Women who use water immersion during labor and birth experience better maternal and neonatal outcomes compared to those who receive epidural anesthesia, according to a study led by midwife Soledad ...

Water birth – in which a woman spends some or all of labour and delivery in a warm water pool – has become more popular as a gentler form of birthing. While its proponents claim it helps provide ...

In this difference-in-differences analysis, birth weight and other outcomes were unchanged after communities fluoridated their water. Changes in birth weight following community water fluoridation ...

The results refute allegations that community water fluoridation harms fetal development, researchers wrote Jan. 20 in JAMA Network Open. “Our findings provide reassurance about the safety of ...

Map of Nitrate Measures in Public Water: Iowa (1970-1988). Figure 2 reports the median nitrate level in each month-year of all reported public water measures in Iowa (1970-1988). Each blue point is a ...

The early universe, fresh from the Big Bang, was a hot, dense soup of simple elements: hydrogen, helium, and trace amounts of ...

Columbia University study finds no link between fluoride in public water and changes in newborn health or pregnancy outcomes.

The UK must think beyond short-term crises. Investing in clean water now protects the British people and safeguards ...

Distilled water and purified water both undergo processing to remove certain contaminants and impurities. Both types of water are generally safe to drink as part of a balanced diet. Distilled water ...