Depression, anxiety may be linked to c-section risk among pregnant women
Depression and anxiety in pregnant women may be connected to the type of delivery they have, new research suggests. Perinatal...
Depression and anxiety in pregnant women may be connected to the type of delivery they have, new research suggests. Perinatal...
When Shakespeare called sleep "nature's soft nurse," he was definitely onto something. Centuries later researchers have found that inadequate sleep...
With global rates of male infertility continuing to rise, a new study in spermatogonial stem cell research led by researchers...
Oxygen-deprived newborns who undergo cooling therapy to protect their brains are at an elevated risk of seizures and brain damage...
Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) are a group of genetically and clinically homogeneous illnesses characterised by progressive retinal damage leading to...
An Israeli nation-wide study of more than 600,000 births, led by a researcher at Bar-Ilan University's Azrieli Faculty of Medicine,...
Clinical decisions made in the delivery setting as to whether to employ vaginal delivery or cesarean section are often made...
With flu season approaching in the United States, new research from an international team of scientists testifies to the importance...
University of Ottawa researchers believe zebrafish may provide clues to understanding how the human nervous system develops since this fish...
Healthy full-term infants born during the COVID-19 pandemic had substantially shorter hospital stays than those born before the pandemic, with...
A new study, which finds an increased risk of poorer outcomes for the new-borns and symptomatic women with COVID-19, adds...
Researchers at the Wayne State University School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health's Perinatology Research Branch in Detroit...
Baby-wearing products are an increasingly popular way to carry a young child in a sling, soft carrier or other type...
Legalization of marijuana has been associated with increased use in women of childbearing age. Since tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), one of the...
In the state of Washington, a planned home birth with a licensed midwife is just as safe as a birth...
Women with undiagnosed endometriosis will have difficulty falling pregnant without IVF, according to a University of Queensland study. UQ School...
Huntington's disease is a fatal condition involving the death of brain cells, typically striking in midlife. But new findings suggest...
A team of Mass Eye and Ear Scientists led by Albert Edge, PhD, working with research fellow Yushi Hayashi, MD,...
Most strokes happen when an artery in the brain becomes blocked. Blood flow to the neural tissue stops, and those...
Unvaccinated pregnant women are increasingly being hospitalized with COVID-19 during a nationwide surge of the Delta variant, according to research...
Deciding when to start or grow a family is deeply personal and complex. When someone begins using a contraceptive, it...
According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, between 11 and 20 percent of women who give...
Young people who are repeatedly bullied by siblings are more likely to suffer from poor mental health and wellbeing issues...
Women and people who menstruate experienced irregularities in their menstrual cycle because of increased stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, a...
UT Southwestern stem cell scientists find that stringent lineage tracing is crucial for studies of nerve cell regeneration. Their results,...
Several studies conducted over the last decade have concluded that dry eye disease (DED) affects up to 50% of the...
Air pollution likely contributed to almost 6 million premature births and almost 3 million underweight babies in 2019, according to...
New developmental psychology work has upended decades of research suggesting that children as young as 4 years old possess theory...
Researchers at the University of Southampton have invented a new way to generate human cartilage tissue from stem cells. The...
A new study suggests that young boys who do sports tend to be have better mental health when they reach...
From inside the womb and as soon as they enter the world, babies absorb information from their environment and the...
Unusual visual inspection of objects by infants 9 months of age and older is predictive of a later diagnosis of...
Sperm cells are among the most diverse cells in the animal world, despite having the same purpose -- to find...
In a study with mice reported today in the journal Science Translational Medicine, a Johns Hopkins Medicine research team has...
Children who experience sexual or physical abuse or are neglected are more likely to die prematurely as adults, according to...
A newly published study found that women who contract COVID-19 during pregnancy are at significantly higher risk of developing pre-eclampsia,...
Women who receive the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy pass high levels of antibodies to their babies, a new study...
Microplastics -- tiny plastic pieces less than 5 mm in size -- are everywhere, from indoor dust to food to...
Research on human embryos is vital to understanding the earliest stages of human development. Currently, this research is conducted on...
A common antibiotic has been found to reduce low birth weight and premature births, if taken during pregnancy, in countries...
There may be a link between exposure to light during pregnancy and fetal brain development. New findings by researchers at...
While assessing a pregnant woman with premature labor in 1983, Linda Bullock noticed bruises on the woman. When she asked...
Six stages of engagement in treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have been reported by researchers at Boston Medical Center based...
A national study from the University of New Hampshire shows children who witness the abuse of a brother or sister...
Abusive intimate relationships are sometimes characterized by a power imbalance, with the abuser maintaining control over the abused party by...
Women with higher levels of PFAS in their system may be 20% more likely to stop breastfeeding early, according to...
At age two, children who were born with neurological abnormalities due to congenital Zika Virus (ZIKV) have a range of...
For an embryo to survive, it must attach to the lining of the uterus within days of conception. However, if...
A University at Buffalo-led research team has shown that a protein named for the mythical land of youth in Irish...
As we age, our bones become thinner, we suffer fractures more often, and bone-diseases such as osteoporosis are more likely...
Scientists have discovered an important cause of stroke occurring in the womb or just after birth, paving the way for...
Chatting with a robot is now part of many families' daily lives, thanks to conversational agents such as Apple's Siri...
Bone injuries in the face and skull -- known as craniomaxillofacial defects -- can be caused by sports injuries, vehicle...
A Cleveland Clinic study has introduced a new surgical procedure to treat both children and adults with congenital intestinal malrotation,...