A new rat study explores lung function and placental changes in the presence of infection and inflammation. The study ...

Researchers have discovered that naturally occurring gut microbes produce indoles—compounds that play a key role in ...

Pregnancy brings dramatic changes to a woman's vascular system, with potentially serious health implications for both mother ...

Rising global temperatures pose a serious threat to the health of pregnant women and babies, say Wits researchers.

Men's greatest heroes have drastic physical mutations that mean they can never hide from a world that hates and fears them.

Ruby Tsang summarises a recent longitudinal study of trajectories of inflammation in youth and risk of mental and ...

Researchers analyzed human motivation from an evolutionary perspective, identifying 15 key motives that drive behavior.

A new study led by Prof. Tan Zhiliang from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...

Little is known about the associated brain activation during these sleep rhythms, and even less about their functional implications. In this study, we investigated the brain-wide activation underlying ...

A 25-year-old woman from Florida gave birth on a W train in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning. She had been missing since last summer, her sister said. By Liam Stack and Chelsia Rose Marcius ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major health problem, with an alarming increase of early-onset CRC (EO-CRC) cases among individuals under 50 years of age. This trend shows the urgent need for ...

Feb. 3, 2025 — A new study finds that pregnant individuals who were unable to have their desired emotional support persons present during childbirth were more likely to have higher levels of ...