BPA may inhibit pregnancy.
Even as women choose to have babies later in life, more are having trouble conceiving, and the chemical BPA might be partly to blame, suggests a new study.
Living near main roads ‘triggers early birth.’
Pregnant women who live within 650 ft (200 m) of a main road are at a 50 per cent higher risk than normal of delivering prematurely - before 37 weeks - according to a study of more than 14,000 births.
Moms’ smoking in pregnancy tied to girls’ puberty.
Women who smoke heavily during pregnancy tend to have daughters who start menstruating months earlier than the daughters of women who didn't smoke while pregnant, a new study finds.
Oral contraceptives are not a major estrogen source in drinking water.
A new study finds that oral contraceptives are not the main culprit in estrogenic pollution of US and European rivers and drinking water. Instead, the contribution of contraceptives is quite small compared to other human, industrial and agricultural so...
Consumer reports warns on mercury in canned tuna.
Pregnant women and children have long been warned that they should be wary of eating certain kinds of seafood because of the risk of mercury contamination. It's a real threat -- mercury is a neurotoxin, and exposure in-utero at high levels can damage a...
