Neuroscience researcher Liz Chrastil (pictured with her child) hopes her brain scans and other studies will help identify how the risks of postpartum depression change during pregnancy. (Photo ...

Pregnancy appears to trigger a kind of “reorganization” of an expecting mother’s brain, new research suggests. MRI images taken of a 38-year-old woman throughout her pregnancy show the condition ...

MRI had a 98% rate of detecting cancer in asymptomatic pregnant persons, according to a study published Dec. 4 in The New England Journal of Medicine. As part of an ongoing study, researchers from the ...

Future parents beware: MRI images of fetuses may induce nightmares. One example is a group of images that have long spread across social media. We found the images that were first posted to Twitter ...

I’ve always believed in being proactive about my health, but like most people, I usually only see a doctor when something feels wrong or if I’m overdue for an annual exam. That changed when I learned ...

For decades, expectant women have talked about having “mommy brain” or “pregnancy brain,” a phenomenon where you’re more absent-minded than usual during pregnancy and the postpartum period. But ...