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Life

No contraceptive is perfect, but can you trust apps to stop pregnancy?

Birth control app Natural Cycles has come under fire for unwanted pregnancies, but this just reveals how little we understand contraception

Insight

Inducing labour at 39 weeks leads to fewer emergency Caesareans

Health

Inducing labour at 39 weeks leads to fewer emergency Caesareans

News

Pregnant belly

Health

Women have more miscarriages than live births over their lifetime

News

Polycystic ovary syndrome linked to mother's health in pregnancy

Health

Polycystic ovary syndrome linked to mother's health in pregnancy

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A fetus in the womb

Health

Faulty placenta may explain why some people get schizophrenia

News

Ape ‘midwives’ spotted helping female bonobos give birth

Life

Ape ‘midwives’ spotted helping female bonobos give birth

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Health

Gallery of terrifying gynaecological tools from past 200 years

Regulars

Finger-prick test reveals fetus's sex in the first trimester

Health

Finger-prick test reveals fetus's sex in the first trimester

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child plays with shaped blocks

Health

Infections during pregnancy affect a child's brain function

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A baby

Health

DNA sequencing of babies is here: Should it be available to all?

A new bioethics briefing highlights restrictions on genomic screening of newborn children. Should it be tightly controlled, wonders Alex Pearlman

Comment

Humans

Dad power: The surprising new science of fatherhood

Features

Life

Down's syndrome has become the newest front in the abortion wars

Insight

Health

Probiotics and fish oil in pregnancy may reduce child allergies

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Humans

Valentine’s Day seems to cause a mini baby-boom 9 months later

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