Maternal position during the first stage of labor: a systematic review
There has long been controversy regarding which maternal position is more appropriate during the first stage of labor.

Delays in seeking an abortion until the second trimester: a qualitative study in South Africa
This paper reports on results from a qualitative study that explored the factors that contributed towards women accessing abortion services in their second trimester of pregnancy.

Brazilian obstetrician-gynecologists and abortion: a survey of knowledge, opinions and practices
Abortion laws are extremely restrictive in Brazil. The knowledge, opinions of abortion laws, and abortion practices of obstetrician-gynecologists can have a significant impact on women's access to safe abortion

The prevalence of stillbirths: a systematic review
Stillbirth rate is an important indicator of access to and quality of antenatal and delivery care.

Females Promiscuous For The Sake Of Their Grandchildren
Female animals that mate with multiple partners may be doing so to ensure the optimum health of their grandchildren

Mate Or A Meal? Familiarity Decides If Wolf Spider Loves 'Em Or Eats 'Em
A Cornell University behavioral scientist has found that female wolf spiders prefer mates that are comfortably familiar.

What Gets A Female's Attention, At Least A Songbird's
Male songbirds produce a subtly different tune when they are courting a female than when they are singing on their own.

With Daily Alcohol Use, Male Fruit Flies Court Other Males
A team of researchers has used an animal model to reveal, for the first time, a physiological basis for the effect of alcohol on male sexual behavior

Electric Fish Conduct Electric Duets In Aquatic Courtship
Cornell researchers have discovered that in the battle of the sexes, African electric fish couples not only use specific electrical signals to court but also engage in a sort of dueling "electric duet."

The Best Both Of Worlds: How To Have Sex And Survive
Researchers have discovered that even the gruesome and brutal lifestyle of the Evarcha culicivora can't help but be tempted by that 'big is beautiful' mantra no matter what the costs.

Female Birds Boost Up Their Eggs When Hearing Sexy Song
In a new study published in the latest issue of Ethology researchers show that female songbirds can alter the size of eggs and possibly the sex of their chicks according to how they perceive their mate's quality.

Maternal position during the first stage of labor: a systematic review
This is a systematic review of the effect of maternal position during the first stage of labor.

Prospective assessment of Y-chromosome microdeletions and reproductive outcomes among infertile couples of Japanese and African origin
To compare the frequency of Y-chromosome microdeletions in Japanese and African azoospermic and oligozoospermic men and describe embryo characteristics and reproductive outcome following in vitro fertilization (IVF) with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (

Serum estradiol/progesterone ratio on day of embryo transfer may predict reproductive outcome following controlled ovarian hyperstimulation and in vitro fertilization
To determine whether estradiol-to-progesterone (E2/P) ratios at the time of embryo transfer (ET) have an effect on implantation and pregnancy in IVF cycles.

Stress and fitness in parthenogens: is dormancy a key feature for bdelloid rotifers?
Bdelloid rotifers are the most common and abundant group of animals that reproduce by ameiotic parthenogenesis, only.

Reinstatement of "germinal epithelium" of the ovary
The existing dogma that the former term ovarian "germinal epithelium" resulted from a mistaken belief that it could give rise to new germ cells is now strongly challenged

Why are there only two sexes?
Binary mating began to evolve way back when, and over time became entrenched, especially in more complex creatures.

Malaria : Plasmodium togetherness a strategy for breeding success
Malaria, which infects 600 million people in the world and leads annually to 2 million deaths, is the most widespread of infectious diseases.

Why have sex? The answer is not as simple as we thought
Theories abound as to why organisms favour sexual reproduction, but testing these has been notoriously difficult.

Researchers at Illinois explore queen bee longevity
The queen honey bee is genetically identical to the workers in her hive, but she lives 10 times longer and - unlike her sterile sisters - remains reproductively viable throughout life.