Family Health Articles

Half of all couples conceives within six months, while almost all healthy couples who tracked their ovulation and had regular sex get pregnant within 12 months of quitting contraceptives. Perhaps...

Calcium helps your growing baby develop strong bones and teeth but this mineral is also important for heart function, as well as healthy muscles, nerves and blood. Calcium is, in...

Couples where the male partner is HIV positive while the female is not face a real challenge when they are considering parenthood. There is some good news though there is...

Pregnancy normally lasts 40 weeks, and full term is considered to be anywhere between 38 and 42 weeks. What is your chance of going into labor too early, how do...

You have been trying to get pregnant for a while perhaps for six months, a year, or even longer. Now, you are getting worried about infertility. You may be wondering...

Children with older fathers and grandfathers may genetically be programmed to live longer, US scientists say! As men get older, their DNA code alters and apparently influences a child's life...

In "three-parent IVF", genetic material is used from two women and one man. Debates about how ethical this practice is, and whether it's acceptable to apply it in practice to...

Are you pregnant and experiencing heavy abdominal pain? Your first thought is, probably, that there is something wrong with your baby! But kidney stones are another cause of excruciating pain...

Sperm count refers to the number of sperm in a semen sample. Men are considered to have a low sperm count something that's medically known as oligospermia when they have...

Pictures of a Chinese women lying in a hospital bed with her dead baby after she underwent a forced abortion in her seventh month of pregnancy are causing outrage, and...