Helping women to keep their blood pressure at normal levels could reduce their risk of experiencing pregnancy complications, ...

The CDC examined the effects of maternal age on the decline of preterm birth in the United States between 2007 and 2014. Rates of preterm births and births in teenagers have decreased in the United ...

Maternal prenatal stress related to natural and human-made disasters can lead to epigenetic modifications in offspring, ...

A new study maps how prenatal stress alters immune signalling in the developing brain at a level of detail not seen before ...

In a recent review article published in Nutrients, researchers summarized what is known about the effects of excessive folic acid (FA) supplementation for mothers on children. Study: Risk of Excess ...

In a recent study published in The Lancet Regional Health-Europe, researchers investigated whether smoking during pregnancy or adulthood reduces the likelihood of developing type 1 diabetes (T1D) ...