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While women have sought drug-free ways of avoiding pain during childbirth for thousands of years, a newly released medical study suggests that acupuncture is not an answer.

Stroke is a disease we associated with the elderly, but it's also a significant risk for young mothers. In the United States, 1 in 200 persons aged 65 or older has a stroke in any given year.

Psychotic disorders like schizophrenia usually strike young adults just as they are beginning life on their own. Children and teens who have used marijuana, however, may suffer these disorders three to 9 years earlier, as soon as the age of 12.

A study conducted by doctors at Children's Hospital in Boston finds that babies who are raised on formula and introduced to solid foods early are more likely to become obese by age three.

A study group headed by Dr. Sasso of the School of Public Health of the University of Illinois at Chicago recently announced that women with new licenses to practice medicine earn on average $16,819 less per year than men newly granted medical licenses.

Since the first “test tube” baby was born in 1978, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has enjoyed great success in helping couples experiencing fertility problems. The following contains everything you need to know about IVF.

When it comes to erectile dysfunction, the first concern that usually arises is does this impact your chance to have children in the future. An understandable concern, but is this just over-worrying about a common problem or is there some merit to this?

Americans and their physicians often like to solve problems by taking a pill. Tens of millions of Americans take antidepressant pills, however, without having the anxiety or major depression the medications were designed to treat.

Infertility is a very common condition for which women very seldom receive needed emotional and medical support. Just in the USA alone, surveys tell us, 3.3 million couples are trying to conceive a child and can't.

Once regarded as something you just added to milk to make sure children didn't get rickets, vitamin D is turning out to be involved in an astonishing number of body processes.