A new study shows that what happens to a fetus in the womb can affect the brain later in life. In a paper recently published in Human Brain Mapping, a team of researchers from the Quebec-based ...

Pregnancy comes with countless concerns for expectant mothers, from morning sickness to delivery plans. Now, alarming new research adds another worry to the list: how blood sugar problems during ...

Children's National Hospital and partnering academic centers have found that newborns exposed to opioids in utero exhibited smaller brain volumes in multiple regions compared to unexposed infants.

Hearing the sound of their mother's voice promotes development of language pathways in a premature baby's brain, according to a new Stanford Medicine-led study. During the study, which is publishing ...

Air pollution significantly affects pregnant women and their unborn babies, increasing risks of low birth weight, premature birth, and respiratory illnesses.

LAWRENCE — A researcher from the University of Kansas Life Span Institute is part of an international group that recently published a comprehensive review of differences in sensory processing for ...

Alcohol isn’t generally the first drink that moms-to-be reach for, but if they do, they may not be doing as much harm to their children as previously thought. According to a British study, children ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – When Courtney Anderson and her family arrived for a routine ultrasound to learn the sex of their baby, they expected joy — not life-changing news. Doctors told them their son, later ...