Children born prematurely, i.e. before week 37, are more likely to be placed outside the home as a supportive child welfare measure than their full-term counterparts, according to a population study conducted by the Finnish ...
Dec 27, 2019
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Baby boys who are born small for their gestational age are at increased risk of having fertility problems in adulthood, according to research published today in Human Reproduction, one of the world's leading reproductive ...
Dec 13, 2019
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Lifelong lower socioeconomic status of fathers, as defined by early life and adulthood neighborhood income, is a newly identified risk factor for early preterm birth (at less than 34 weeks), according to a study published ...
Dec 6, 2019
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Researchers have long known that childhood trauma is linked to poorer health for women at midlife. A new study shows one important reason why.
Sep 18, 2019
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Any effect that assisted reproduction technology has on babies' genes is largely corrected by adulthood, new research led by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute has found.
Sep 3, 2019
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A research team of the University of Malaga (UMA) in the area of Medicine and Psychology has analyzed the effect of the type of delivery on twins' psychological development and intelligence, demonstrating that cesarean section ...
Jul 19, 2019
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A new study from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center found that children born to obese mothers were more likely to develop cancer in early childhood.
Jul 10, 2019
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During late stages of heart development, interactions between the endocardium (the inner layer of cells) and the myocardium (the heart muscle) are known to be crucial. Signaling between these two cell layers during the earliest ...
Jun 14, 2019
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Alcohol consumption during pregnancy has been linked to poor growth of the placenta, causing conditions such as fetal growth restriction and low birth weight. Although most women cease drinking once they know they are pregnant, ...
Jun 10, 2019
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Researchers have come up with a scoring system based on genetic markers that predicts an individual's inborn risk for obesity. Using data from the largest existing genome-wide study of obesity, they applied new algorithms ...
Apr 18, 2019
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