New research to be announced Thursday contends that, while Bronx teens have the highest pregnancy rates in the city, it’s due to entrenched poverty more than promiscuity. New York University Professor Vincent Guilamo-Ramos’ report on adolescent reproductive and sexual health disparities shows that 46% of Bronx high school students have sex, equal to the national [...]

Pregnancy may be the mother of all guilt trips. But that anxiety doesn’t necessarily end with the birth of a healthy child. Researchers are finding that in utero exposures could be linked with behavioral or emotional problems in young children and increased cancer risk and other problems later in life. Here’s a look at some [...]

Enlarge iStockphoto.com Well, here’s another twist in the debate over whether birth control is an essential health benefit. More than 1.5 million American women use birth control pills for reasons other than preventing pregnancy, a new analysis finds. The nonprofit Guttmacher Institute, using federal survey data from the National Survey of Family Growth, found that [...]

Mariah Carey is back. The recently slimmed down singer did a promo appearance for Jenny last week, the program that helped her shift all her pregnancy weight and, while speaking of the weight loss, she also dished some details about her upcoming album. As he fans must know, Mariah is now working on a new [...]

Heavy drinking during pregnancy could alter the genetic makeup of unborn babies’ brains, causing mental and behavioural problems. People born to alcoholic mothers are at risk of problems ranging from poor brain development and faulty nervous systems to a loss of hearing and vision that persists throughout their lives. Although the medical conditions caused by [...]