Humans and most other organisms have internal biological clocks that track the daily cycle of sunrise and sunset. These ...

Psychological stress during pregnancy is known to affect birth outcomes, but isolating its effects has been difficult.

Fetal development is a critical stage with effects that can last throughout life. Yet, identifying the effects of maternal ...

Lelia Duley was twice told to forget her ambitions in medicine. The first time was at her comprehensive school in Oxford, ...

Introduction Ethnic disparities in reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health (RMNCH) persist in Latin America, rooted ...

The escalating conflict in the Middle East, entrenched democratic backsliding, and the deliberate unravelling of multilateralism are symptomatic of a crisis of political impunity that jeopardises ...

Intensive support may be best targeted to specific groups Despite widespread acceptance that breastfeeding is important for ...

Strategic expansion opportunities emerge across Asia-Pacific as demographic shifts and technological innovation reshape ...

In 2018, the first Lancet Series on preconception health, led by Judith Stephenson, argued that the health and nutrition of ...

During pregnancy, the maternal immune system must engage in a fine balancing act: maintaining tolerance to the fetal ...