Pregnancy hormones affect your body in so many different ways, some of which can even cause you to do a little happy dance—like realizing that your hair is getting thicker and feeling more luxurious.

There's new evidence that pregnancy really does change the brain. A study of female mice found that two hormones produced during pregnancy alter brain circuits that control parenting behaviors, a team ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Levels of a stress hormone released by the placenta could predict a woman's risk of developing postpartum depression, new research suggests. The new findings suggest that measuring ...

A hormone released during pregnancy could help reverse damage in the cortex of the brain caused by multiple sclerosis (MS), a recent study led by UCLA has found. In people with MS, a potentially ...

Pregnancy brings a surge of hormones that help your baby grow and prepare your body for childbirth. These same hormones also influence your brain chemistry, energy levels, and emotions. When they rise ...

Early exposure in the human womb to phthalates, which are common environmental chemicals, disrupts the masculinization of male genitals, according to a new study that will be presented Sunday at the ...

Exposure to phthalates, a class of chemicals commonly found in consumer products, may disrupt a hormone that plays a key role in healthy births, a new Rutgers University study finds. Researchers at ...

Dr. Donald Stein of Emory University noticed that women healed from traumatic brain injuries quicker than men. He's been able to isolate the likely reason — the pregnancy hormone progesterone. Stein ...

Getting your period back after childbirth can feel completely different from what you were used to before pregnancy, and it ...

Findings from the interim analysis showed approximately 9% of patients using Ovaprene experienced a pregnancy. Topline interim data were announced from an ongoing phase 3 trial evaluating Ovaprene ®, ...