Neuroscience
Lactation changes how mom's neurons communicate—but it's reversible
Lactation temporarily changes how a mother's neurons behave, according to new research in mice published in JNeurosci.
Mar 23, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk that your baby will become obese
Using foreskin tissue from newborn circumcisions, a group of researchers have identified a potential cellular mechanism that connects a mother's smoking while pregnant with an increased risk of offspring obesity later in ...
Mar 29, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study links smoking during pregnancy with increase in obesity later in baby's life
University of Kentucky researchers have identified a potential cellular mechanism that connects a mother's smoking while pregnant with an increased risk in the offspring's obesity later in life.
Jan 17, 2019
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Immunology
Fetal immune system rejects the mother in preterm labor
Preterm labor, a common pregnancy complication, has long been a mystery to scientists. But a new study from UC San Francisco shows it may sometimes happen when the fetal immune system "wakes up" too early and begins to reject ...
Apr 25, 2018
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Neuroscience
Study shows how moms' brains are hard-wired to gather young
A mother's "basic instinct" to grab her wandering offspring and return them to the nest depends on a specific set of brain cell signals, a new study in mice finds.
Apr 4, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Combating childhood obesity by preventing 'fatty liver' in fetus
New research published in The Journal of Physiology indicates that an obese pregnant mother and exposure to a high fat, high sugar diet during pregnancy produces a "fatty liver" in the fetus, potentially predisposing children ...
Mar 8, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
How the placenta can shed light on HIV mothers and their babies
In many parts of the world, the human placenta (the after birth) is discarded once a baby is born and considered waste. The focus is on the child and the new mother.
Feb 6, 2018
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Immunology
Breast milk found to protect against food allergy
Eating allergenic foods during pregnancy can protect your child from food allergies, especially if you breastfeed, suggests new research from Boston Children's Hospital. The study, published online today in the Journal of ...
Nov 20, 2017
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Health
Smoking during pregnancy linked to cerebral palsy, animal studies show
Scientists investigating the underlying mechanism causing cell death and damage have confirmed links between maternal smoking and cerebral palsy, the most common physical disability in childhood.
Oct 6, 2017
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Genetics
Fetal genes can increase the risk of illness during pregnancy
A mother's risk of preeclampsia, a potentially life-threatening illness associated with pregnancy, can be linked in some cases to genes from her fetus. For the first time, a relationship has been found between fetal genes ...
Sep 1, 2017
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