A private London clinic has agreed to help a 59- year-old retired teacher conceive, making her the oldest woman ever to be offered fertility treatment in Britain, according to the Mail on Sunday.

Medical experts yesterday announced a major breakthrough through which allow parents with genetic disorders to give birth to healthy babies, local media reported.

Taiwan's first in-vitro baby has grown into a handsome man who, at 24, is now studying biomedicine at a graduate institute at National Taiwan University, medical sources said Monday.

When pregnant women get vaccinated against flu, their babies are bigger, healthier and less likely to be premature, researchers reported on Thursday.

Some 50 percent of Taiwan's pregnant women are exposed to secondhand smoke at home, according to the results of a survey on pregnant women released yesterday.

The latest population survey conducted by an organization of the United States showed that Taiwan has the world's lowest fertility rate, with an average of one child per woman.

A cosmetic surgeon who reportedly snuck into a hospital outside his practice to sew up celebrity Wu Tan-Ju's stomach moments after her c-section was yesterday given a penalty of NT$40,000 for the illegal operation, reported the Department of Health (DOH) in Taipei.

Drinking during pregnancy can seriously harm a baby's brain, yet thousands of mothers-to-be still do. Now scientists have begun testing whether a prenatal nutrient might offer those babies a little protection, part of a growing quest for ways to reverse the damage.

Three percent of pregnant women in Taiwan suffer herpes, according to a Chang Gung Memorial Hospital gynecologist.

Taipei Medical University (TMU) has announced a new treatment for uterine leiomyomata, more commonly known as uterine fibroids, reported local media yesterday.