On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Roe v. Wade, declaring a Texas law prohibiting abortion, and similar laws in other states, to be unconstitutional. Not quite 50 ...

An ancient Egyptian woman thought to have been pregnant and dying of cancer was actually just embalmed with a technique that mimicked these diagnoses, researchers have concluded, settling a four-year ...

Something ancient awakens in our DNA during pregnancy and moments of blood loss to drive an increased demand for red cells in the body, researchers have found. A new study by researchers in the US and ...

Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. These are some of the ...

(CNN) — Scientists say they have found a way to test ancient human remains for hormones linked with pregnancy, a breakthrough that may allow archaeologists to determine whether a woman was pregnant or ...

CARY, N.C. (WTVD) -- After giving birth to her first son, Shane, almost six years ago, Nicole Manz initially had trouble getting pregnant a second time. After trying for almost six months, she came to ...

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