First, a quick anatomy lesson: Breasts are made up of several components, including the nipple and areola, mammary tissue, supporting connective tissue and fat, blood and lymphatic vessels, and nerves ...

Birthing and caring for a newborn can be hard on a mother’s bones. Estrogen, which helps regulate bone growth, drops precipitously after birth, and lactation saps the skeleton of calcium. Yet nursing ...

A newly discovered hormone that keeps the bones of breastfeeding women strong could also help bone fractures heal and treat osteoporosis in the broader population. Researchers at UC San Francisco ...

A lot of pregnant women wonder if drinking alcohol before or during pregnancy can affect breastfeeding later. This article ...

Credit: Getty Images. New study results solve a long-standing puzzle about how women’s bones remain relatively robust during breastfeeding, even as calcium is stripped from bones to support milk ...

Nursing poses major metabolic demands on mothers, to which they respond by eating more and saving energy to sustain milk production. There are significant hormonal changes during lactation, but how ...

Post-lactation skin changes explained ...

The report, titled “Novel Lactation Induction Protocol for a Transgender Woman Wishing to Breastfeed: A Case Report,” was published on March 27 in the National Library of Medicine. It is the fifth ...

Women who adopt children are now able to breastfeed them. Thanks to induced lactation which happens when a woman takes a medication to trick the body into thinking its pregnant so the breast can ...

CCN3, a hormone secreted by neurons in the brain, enhances the density and strength of bone in lactating mice. This discovery could lead to new treatments for osteoporosis and improved fracture ...