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photo credit: wync.org People in Brownsville, Brooklyn, have a life expectancy of 74 years —much shorter than New York City's average life expectancy of 81 years according to WNYC News .

photo credit: heraldscotland.com Parents may be putting newborn babies at risk, a charity has warned, after a survey found many were happy to let their baby sleep on their stomach or side.

Opponents of Bergen House, a planned new shelter in Crown Heights, won a big court victory on Friday after a judge issued an order to delay the opening until another judge can decide next week whether the project should go forward.

photo credit: broadly.vice.com Long overlooked in women, and written off as "the baby blues," post-natal depression is a serious issue in new mothers. New research suggests that the condition may affect men, too.

photo credit: verilymag.com I always thought I would love being a mom. At age 30, I had a semi-decent grip on my life and figured this would be a great time to start the family my husband and I had always talked about.

Spring is finally here, after what seemed like an extremely schizophrenic winter season.

Rates of postpartum depression (PDS) reported by women fell 5% between 2004 and 2012, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

photo credit: nytimes.com The opening of the controversial Bergen Street homeless shelter in Crown Heights, initially scheduled for next week, may be stalled, as it is now facing a lawsuit from the community, according to NY1 News .

Artist, DEBORAH KASS, "VOTE HILLARY," 2016 Screenprint on Stonehenge 320 gram Courtesy of artist and Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York.

In his address to the City on February 28, Mayor Bill de Blasio outlined how the sheer intensity of the homelessness problem in New York City is further exacerbated by a shift in demographics of homeless families— now seventy percent of the she