What four pregnancy eating patterns revealed about mothers and newborns
Distinct eating patterns emerged among pregnant women, alongside striking differences in maternal health and subtler signals in how…
Exposure to drought during pregnancy associated with higher risk of preterm birth
Climate change is making droughts more frequent, prolonged, and intense in many regions of the world, increasing the…
Prenatal exposure to higher water fluoride levels associated with lower child cognition
Pregnant mothers who lived in neighborhoods where public drinking water fluoride levels were near or above the current…
Two early-life findings stood out in children who later screened positive for autism risk
A US cohort study found that very preterm children with early cerebellar abnormalities or moderate-to-severe placental inflammation were…
New machine learning model improves accuracy of prenatal genetic testing
Advances in genome sequencing are giving more families access to prenatal genetic testing and new information about an unborn baby’s health, including whether genetic changes may link to a neurodevelopmental condition. But testing can…
NIH awards $2.4 million to study how maternal viral infections reprogram fetal immune development
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health has awarded a new,…
Alcohol use during pregnancy increased in the United States from 2011 through 2024
Prenatal alcohol exposure-a contributor to adverse pregnancy outcomes and the leading preventable cause of neurodevelopmental disability worldwide-has increased…
Fish oil supplementation during pregnancy changes two childhood brain metabolic markers
A decade after mothers received EPA- and DHA-rich fish oil, MRI scans revealed subtle metabolic differences in their…
Lactoferrin yogurt helps preserve iron stores in women with gestational diabetes
An eight-week randomized trial found that lactoferrin-fortified yogurt helped maintain ferritin levels without causing iron overload, while modestly…
Trial offers hope for babies with fetal kidney failure
Women diagnosed early in pregnancy with a fetus lacking adequate kidney function to make the urine that serves…
Maternal occupations linked to increased autism diagnosis odds
Could a mother’s workplace before and during pregnancy influence child neurodevelopment? A large Danish study links several occupational…
Maternal screening could help prevent deadly forms of leukemia
A deadly form of leukemia may be stopped before it ever develops by introducing targeted maternal screening in…