Tag: Pregnancy
Fathers forgotten when it comes to services to help them be...
Joyce Y. Lee, University of Michigan and Shawna J. Lee, University of Michigan
Fathers have a significant impact on their children’s well-being – an impact...
Baby bust: 5 charts show how expensive it is to have...
Heidi Steinour, University of South Florida
Today, roughly one in five women in the U.S. doesn’t have children. Thanks in part to this decline in...
When a mom feels depressed, her baby’s cells might feel it...
Benjamin W. Nelson, University of Oregon; Heidemarie Laurent, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Nick Allen, University of Oregon
An estimated 1 in 9 women...
Abortion freedom of speech battle heading to the Supreme Court
Robert A. Sedler, Wayne State University
Whether you’re for abortion or against – can the state force you to say anything about it? What about...
Why today’s teens aren’t in any hurry to grow up
Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
Teens aren’t what they used to be.
The teen pregnancy rate has reached an all-time low. Fewer teens are...
Using the placenta to understand how complex organs evolve
Considering how different they look from the outside, it might be surprising that all vertebrates – animals with a backbone – share...
I’m an OB-GYN Treating Women with Zika: This is What it’s...
Christine Curry, University of Miami
As a medical student, I remember reading books about the early days of the HIV epidemic and wondering what it...
A look inside the Czech Republic’s booming fertility holiday industry
Amy Speier, University of Texas Arlington
In 2008, a friend sent me a link to a Czech company called IVF Holiday. Clicking the link, I...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
