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

Researchers have created one of the first comprehensive maps of how the brain changes throughout pregnancy, substantially improving upon understanding of an understudied field. Certain brain ...

Coffee During Pregnancy Safe for Baby's Brain Development, Study Suggests Oct. 10, 2024 — A new study has failed to find any strong links between drinking coffee during pregnancy and ...

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

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

A study of children exposed to maternal COVID-19 before birth found no adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes by 2 years and a ...

The ad, dubbed “Caroline,” told the story of a woman who was diagnosed with brain cancer when she was 18 weeks pregnant ...

In a paper advocating for improving nutrition in the first 1,000 days, the American Academy of Pediatrics identified 14 key ...

Using cannabis during pregnancy may have a negative impact on some areas of a child’s development. Here's what to know.

Analyses revealed that the children who had been exposed to cannabis in utero had a harder time controlling impulses, paying attention, planning, and also displayed more aggression play laboratory ...

The menopause describes the end of a woman's reproductive years, and normally happens around the age of 51. The lead-up to ...

Professor Vicki Clifton, a leading maternal health researcher at Mater Research Institute-University of Queensland, unveils ...