Exposure to traffic pollutants before birth is linked to increased NICU admissions, stressing the importance of addressing ...

This was after they considered other factors that can influence pregnancy duration, such as smoking, socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity, and maternal age. People giving birth for the first time, ...

A study suggests cannabis use may be linked to smaller newborns. Further research is needed to establish cause and effect.

Children who develop multiple sclerosis appear to fare better if they were exposed to safe amounts of summer sunshine as infants, new research shows.

This change in gene expression due to secondhand smoke exposure may make children more vulnerable to disease as adults.

Similarly, those whose mothers had taken kale powder capsules while pregnant reacted positively to that vegetable’s scent. Professor Nadja Reissland, an expert in foetal and neonatal research whose ...

Children exposed to second-hand smoke at home are more likely to show certain changes in the epigenome, which can alter the ...

Through the collaborative research efforts as part of the Superfund Research Program (SRP), scientists from Rice University and Baylor College of ...

A study reveals that women with adverse pregnancy outcomes and their APO-free sisters share elevated cardiovascular disease ...

Rice University scientists and collaborators at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have demonstrated a new method for detecting ...

We combined search terms of exposure (smoking during pregnancy) with the outcome of the study (stillbirth). The MeSH terms used included combinations of the terms: stillbirth, maternal smoking ...