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A long-standing mystery about breastfeeding may have been solved
Researchers have discovered a hormone in mice that prevents bone loss during lactation and could one day be used to treat osteoporosis
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Some brain regions shrink in pregnancy and regrow after the birth
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Why do people get postnatal anxiety and how can we treat it?
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Genetic errors are behind more than two thirds of early miscarriages
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Mouse embryos have been grown in space for the first time
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Cells from discarded placentas may help to treat heart attacks
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Umbilical cord blood could be used to predict childhood obesity
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Placenta: The overlooked organ with a lifelong impact on your health
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Giving birth at an older age is linked to a longer life in women
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Giving birth aged 23 to 32 cuts risk of some congenital conditions
A baby's chance of having certain medical issues, collectively known as non-chromosomal anomalies, is higher either side of a window of optimum maternal age, a Hungarian study has found
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How new fetal therapies are treating genetic conditions in the womb
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Exposing C-section babies to vaginal fluid boosts their development
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Does covid-19 affect pregnancies and do the vaccines reduce any risks?
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Brain surgery before birth fixes abnormal blood vessel in fetus
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