Author: Erin Elizabeth

The first week of May saw the National Institutes of Health say that it will no longer use chimpanzees for research (they began retiring chimps in 2013) and to date about 300 have left test facilities. Jane Goodall, who has visited research labs who use chimps, has called the news a “good step forward”. The Humane Society of the United States is also overjoyed and they and other animal welfare groups will work to find space for the animals. In recent years, there’s been an increase in advocacy groups wanting to see the practice of using animals for invasive research end;...

Sadly, most miscarriages are unpreventable and unexplained. So, when it comes to preventing pregnancy loss, couples– and their doctors– are often faced with more questions than answers. That has led to advice that’s constantly changing about what you should or shouldn’t be eating, drinking or doing. A new study published in Fertility and Sterility, has looked at caffeine intake and multivitamin (in both Mom’s and Dad’s) use and found some promising things. Studying 344 heterosexual couples who became pregnant, they used home pregnancy tests to track their pregnancy and then agreed to keep daily journals of how much they smoked, how...