Maternal vitamin D status in early pregnancy is crucial for fetal growth and may reduce the risk of preterm birth, according ...

The state Health Department has told hospitals to have guidelines in place to help them better recognize and treat conditions ...

Arkansas, which has the highest maternal mortality rate in the United States, is taking steps to improve maternal health with a $17 million ...

A healthy diet is key to living a long and healthy life, but proper nutrition becomes even more important during pregnancy. After all, you're growing a whole new human being inside of you.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) finds more and more understanding as a condition that extends beyond neurological differences, frequently co-occurring with a range of chronic physical health challenges ...

Education was demonstrated to be a potentially significant factor explaining racial/ethnic differences in early pregnancy ...

Exposure to environmental chemicals during pregnancy may increase the risk for liver injury and steatosis in children and mothers, which could be mitigated by higher folic acid supplementation, ...

Multidisciplinary care is needed to ensure positive maternal and fetal health outcomes, especially in complex or high-risk cases.

In our Health Alert, today is Maternal Health Awareness Day—a day dedicated to raising awareness about the maternal mortality crisis here in the U.S.

While each death is a result of individual and often complex factors ranging from pre-existing health conditions to postpartum depression, the vast majority of Tennessee maternal deaths– 76%– were ...

underlining the comprehensive influence of the environment in the early prenatal period on various physiological systems. In contrast, maternal glucocorticoid levels in late pregnancy or during ...

Maternal stress hormone levels during early pregnancy can have a lasting effect on the stress system of the offspring. The results of a long-term study on wild Assamese macaques in Thailand indicate ...