Hirschsprung disease and meconium ileus can both cause a newborn to be unable to pass their first stool. Learn the different ...

Using pyrolysis-gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, scientists from Fudan University and the Putuo District Center for ...

A retrospective review reports that pregnant women with pityriasis rosea onset before 15 weeks have higher rates of ...

Here are ways the experts say parents can help their babies have the best possible start to life: Colostrum is the first milk produced by new mothers after their baby’s born, but it can be expressed ...

That is known as meconium aspiration syndrome – a potentially fatal condition that occurs in 5% to 10% of births but is ...

The Eastern Cape Health Department has been ordered to pay damages to the mother of a child who suffers cerebral palsy due to medical negligence at the Madzikane KaZulu Memorial Hospital.

An Afghan midwife describes how a woman died in childbirth, along with her baby. She was snowed into her village and couldn't reach a hospital. Just weeks before, the health clinic in her village ...

Parents naturally want to secure the best start in life for their little ones, which is essential in paving the way for a fulfilling later life. World Health Day (April 7) sets in motion a year ...

The Supreme Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court decision, finding the Eastern Cape Health Department responsible for ...

A midwife has been criticised for leaving a mother in labour during a "tragic" birth.