13-06-24 Taking iron daily during pregnancy is associated with a significant increase in birth weight and a reduction in risk of low birth weight, finds a new study. The effects were seen for iron doses up to 66 mg per day. The World Health Organization curr...

13-05-17 When Rome was a great Empire ruled by Caesar Augustus and Israel was governed by King Herod, in the village of Nazareth lived Joseph and Mary. Joseph was a carpenter and Mary was a young virgin who would become his wife. Mary told Joseph of a dream...

13-03-27 North Dakota has banned abortion once a foetal heartbeat can be detected - as early as six weeks - in the most restrictive law of its kind in the US. 美国北达科他州规定一旦胎儿的心跳可被检测到即严禁流产大约在幻云第六周，这是美国最具限制性的此类法规...

13-01-16 The city government of Ankang on Thursday evening apologized to a woman who underwent a forced abortion at a hospital in Northwest China's Shaanxi province, adding that officials who have been found to be responsible for the incident will be relieve...

13-01-10 Wages can go up or down depending on the baby's gender and the head of a company could significantly change the way he looks at his employees after the birth of a child, according to new research. 一项新研究表明，你的薪水是升是降将取决于老板的新宝宝...

12-09-12 A form of virgin birth has been found in wild vertebrates for the first time. 野生脊椎动物界首次发现单性生殖案例。 A virgin female and her son Researchers in the US caught pregnant females from two snake species and genetically analysed the litters....

12-09-03 The number of babies born out of wedlock in Korea last year increased for the ninth consecutive year to 10,000, accounting for 2.1 percent of all births in 2011. 韩国去年出生的非婚生儿连续第九年数量上升，达到了1万名，占2011年韩国新生儿总数的2.1%。 A...

12-08-20 Researchers have finally found a compound that may offer the first effective and hormone-free birth control pill for men. The study in the August 17th Cell, a Cell Press publication, shows that the small molecule makes male mice reversibly infertile...

12-05-21 Japanese researchers on Friday unveiled a population clock that showed the nation's people could theoretically become extinct in 1,000 years because of declining birth rates. 日本研究人员上周五发布了一个人口倒计时钟，该时钟显示，由于出生率持续下降，...

12-05-03 Fifteen million babies, one in ten births, are born prematurely every year, a global project suggests. 一项全球项目显示，每年有1/10、大约1500万婴儿是早产儿。 One million of these babies die soon after birth. The joint report, led by the WHO, says th...