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"Primary teeth provide a unique timeline of early life," Dr. Synnøve Stokke Jensen at the University of Bergen says. "They preserve information from pregnancy and childhood that cannot be captured retrospectively in other ways. This allows us to investigate environmental exposure

The association between parents' body mass index (BMI) and their children's childhood BMI may be primarily due to genetic inheritance rather than any direct biological effect of parental weight during pregnancy, according to a new study published in PLOS Medicine by Tom Bond of t

Want to give your baby the best start in life? Then tend to your heart health, both prior to and during pregnancy, a new study says.

Exposure to common air pollutants during early pregnancy may increase the likelihood of persistent depressive symptoms throughout pregnancy, according to a new study led by Tracy Bastain and co-authored by Carrie Breton, who recently joined Bursky School of Public Health at Washi

Starting one's sex life and having children at a young age can run in the family. But can pregnancy have beneficial health effects, and do the partner's genes contribute to them? "We are just beginning to understand how pregnancy affects health later in life," says Associate Prof

There has been a fivefold increase in the use of antinausea medicines during Aotearoa New Zealand pregnancies, a University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led study has found.

In cases of serious aortic valve disease, choosing a new heart valve is particularly difficult for young women who wish to become pregnant. A new Swedish registry study from Karolinska Institutet shows that a biological aortic valve provides good pregnancy and birth outcomes, eve

Globally, nearly 1 in 3 pregnant women experience depression, with most receiving no treatment. When they do get support, they're often steered toward talking therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or mindfulness as the default option. A comprehensive review of diff

A major new study suggests that age-related changes in the uterus may contribute to poorer pregnancy outcomes, with women aged 49 and older experiencing lower live birth rates and higher miscarriage risk despite donor-oocyte treatment. Presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the

An Australian study by researchers at Peter Mac has shown that the natural protection against breast cancer offered by childbearing is due to the influx of killer T cells to the breast. The research shows that the cells begin to populate the breast during pregnancy and are closel

A new study has examined how mothers influence the size of their child's head—and, as a result, brain size and future IQ—during the first trimester of pregnancy.

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have uncovered new evidence that the communities of bacteria living in the uterus may play an important role in determining whether pregnancy is successful following assisted reproductive technologies (ART) such as IVF. Among the key findin