AAP - 13-11-2015

UN member states pledged to reduce maternal mortality by 75 per cent by 2015 from 1990 levels but only nine countries have achieved the target.

AAP - 15-10-2015

New Zealand researchers have led a study into how to prevent newborn babies suffering brain damage as a result of low blood sugar. Treating low

AAP - 14-10-2015

Stressed mothers have uncoordinated children, according to WA research which links emotional trauma during pregnancy to poor motor function. PERTH, AAP - Stress

AAP - 18-08-2015

A Victorian mother of six has been refused IVF treatment after it was found there would be significant welfare concerns for the child. A Victorian

AAP - 12-08-2015

Two healthy babies have been born on the same day, after a new test screened the embryos for life-threatening genetic conditions Two families

AAP - 29-07-2015

Pregnancy causes hormone-driven growth of the intestines that allows more energy to be extracted from the same amount of food, a study shows.

AAP - 02-07-2015

Mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis has been effectively eliminated in Cuba, the first country in the world to achieve the goal.

AAP - 26-06-2015

Researchers say pre-pregnancy counselling services should be provided to women who had a stillbirth, as well as advice on changing lifestyle factors.

AAP - 12-06-2015

Researchers say a baby's DNA can be affected by what their mother eats before pregnancy and one gene is especially sensitive to these changes.

AAP - 05-05-2015

Trials of a new screening test for common pregnancy complications have been successful, say Adelaide researchers. Researchers say they've come up with a new