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When Paige's daughter was 6 months old, her boss called her into his office and demanded to know how long she planned to breastfeed. Paige, an archeological research assistant, says she had been pumping three times a day for 20 minutes at a time, closing the door to her office so she could use a hands-free model and continue working. But her boss was unhappy.

Are wealthy women too posh to push? A new British study shows that upper-class women are more likely to get elective C-sections, raising new questions about who get the surgery -- and why.

Deaths from pregnancy-related causes, which usually occur around the time of childbirth, have risen dramatically in the United States in the last decade. In a report released Tuesday, a committee investigating such deaths in California cited an increase in caesarean-section births as a major contributor to the disturbing trend.

One in five American moms have kids who have different birth fathers, a new study shows. And when researchers look only at moms with two or more kids, that figure is even higher: 28 percent have kids with at least two different men.

Drinking coffee appears to offer protection against stroke, a major study of women out Thursday concludes.

Bucking the notion that being born a few weeks early has no discernible impact on babies, a new study indicates that "late preterm" infants face ...

Many women with early breast cancer do not appear to need removal of their lymph nodes, as is often recommended, according to a federally funded study released Tuesday.

Babies exposed to high levels of pesticides while in the womb may suffer from learning problems, a new study suggests.

Death rates rose more for women and older people; researchers suggest a fan's response to a team can be as strong as a family connection.

A study shows the typical pregnant woman has dozens of potentially toxic or even cancer-causing chemicals in her body.