The first few years of a child's life are at a stage of great brain plasticity and neurodevelopment, and form the foundation ...

In a recent review article published in the journal Antioxidants, researchers explored how environmental factors impact the brain development of fetuses and neonates, emphasizing inflammation and ...

Lower levels of maternal vitamin D during pregnancy were associated with increased odds of early childhood caries in babies ...

Brain development during the initial years is critical, shaped by both environment and caregiver behaviors. To clarify the ...

MADRID — Fetal exposure to poorly controlled diabetes or other situations that overtax the heart, or to intrauterine growth restriction, is associated with increased cardiovascular risk, according to ...

Researchers emphasize that these results, together with previous evidence, point to a growing need for stricter controls on ...

Adverse childhood experiences in mothers can affect their children's mental and physical health, as researchers report. The study found that maltreatment during a mother's childhood is associated with ...

Men drink more, are more likely to binge drink and are almost four times more likely to develop alcohol use disorder than women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet when ...

Cynthia Rogers, MD, visits a baby in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Rogers is helping lead a national study aimed at understanding how prenatal factors and early ...

For many expectant mothers, the journey to motherhood is filled with joy, anticipation, and perhaps a bit of anxiety about ...