In a recent study published in the journal PLoS ONE, researchers investigate the association between excessive weight gain during pregnancy and the subsequent risk of prolonged labor or comorbid ...

A new study sheds light on a potential link between exposure to certain everyday chemicals during pregnancy and the development of asthma in children. The study analyzed data from over 3,500 ...

Japan's dwindling birthrate and aging population has the government trying to persuade women to get pregnant. Their latest incentive? A seat on Japan's really, really crowded trains. Tokyo rail ...

TOKYO -- Fat with child, Sakiko Wakita was getting desperate. She had to give birth by Nov. 30 -- only five days away. She resorted to a folklore remedy: Down on her knees, she scrubbed furiously at ...

Pregnancy in Israel and Japan. It was a question I heard frequently over the holidays this past December, as I went to pre-Christmas rehearsals, parties, and church services carrying Tsipy Ivry’s ...

Pregnant women at Kadena Air Base in Japan are being notified they won’t be able to deliver their babies at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, the only full-servce medical center on the island, due to a ...