A new study in the journal Nature Mental Health explores how a mother’s positive state of mind during pregnancy affects the structure and function of the developing fetal brain by measuring these ...

Our understanding of human placenta formation just deepened with the discovery of a gene essential to early embryonic ...

New research has made a striking link between a mother’s exposure to “forever chemicals” during pregnancy and the shape of her child’s brain at age five. The findings offer no conclusion as to whether ...

Children of mothers who took certain anti-seizure medications while pregnant do not have worse neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 6, according to a long-running study. Children of mothers who took ...

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Washington Embryonic development, also known as embryogenesis, is a cornerstone in understanding the origins of life ...

Whether you've had a positive pregnancy test result or you've noticed those first early pregnancy symptoms, this is the beginning of a new journey for you! Over the coming weeks, your body will go ...

Constância had an unblemished academic record. She never failed a grade and reached the 12th grade at age 17—a milestone that most adolescent girls are not able to reach in Mozambique because of the ...

Iowa lawmakers are seeking to require schools to show students a computer-generated video depicting the stages of pregnancy that critics say could be used to share medically inaccurate information and ...