If you have endometriosis, you might have a host of concerns ranging from how to quell the notoriously agonizing pain to how this condition may impact your fertility.
While investigating possible causes of unexplained pregnancy loss, US researchers have discovered that insulin is toxic to first trimester placental cells.
A new study found that high levels of the hormone insulin are toxic to human placenta cells, and the discovery may lead scientists to a better understanding of miscarriages and infertility.
Preeclampsia is a condition that can affect pregnant women, causing high blood pressure that increases the risk of major cardiac events, seizures or even death.
In November 2018, a Rubicon was crossed in biomedical science. Researcher He Jiankui announced he had created the first “CRISPR babies” — infants whose genomes were edited before they were born.
When Mariela finally got pregnant in August 2017 after trying for three years, she knew exactly what she was going to name her little boy. “Aramis, from ‘The Three Musketeers.’ ”
In November 2018, a research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics offered some encouraging news: Between 2002 and 2016, the use of alcohol and cigarettes during pregnancy has declined.
