AAP - 02-03-2016

The bones of babies born in the winter months could be strengthened if their mothers took vitamin D, scientists say. Taking vitamin D during

AAP - 25-02-2016

Scientists want the use of progesterone therapy to prevent premature births to be reviewed while alternative solutions are found. A widely used

AAP - 24-02-2016

Australian and UK doctors are warning mothers who give birth by caesarean about the health risks of "vaginal seeding". There's

AAP - 16-02-2016

Premature babies given two drugs scored much better by age four on measures of intelligence, language and memory than preemies who didn't get them.

AAP - 12-02-2016

The vapour from e-cigarettes may be damaging to unborn babies and harmful to male fertility, new research suggests. Pregnant women who smoke

AAP - 11-02-2016

New oxygen-related research may help to prevent the deaths of thousands of premature babies worldwide each year, according to an Australian researcher.

AAP - 08-02-2016

The former head of obstetrics at Bacchus Marsh Hospital, Surinder Parhar, says he has been "unfairly targeted" over a spate of baby deaths.

AAP - 22-01-2016

Seven mothers were given the wrong baby to breastfeed in NSW public hospitals despite strict identification procedures. Babies have been handed

AAP - 15-01-2016

UK women at risk of giving birth to babies with abnormalities are being offered a new blood test that can detect Down's, Patau's and Edwards' syndromes.

AAP - 07-01-2016

Researchers have found a genetic link to a condition which can lead to a woman developing heart failure in late pregnancy or shortly after delivery.