The first few years of a child's life are at a stage of great brain plasticity and neurodevelopment, and form the foundation for their future cognitive, social, and emotional skills. This period, ...

Left amygdalar volumes were smaller in newborns whose mothers had high psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, a small cross-sectional study suggested. Infants of mothers with elevated ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Maternal psychological distress during pregnancy is associated with increased risk for asthma development and ...

Self-reported maternal psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic may be associated with changes in the brain of developing fetuses, according to a study published in Communications Medicine.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with infants born before the COVID-19 pandemic, those born during the pandemic had decreased fetal ...

Maternal psychological distress combined with exposure to air pollution during pregnancy have an adverse impact on children's behavioral development. The study shows that maternal demoralization, a ...

Women's elevated anxiety, depression and stress during pregnancy altered key features of the fetal brain, which subsequently decreased their offspring's cognitive development at 18 months. These ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - The Illinois Department of Public Health reports mortality rates for pregnant women are increasing. Network Administrator for the Perinatal Center at HSHS St. John's ...

Having a child is both an exciting as well as stressful time in life. However, with the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, women have struggled with difficulties in accessing ...