Medical workers have determined that one of the causes of acceleration of maturation in modern children hides in their eating habits, namely, their excessive consumption of meat products. Full story

Artificially sweetened drinks are advertised as a salubrious alternative to sugar-sweetened soft drinks, but they may boost the risk of giving birth to the child prematurely if the mother-to-be indulges in them, a recent study informs. Full story

The syringe, this long-time symbol of medical profession, can become obsolete as a new vaccination method - skin patch - is on the way. A study devoted to the new invention appeared in Nature Medicine, describing skin patch as a less painful and more effective development. Full story

Baby boys’ future fertility might suffer with every glass of alcoholic drink mother indulges in while bearing a child, Danish scientists warn. Full story

It appears that some fathers are bound to share post-natal depression with their wives, a new study reveals. Full story

Your getting pregnant changes everything - even if you didn’t expect infringements on your shoes choice, consider your footwear before you may have to. A recent poll reported by the BBC goes to show that pregnant women who decided to stick to their favorite high heels, stilettos, ballet pumps, flip flops and Ugg boots may end up with painful feet - and maybe more. Full story

The Daily Mail reports that a British woman, Toni Ebdon, is selling her breast milk online. When Ebdon gave birth to a baby boy she found herself with "too much" of breast milk. She got the idea to sell it on the Internet from her friend who joked Ebdon could open her own diary. Full story

Premature birth is known to be connected with learning difficulties, and it’s a grave problem facing kids who were born even a matter of a week or two before the fixed date. There’s a new study in the Public Library of Science Medicine that looks into the kinds of learning difficulties that babies born ahead of their due time may encounter in the future - such as autism and dyslexia. Full story

Secondhand smoker is nothing enviable to be, with a number of health risks to run. The one of developing mental problems is not the least of those. There were studies that revealed the adverse effects of nicotine on mood - it interferes with immune responses, stress-hormone regulation and dopamine transmission, making smokers an easy prey to various psychological problems. Full story

Regular and intensive workouts bring dubious health benefits to women. Researches from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim studied over 3,000 women in North-Trondelag region located in the middle part of Norway and found that challenging workouts may cause female infertility. Full story

Are you feeling the pressure of studies, research and the regularly altering diet, food and nourishment? There are so many differing opinions and theories which makes it difficult for anyone to carry on the dos and don’ts. The following are five best fundamental routine changes to be actively encouraged in preparing your body for the process of conception and to start a healthy family life.... Full story

Finding out that you are pregnant is a very special feeling for the woman and the whole family. The signs of pregnancy are joyous as well, although they bring in a lot of worries. Full story

A study of childbirths in developing countries revealed that taller mothers’ babies are generally healthier and run less risk of dying before they turn five. Full story

Human reproduction experts from Britain claim that mothers-to-be who smoke or have excessive weight can harm their son's fertility in adulthood. Scientists found that a woman's health during pregnancy have a major impact on the reproductive system of her son. If an expecting mother smokes, this can cause the decline in the sperm production of her son by 40 percent later in life. On the ... Full story

Amanda Moore - whose rare bone disease makes her the smallest mother in Britain, only 3ft 1ins tall – is experiencing her motherhood oh so differently from other moms! And the first singularity she has to cope with is that her son, Aidan, is fast outgrowing her. Full story

It seems as though we were living inside a science fiction novel these days. People getting face transplants, scientist growing artificial human organs and tissues, and if that's not enough, an American woman gave birth to a set of twins just 16 months after receiving a heart transplant. Full story

Researchers from the University Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands, found that women's diet affects pregnancy odds. They examined over 160 infertile couples who underwent IVF treatment and ICSI treatment (intracytoplasmic sperm injection). Full story

Australian researchers discovered that you can increase your baby's sleep duration by 30 per cent by letting your baby cry it out. Full story

Researchers at the Copenhagen University claim men who drink more than a liter of coca-cola every day can be harming the quality of their sperm. Low concentration of spermatozoa in ejaculate is linked to poor male fertility. The study involved 2,500 young men. Those who drank more than a liter of cola every day had an average ... Full story

Words play crucial role in the brain development of babies long before they are able to speak, according to the findings of psychologists from the Northwestern University, the US. Full story

In-vitro fertilization (IVF) conception has been found to be greatly affected by such factor as air pollution, as reported in a recent study published in Human Reproduction. Full story

Abdominal pain during pregnancy is always frightening to women. That’s why pregnant women should continuously consult their obstetrician or gynecologist who could identify the causes of abdominal pain and take action to eliminate it if necessary. Full story

Whatever sense of personal perfection Gisele Bündchen put into her modeling career she is trying now to put into her motherhood. Her US Vogue interview disclosed some of her “secrets” as she discoursed about many things related to her recent pregnancy. Full story

There has long been established an interrelation between gum diseases and a risk of premature birth – unhealthy gums are one of the factors that tip the scale to cause early labor. Untreated gum diseases were found to increase the risk of labor starting before due time by three times. Full story

That’s the conclusion of a research described in a new study in Clinical Pediatrics. Scientists believe that before children reach the age of 2, the possibility of their putting on excessive weight has already been established. Full story