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As of today, there are no definitive tests to measure a child’s risk for developing autism. Since early intervention and therapy is key for at-risk children, such a test could be critical for managing the early development of a child.

Police in Mexico are searching for the baby's teen father.

Babies born after in vitro fertilization have an increased risk of birth defects, the latest study shows.

Baby names. When did it all get so cutthroat and complicated? In the good old days, you just sat down with a piece of paper, and possibly a baby book, and made a list of choices.

It's now official -- the first 1,000 days of your life -- conception to your second birthday is what decides how healthy or brainy you will be the rest of your life. For mothers force-feeding their teenage children with "healthy food" or pushing them to go out to play, scientific evidence now clearly proves that what a mother eats while pregnant influences the child's memory, concentration, judgement, intellect, mood and emotions.

China does not permit surrogate parenting, but that country's rising affluence has given many couples the option of using U.S. surrogacy clinics. Americans have long gone to China to adopt babies.

As the number of children born through artificial insemination increases, concern is growing about having many children fathered by the same donors.

New Zealand parents are outraged after learning some schools are helping to keep teenage girls’ abortions a secret, the Sunday Star-Times reports. One mom is angry that her 16-year-old daughter had a secret abortion allegedly arranged by a school counselor.

A new study finds that children conceived in March are significantly more likely to have autism.

Three independent studies released today tracked 400 children. Those who were most heavily exposed to pesticides in utero showed up to a 7-point ...