Medicine

Scientists have discovered how the gene linked to obesity makes people fat, providing the possibility for an entirely new treatment regime that may be even more important than diet and exercise.

There is a common misconception that we can somehow plan for our labour, but the truth is it's out of our hands and we should be thankful to get through it alive.

Researchers have discovered that sperm may use "harpoons" to fertilise eggs.

“I don’t think about it! I just do it.”

He is zooming around the house.

A top fertility expert has come out and told women they should try to have a baby sooner rather than later, warning they may not have as much time to start a family as they would like.

Ever had a quick nap on the job? Welcome to the club.

Avery Fitzgerald was just two years old when his mother started noticing something weird about her photos of him.

Surgery in Australia has become an obscene boys’ club for some, ruled by innuendo and sexual harassment. But there are whistle-blower female surgeons fighting the system – at great personal cost.

Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has a very clear message for the parents: get your kids vaccinated.