Two third of American women under 50 have at least one of five modifiable risk factors that can lead to birth defects. Here's ...

Folate (Vitamin B9) helps prevent severe birth defects and supports red-blood-cell and brain function — but most women start too late. Experts say eve ...

Cholesterol doesn’t have the same clout as plenty of other heart-related biomarkers. You can’t check the amount of cholesterol (a.k.a. a waxy fat made by your liver) floating in your blood using a ...

Obesity before pregnancy, not just during, may shape a child’s brain and raise the risk of autism spectrum disorder, a new study has found. Epigenetic changes in eggs triggered gene shifts linked to ...

Spina bifida is one of the most common congenital disabilities that may be avoided, and folic acid is essential for doing so.

The human genome is riddled with relics of viral infections—bits of DNA from viruses that have been inserted in human DNA ...

I maintained the same weight for many years. When my son was born, I focused on getting my pre-pregnancy body back. Looking ...

Study suggests that women who underwent computed tomography scans before conceiving face a greater risk of pregnancy ...

U.S. pregnancy-related deaths have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels, new government data suggests. About 680 women died last year during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth, according to ...