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 ...

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

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

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

When you make the decision to start trying for a baby, one of the first things that you’re told by healthcare professionals, friends, family – and well-meaning acquaintances—is how important it is to ...

Kayleigh Summers had an amniotic fluid embolism that caused heart and lung failure. She doesn't remember giving birth to her ...

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

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