A new study suggests that postpartum depression is as common in new dads as it is in many new mothers after there have been reports of many new fathers who have shared their experience on this front. According to researchers who examined data from more than 5,000 two-parent families, about 14 percent of mothers and 10 percent of fathers showed signs of moderate or severe postpartum depression.

The study, which first appeared in the August 2006 issue of the journal Pediatrics, said, "The long-standing belief of many people, including physicians, has been that postpartum depression is due to hormone changes in women that take place after childbirth

Proof of modern medicine's origins in ancient Egypt may have been finally discovered in Egypt. Scientists are currently examining documents 3,500 years old that may show Egypt, not Greece, founded modern medicine.

A University of Manchester team from the KNH Center for Biomedical Egyptology is looking at the evidence in medical papyri written around 1,500 BCE, almost a full 1,000 years before Hippocrates was born

The National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, requires all mothers who deliver their babies there to attend a mandatory series of Shaken Baby Syndrome educational briefings, according to an American Forces Press Service report.

The unfortunate effect of shaking a baby too hard is serious and permanent damage or death to infants

At age 45, when Mandy Davidson began to suffer from hot flashes, she assumed that it was because of her age and a possible menopause, and not because she was pregnant. Davidson, with two older children in their twenties, was stunned to find out one day during her lunch break that her striking back pain was actually a sign that she was in labor. Five hours later, the new mother gave birth to a healthy 8lb 1oz baby boy, Alfie.

Moreover, the news was more of a shock for her husband Kevin, than for her. Fresh from celebrating their 27th anniversary together, he was stunned to find out that he had just become a father for the third time

Ruling in favor of a teenage boy, New York's Supreme Court has reportedly asked the insurer to pay for the boy's breast-reduction surgery saying it was "medically necessary" for the boy to lead a normal life.

Upholding the two lower court rulings, the state Supreme Court's Appellate Division directed Group Health to pay $5,000 to the father who paid for the $7,500 surgery out of his own pocket