Diabetes and obesity can affect male fertility in a negative way, new research has found. The findings, presented Wednesday at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology conference here, could mean that men need to keep tabs on their weight when planning a family.

Researchers from the University of Aberdeen found that men of average weight have healthier sperm in higher volumes than those outside the normal range. The research follows reports made by doctors earlier this week that male fertility begins to decline when men reach their mid-30s

Pregnant women are more likely to suffer from acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or heart attacks, according to a new study.

Researchers believe that a large number of women who delay having children potentially increase the chances of having a heart attack. This condition is not considered common but it puts them at risk of heart attack three to four fold

Pregnant women who consumed low levels of vitamin D during gestation are more likely to have babies who develop tooth enamel problems, which can lead to tooth decay, new Canadian research says.

Researchers at the University of Manitoba here studied 206 women for the vitamin D levels in their second trimester of pregnancy and found only 21 (10.5 percent) of the women had adequate levels of this sunshine vitamin, HealthDay news reported

A transgender man who surprised the world in April by revealing he was pregnant gave birth Sunday to a baby girl at a hospital here.

Thomas Beatie, 34, who switched gender from woman to man, delivered his baby at the St. Charles Medical Center. He gave birth naturally. The father has already left the hospital with his baby, who was conceived through artificial insemination using sperm from a donor

Stanford University researchers have developed a method that can increase the ability to predict whether a woman will become pregnant through in vitro fertilization (IVF).

The new method would save time and money of thousands of infertile couples and help them decide whether investing in IVF procedure would yield any results for them