Mutch found James Boland, 38, from Manchester ...

A number of countries including the UK are currently experiencing large outbreaks of measles affecting mainly young children but also adolescents and young adults. Women of childbearing age are a ...

Understanding some common complications of diabetes can help you recognize the early warning signs and take action to prevent more serious problems. Learn more from the experts at WebMD.

A fertility breakthrough has offered hope for saving the northern white rhino from extinction - there are only two of the animals left on the planet. Scientists have achieved the world's first IVF ...

The fibula, or calf bone, is a small bone located on the outside of the leg. A fibula fracture describes a break in this bone. Treatment can vary, but often involves aligning the bones and a cast.

Nearly 3 years have passed since the World Health Organization declared SARS-CoV-2–induced COVID-19 as a pandemic. Some of the early comorbidities reported for COVID-19 were cardiovascular ...

We show that a haplotype on chromosome 12, which is associated with a ∼22% reduction in relative risk of becoming severely ill with COVID-19 when infected by SARS-CoV-2, is inherited from Neandertals.