Browsing: pregnancy

Tierra Walker had reached her limit. In the weeks since she’d learned she was pregnant, the 37-year-old dental assistant had been wracked by unexplained seizures and…

When I first told my mother I was freezing my eggs, she asked: “So my grandchildren are going to be stored next to some Häagen-Dazs?” (Very…

High street clinics offering pregnancy scans could be putting unborn babies and their mothers in danger through a lack of properly trained staff, UK experts have…

November 1, 20253 min readCOVID During Pregnancy May Raise Autism Risk, Study SuggestsA new study adds to the evidence that viral infections during pregnancy might contribute…

Demi Moore said during an interview at The New Yorker Festival (via People) that she felt Tom Cruise was “quite embarrassed” by her pregnancy when they…

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.The president of the United States recently claimed that the use of acetaminophen, commonly known by the…

Lydia* first started thinking about weight-loss drugs during pregnancy. “Everyone was talking about them and the advertisements were everywhere,” she says, as her baby son naps…

October 8, 20255 min readThe Hand-Wringing Over Antidepressants During Pregnancy Is Harming Women  By casting doubt on antidepressants and other well-studied drugs, our government health agencies are…

But the US president has been condemned by experts from across the world, who fear he is deliberately fostering a narrative of distrust that could be…

In a press conference this afternoon, the Trump administration linked rising rates of autism spectrum disorder to the use of Tylenol (a brand name of acetaminophen)…