Pregnancy brings profound changes, not only to a woman’s body but also to her brain. Recent studies highlight how pregnancy ...

Exposure to nitric oxide (NO)— which is produced when fuel is burned — while a mother is pregnant, or in the early months of ...

New findings cast some doubt on the notion that there's a direct link between education and the health of the aging brain.

Prenatal sleep quality significantly influences neonatal brain development and emotional outcomes, highlighting the need for ...

A deficiency of folic acid during pregnancy can increase the risk of common neural tube defects such as spina bifida ...

Bread and flour will be fortified with an essential vitamin in a bid to prevent serious birth defects in hundreds of babies ...

There were protesters outside the office shouting at me and my husband. We wanted and loved our baby, and these people had no ...

The emergence of concerns surrounding the association between Depo-Provera and severe health risks, including meningioma, ...

Maternal experiences of racism were associated with stronger brain connectivity in newborns in functional networks linked to ...

A recent study conducted in mice suggests that specific beneficial bacteria in a pregnant mother’s gut could support healthy ...

There’s a key part of the body that’s been under-researched in relation to pregnancy: the brain. Those who have been pregnant often talk about “pregnancy brain,” the experience of brain fog or ...