Wheezing, shortness of breath, tightness in the chest: the symptoms of an asthma attack can be scary, especially for children ...

The causes of ulcerative colitis aren't quite known, but women of child-bearing age should be especially vigilant for ...

A Zimbabwean High Court judge has ruled that provisions of a law that deny abortion services to women raped by their husbands ...

For decades, it's been known that certain older medications women use to control epilepsy seizures can pose risks to a ...

Official guidelines on how much mercury-containing fish it is safe to eat can be different for “women of childbearing age,” according to the US Environmental Protection Agency, for example.

I thought I was menopausal at age 45. I was actually pregnant - After a multi-month gap in her menstrual cycle, 45-year-old ...

London: A string of prominent sanitary pad brands in China have become embroiled in a scandal about the quality of their ...

Children of mothers who took certain anti-seizure medications while pregnant do not have worse neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 6, according to a long-running study.

Children whose mothers took extra vitamin D during pregnancy continue to have stronger bones at age seven, according to research. Children whose mothers took extra vitamin D during pregnancy ...

Two common antiseizure medications, lamotrigine and levetiracetam, are safe to use during pregnancy, according to a Stanford Medicine-led study.

Six-year-olds who were exposed prenatally to common antiseizure medications had normal verbal and cognitive abilities, a ...

Vitamin D regulates the amount of calcium and phosphate in the body -- minerals essential for bones, teeth and muscle health. In 2009, researchers launched the MAVIDOS study, recruiting over 1000 ...