A huge study paints the most detailed picture yet of the toll pregnancy and childbirth take on the body. Plus, scientists have discovered a new antibiotic in a lab technician’s garden and ...

Biologists have built up one of the most detailed pictures ever of the changes that occur in women’s bodies before and after pregnancy, by pooling and studying around 44 million physiological ...

As anyone who experiences it knows, pregnancy vastly transforms the body – and now we have the most detailed picture yet of how it affects the blood, organs and immune system on a weekly basis.

By Alisha Haridasani Gupta and Nina Agrawal Maternal diabetes, a pregnancy complication that can affect up to a third of women globally, is linked with a higher risk of neurodevelopmental issues ...

With 125 million women at risk of malaria in pregnancy every year, better diagnostic tools are needed for timely identification and treatment of malaria infection. Diagnostic surveillance tools ...

Chinese researchers, who conducted a meta-analysis, said while more research is needed, “diligent monitoring” of blood sugar levels throughout pregnancy is “imperative”. The analysis ...