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Do you drink a lot of coffee? Are you having a difficult time becoming pregnant? The two may be linked, according to research published last week in the British Journal of Pharmacology. Researchers at the University of Nevada examined the link in mice and concluded that caffeine stymies specialized cells in the muscular walls of the fallopian tubes, which transport eggs from a woman’s ovaries to her uterus.

Close to 1 in 5 young adults has high blood pressure, according to a new study. “We wanted to look at the health of young adults in America, and the first thing we looked at was blood pressure,” said Kathleen Mullan Harris, a professor at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and the lead author of the study. “The prevalence is quite high – 19% – and we found this rather surprising,” she said.

A quick and simple questionnaire filled out by parents may help detect autism in children as young as 1 year old, a new study suggests. The 24-item questionnaire, which assesses a child’s ability to communicate with eye contact, sounds, and gestures, may guide infants who show early signs of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) into appropriate treatments at earlier ages.

Many parents use humidifiers to relieve the misery of their stuffy-nosed kid suffering from the cold or flu. But raising the humidity in a child’s room may not be doing any good, after all. According to Ameet Daftary, an assistant professor of pulmonology at the University of Utah School of Medicine, there is no definitive evidence that humidifers actually relieve cold symptoms.

A new study shows that there is no difference in the amount of sleep moms get whether they breastfeed or give their babies formula.