Certain medical treatments, cancers, and other health disorders can result in a boy or young man becoming infertile. While banking sperm is an option for post-pubescent patients, for boys who have yet to go through puberty and young men who are too sick to produce a sperm sample, there is little hope of preserving fertility for later use . . .

Pregnancy can be overwhelming, but expecting mothers should take care not to neglect their health—for their own sake, as well as that of their baby. New research suggests that viral infections during pregnancy could result in brain changes in the child, leading to abnormal behavior in offspring . . .

Spring is a beautiful time of the year—flowers are blooming, the weather is getting warmer, the leaves are growing back on trees. And, according to a recent study, a significant number of married US women would prefer to give birth in the spring . . .

The human body is an incredibly complex puzzle made up of a variety of smaller, equally complex pieces, also known as genes. Genetic coding is responsible for everything from height and eye color to personality traits and which diseases a person is most susceptible to . . .

Migraines are extraordinarily painful and quite common, especially in women. Around 85 percent of people who suffer from migraines are women, and migraines affect about 18 percent of American women . . .