Infants have more microplastics in their feces than adults
Microplastics -- tiny plastic pieces less than 5 mm in size -- are everywhere, from indoor dust to food to...
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,...
Findings of a nationwide study led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, suggest...
School-aged children who spend more time in front of screens are only slightly more likely to have attention disorders, disturbed...
More than 3 million women of birthing age in the U.S. and 60 million in the world have diabetes --...
An immunological molecule called fractalkine can boost the production of brain cells that produce myelin, a key factor in diseases...
A new study by UT Southwestern scientists indicates that an enzyme called protein phosphatase 2 (PP2A) appears to be a...
Holoprosencephaly (HPE) affects around one to four in every 1,000 unborns, and occurs when the cerebral hemispheres of the forebrain...
A large study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has found a link between ADHD and dementia across generations. The study,...
In December 2020, two novel messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and...
Neuroblastoma is a type of childhood cancer that develops in infants and young children. Whilst it is a relatively rare...
For species that rely on sexual reproduction, including mice and men, offspring can only happen if sperm from the male...
Extremely premature infants are at a high risk for brain damage. Researchers have now found possible targets for the early...
Individuals who are hospitalized during pregnancy due to sepsis have higher odds of complications surrounding childbirth, according to a study...
Rhesus macaques naturally exposed to wildfire smoke early in pregnancy had an increased rate of miscarriage, according to new research...
An analysis of more than 20,000 individual medical records suggests that a form of heart valve disease thought to be...
In the United States, as many as 187,000 people are coping with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) that damage the bone marrow's...
With an average accuracy of 88%, a deep learning technology offers rapid genetic screening that could accelerate the diagnosis of...
A new USC study published in the journal Pediatrics finds a heightened risk of death from medical causes for infants...
McGill University researchers identify proteins that drive cancer stem cells. Targeting and supressing a particular protein called galectin1 could provide...
New research from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences demonstrates the beneficial effect of breast milk consumption on cardiovascular...
Half of pregnant women who had a simple blood test to check their iron stores had low iron levels, and...
Everyone is familiar with the roe deer, either from crossword puzzles or from real-life encounters during a jog or a...
A baby born prematurely often has to be separated from its parents and placed in an incubator in intensive care....
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are using the precision targeting of monoclonal antibodies for a...
The human body can be genetically inclined to attack its own cells, destroying the beta cells in the pancreas that...
Accelerated biological ageing is associated with exposure to tobacco smoke during pregnancy and early childhood, as well as with indoor...
Mothers of children with autism who delayed their subsequent pregnancy by 2.5 to three years reduced the likelihood of their...
A new gene that controls the completion of meiosis in spermatogenesis has been discovered by researchers from Kumamoto University. Until...
The breast milk of lactating mothers vaccinated against COVID-19 contains a significant supply of antibodies that may help protect nursing...
About 120 million unintended pregnancies occurred each year between 2015 and 2019 worldwide. While there are oral contraceptives for women,...
Why do women over 35 have more difficulty getting pregnant? After discovering one of the causes of age-related female infertility,...
Researchers have found a way to better pinpoint the "golden window" when a womb is ready for pregnancy, in a...
Mosquitoes spread viruses that cause potentially deadly diseases such as Zika, dengue fever and yellow fever. New U.S. Army-funded research...
Exposure to wildfire smoke during pregnancy increases the risk that a baby will be born too early, a new Stanford...
Mammalian sperm cannot fertilize an egg from the get-go. It's an ability acquired only after insemination, during passage through the...
Mammalian sperm cannot fertilize an egg from the get-go. It's an ability acquired only after insemination, during passage through the...
Investigators have found that the absence of autoimmune regulator (Aire) in mice results in fertility problems similar to those affecting...
A child's educational success depends on the genes that they haven't inherited from their parents, as well as the genes...