Scientists demonstrate the direct transmission of bisphenol A (BPA) from a mother to her developing child via the placenta could negatively impact fetal brain development. In a new study, scientists ...

As a mother who scrutinized every product I used during pregnancy, I find the latest research on phthalates pregnancy brain development connections both alarming and empowering. A groundbreaking new ...

Research at Karlstad University shows that exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and adverse life events during ...

From left to right, the researchers Nerea San Martín González, Águeda Castro Quintas, Helena Palma Gudiel and Lourdes Fañanás Saura. Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the ...

When you’re expecting, your body focuses on different types of hormone production, and oestrogen is a shining star among them ...

Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) used to be a rare pregnancy condition, but it now affects roughly 14,000 pregnancies annually, posing a major cause of maternal death. Yet why it happens is still not ...

Since the placenta plays a central role in the development and health of the fetus, these changes could have major consequences for the child's future. The study also shows that these DNA methylation ...

Different versions of a gene called ACE2 affect how well the placenta grows during pregnancy, a laboratory study finds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

The placenta could be one reason why some women develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy, a new study finds. A deficit in the way the placenta expresses the gene for a hormone called insulin-like ...

Researchers have discovered in a preclinical model that cytokines, proteins that control immune response, circulating in maternal blood during pregnancy may mitigate an offspring's risk for ...