Stress, anxiety and depression during pregnancy may hinder toddler's cognitive development

by Children's National HospitalCatherine Limperopoulos, Ph.D., chief and director of the Developing Brain Institute at Children’s National and senior author of the study. Credit: Children&#39

Updated on: April 16,2024

Stress, anxiety and depression during pregnancy may hinder toddler's cognitive development

by Children's National HospitalCatherine Limperopoulos, Ph.D., chief and director of the Developing Brain Institute at Children’s National and senior author of the study. Credit: Children&#39

Updated on:April 16,2024

Scientists identify a key cause of female infertility

byThe Company of BiologistsCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainInfertility affects around 48 million couples worldwide and can have various causes. In mammals, including humans, eggs are produced i

Updated on: January 13,2024

Scientists identify a key cause of female infertility

byThe Company of BiologistsCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainInfertility affects around 48 million couples worldwide and can have various causes. In mammals, including humans, eggs are produced i

Updated on:January 13,2024

Pregnant women whose exercise routines disrupted by COVID-19 show higher depression scores

by Dartmouth CollegeU.S. maps of participants by percentage reporting exercise change in metropolitan versus non-metropolitan areas. Credit: Elise J. Laugier.The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted d

Updated on: April 11,2024

Pregnant women whose exercise routines disrupted by COVID-19 show higher depression scores

by Dartmouth CollegeU.S. maps of participants by percentage reporting exercise change in metropolitan versus non-metropolitan areas. Credit: Elise J. Laugier.The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted d

Updated on:April 11,2024

Placenta-on-a-chip study addresses potential effects of pharmaceutical agents on fetus

byWorld Scientific Publishing(a) Exploded view of the fabricated placenta-on-a-chip before microfluidic cell culture. The fabricated chip consists of two microchannel-etched PDMS layers, which i

Updated on: January 17,2024

Placenta-on-a-chip study addresses potential effects of pharmaceutical agents on fetus

byWorld Scientific Publishing(a) Exploded view of the fabricated placenta-on-a-chip before microfluidic cell culture. The fabricated chip consists of two microchannel-etched PDMS layers, which i

Updated on:January 17,2024

AI chatbots are mostly correct, but incomplete, on endometriosis

Updated on: April 18,2025

AI chatbots are mostly correct, but incomplete, on endometriosis

Updated on:April 18,2025

Researchers identify a key regulatory mechanism in the development of normal pluripotent embryonic cells

by Osaka UniversityFigure 1. Organization of a preimplantation mouse embryo (late blastocyst).Pluripotent epiblast cells produce the body of an embryo. The mechanism by which all of the epiblast

Updated on: May 23,2024

Researchers identify a key regulatory mechanism in the development of normal pluripotent embryonic cells

by Osaka UniversityFigure 1. Organization of a preimplantation mouse embryo (late blastocyst).Pluripotent epiblast cells produce the body of an embryo. The mechanism by which all of the epiblast

Updated on:May 23,2024

Anxiety during pregnancy can lead to earlier births, study finds

by American Psychological AssociationStructural equation model testing single latent factor of pregnancy anxiety. Credit:Health Psychology(2022). DOI: 10.1037/hea0001210Women who expe

Updated on: June 07,2024

Anxiety during pregnancy can lead to earlier births, study finds

by American Psychological AssociationStructural equation model testing single latent factor of pregnancy anxiety. Credit:Health Psychology(2022). DOI: 10.1037/hea0001210Women who expe

Updated on:June 07,2024

Pregnancy stretch marks cause stress and emotional burden, study finds

by Noah Fromson,University of MichiganCredit: CC0 Public DomainWhile stretch marks are commonly associated with pregnancy, the permanency of the skin lesions causes pregnant women and pregnant i

Updated on: June 04,2024

Pregnancy stretch marks cause stress and emotional burden, study finds

by Noah Fromson,University of MichiganCredit: CC0 Public DomainWhile stretch marks are commonly associated with pregnancy, the permanency of the skin lesions causes pregnant women and pregnant i

Updated on:June 04,2024

Pregnancy-related deaths spiked for second consecutive year during COVID-19

by Boston UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainFollowing the emergence of the highly contagious Delta and Omicron COVID-19 variants pregnancy-related mortality rates, in the United States rose fast

Updated on: April 11,2024

Pregnancy-related deaths spiked for second consecutive year during COVID-19

by Boston UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainFollowing the emergence of the highly contagious Delta and Omicron COVID-19 variants pregnancy-related mortality rates, in the United States rose fast

Updated on:April 11,2024

Expert warns over 'little room for complacency' over fall in twin stillbirth rates

by University of BirminghamCredit: CC0 Public DomainA leading expert in fetal medicine at the University of Birmingham has warned that there is 'little room for complacency' over a fall i

Updated on: March 24,2024

Expert warns over 'little room for complacency' over fall in twin stillbirth rates

by University of BirminghamCredit: CC0 Public DomainA leading expert in fetal medicine at the University of Birmingham has warned that there is 'little room for complacency' over a fall i

Updated on:March 24,2024