If you have a baby boy, you likely will be asked whether you want him to be circumcised.

President Obama pulls out one of his campaign tricks to combat health care reform misinformation.

People often worry that once they stop regularly working out, their muscle will become fat. Is this paranoid or spot-on?

Studies have shown that women often lose 3 to 5 percent of their bone mass during breastfeeding, although it is rapidly recovered after wean...

The effects of mercury on unborn children have been documented in cases of accidental poisonings and in scientific studies.

Men can make a big difference in promoting good preconception health.

A new study from the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG} warns that, unless cost-cutting measures are put into effect soon, Americans coul...

According to some folks, you ought to feed a cold and starve a fever. Before you starve yourself, or stuff your belly with food, find out i...

Use the interconception period to provide additional intensive interventions to women who have had a previous pregnancy that ended in an adv...

As a component of maternity care, couples and persons planning pregnancy should schedule at least one prepregnancy visit.