Pregnant women can get sick. And women with illnesses do get pregnant. Yet most drugs have never been tested for their effects during pregnancy. That’s because pregnant women are usually excluded from drug trials because…
Taking a common vitamin supplement could significantly reduce the number of miscarriages and birth defects worldwide, Australian scientists said Thursday, in what they described as a major breakthrough in pregnancy research. The study, published in…
Limiting weight gain during pregnancy can not only benefit the health of the mother and child, but it can also reduce the chance of a caesarean section, according to new U.K. research. Carried out by…
The Canadian Paediatric Society’s position that the benefits of removing a baby’s foreskin do not outweigh the risks is based on “sloppy scholarship” and inflated harms, argue the authors of a new review recommending circumcision for all newborn boys….
Saskatchewan pediatrician says vegan diet not a concern if done correctly. After seven years of eating a vegan diet, Regina mother Alyx Millham has the lifestyle down pat. So when Millham, 35, delivered her first…
It’s common sense that with summer comes sweltering heat, but that hasn’t stopped parents from leaving kids in hot cars. On average, 37 children die per year from heat stroke in cars in the U.S. While there…
TORONTO – Giving children high daily doses of vitamin D instead of the standard recommended amount doesn’t appear to reduce the number of times they come down with wintertime sniffles, a study suggests. For the…
New research on acupuncture has found that the traditional Chinese treatment could significantly decrease period pain, even a year after treatment. Carried out by researchers from Western Sydney University, Australia and the University of Auckland,…
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