THE advantage of a standard list of contractions for periodical titles for general use in scientific journals would so outweigh initial inconveniences of changing present systems that it seems ...

When you’re pregnant and get contractions, it means the muscles of your uterus are tightening and releasing. The contractions help widen (dilate) your cervix to help your baby journey through the ...

A gush of water, being doubled over in pain, the head of your baby crowning. These are things many women picture when they think of labor. However, for most laboring women, these things take time and ...

THE letter from Capt. Sheppard, under the above title, in NATURE of Aug. 25, raises a question of no little interest and importance to all those who are concerned in any way with the use of scientific ...