Pregnancy

A year after suffering from miscarriage, transgender man announces pregnancy with gay husband!

A gay couple will be welcoming a child after experiencing a heart-breaking miscarriage at six weeks in 2016, when trans-dad Trystan became pregnant for the first time.

Jun 02, 2017, 21:12 PM IST

38-year-old Agra woman who suffered 18 miscarriages delivers healthy baby

Doctors conducted a laparoscopic surgery on her to hold the foetus in the uterus said that both the mother and son are doing well.

Jun 02, 2017, 12:02 PM IST

Mothers-to-be beware! Taking stress during pregnancy may cause binge eating in kids

A study was conducted on mice and found that taking stress during pregnancy may cause female children to exhibit binge-eating-like behaviour in adulthood.

Jun 01, 2017, 22:02 PM IST

Mothers-to-be, take note! Smoking during pregnancy may harm babies' liver

A new study has revealed that smoking cigarettes during pregnancy may cause damage to foetal organs, especially to the liver.

May 31, 2017, 21:19 PM IST

Maternal stress may increase ADHD risk in children later in life

When human body is stressed, it releases cortisol -- stress hormones -- to handle higher stress, a mechanism that also persists during pregnancy.

May 31, 2017, 14:08 PM IST

Mothers-to-be, take note! Taking vitamin D supplements may shield your baby from asthma

Given the evidence for strong immune responses in early life being associated with decreased development of asthma, the team believe the effect will likely lead to improved respiratory health in childhood.

May 27, 2017, 17:22 PM IST

Expecting mothers, beware! Preeclampsia may increase your risk of stroke by 6 times

Pregnancy-associated stroke occurs up to 6 times more often in women with preeclampsia compared with pregnant women overall.

May 26, 2017, 15:33 PM IST

New therapy can prevent transmission of HIV from mother to babies

The antiretroviral treatment (ART) during pregnancy, labour pain and delivery can protect the health of mother-to-be and her baby.

May 19, 2017, 23:53 PM IST

Fallopian tubes flush: The century-old infertility cure that's as effective as IVF

The technique, known as hysterosalpingography (HSG), is a dye test of the fallopian tubes conducted under X-ray, and involves flushing the woman's fallopian tubes with an iodised poppy seed oil.

May 19, 2017, 16:16 PM IST

Doctors successfully carried out India's first womb transplant in Pune

A team of doctors successfully performed a womb transplant on a 21-year-old woman on Thursday at a hospital in Pune.

May 18, 2017, 23:45 PM IST

India's first womb transplant at Pune hospital today

The woman, who is a Solapur resident and is unable to conceive it due to absence of uterus, is being operated at Pune’s Galaxy Care Laparoscopy Institute (GCLI) by a team of 12 doctors.

May 18, 2017, 13:23 PM IST

Pregnant? Hot weather may increase your risk for gestational diabetes

A new study suggests that pregnant women who expose themselves to temperatures averaging 24 degrees Celsius or above are at greater the risk of developing gestational diabetes.

May 15, 2017, 16:13 PM IST

India's first womb transplant on May 18 - Pune hospital all set for procedure

As per reports, the Galaxy Care Laparoscopy Institute (GCLI) in Pune will perform the country's uterine transplant on May 18.

May 12, 2017, 09:39 AM IST

Cooking in oil fish during pregnancy may decrease risk of diabetes in children

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system turns on the body and destroys insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.

May 06, 2017, 18:31 PM IST

Pregnant or breastfeeding? Exposure to plastic chemical raises your child's risk for asthma

The chemical, called phthalates, can enter our bodies through the skin, foodstuffs or respiration.

May 05, 2017, 14:20 PM IST

Pregnant women, beware! Common antibiotics could put you at double risk of miscarriage

Researchers found that many classes of common antibiotics, such as macrolides, quinolones, tetracyclines, sulfonamides and metronidazole, were associated with an increased risk of miscarriage in early pregnancy.

May 01, 2017, 22:40 PM IST

Artificial 'brain in a dish' may help decode neural disorders

These observations showcase neuroscientists' newfound ability to monitor, assemble and manipulate so-called neural spheroids, generated from human induced pluripotent stem cells, to study the normal development of the human forebrain during late pregnancy.

Apr 30, 2017, 17:40 PM IST