Smoking tied to miscarriage risk.
A new study may offer women one more reason to kick the smoking habit before becoming pregnant: a potentially reduced risk of early miscarriage.
Path to obesity may begin before birth.
Mounting evidence suggests that what a mother eats, what contaminants she's exposed to and how active she is during pregnancy have a profound effect on her offspring's weight and wellness later in life.
Top stories of 2010: The oil spill and beyond.
In 2010, journalists devoted an extraordinary amount of resources to the largest spill in U.S. history, writing tens of thousands of articles on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Family planning helps women and slows climate change.
With women empowered to plan their pregnancies, the world's population grows more slowly, as do carbon emissions. Any strategy that enhances human health, dignity and empowerment while also reducing global warming is not just advisable, it's essential....
Oestrogen ‘may fuel oral cancer’ in young women.
The hormone oestrogen could be fuelling head and neck cancers in young women, explaining why the disease is on the increase in that group, a US team says.
Spacing babies close may raise autism risk.
Close birth spacing may put a second-born child at higher risk for autism, suggests a preliminary study based on more than a half-million California children.
Eco-bulbs ‘a health hazard for babies and pregnant women due to mercury inside’.
Energy-saving light bulbs were at the centre of a fresh health scare last night after researchers claimed they can release potentially harmful amounts of mercury if broken.
French authorities pull hair straightener with high formaldehyde levels.
Cosmetics Design-Europe Katie Bird January 4, 2011 France’s health authority (Afsapps) has warned consumers and hairdressers against the use of hair straightening treatments that contain... Read More
