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Jul 06, 2015 05:54 PM EDT

Epilepsy Increases Risk Of Premature Birth

New findings published in JAMA Neurology reveal that only a small fraction of pregnancies occur in women with epilepsy. However, for that 0.3 percent and 0.5 percent that have children, they are more prone to high risk complications that may result in death.

Jun 19, 2015 01:20 PM EDT

Study Examines Inner Workers Of Temporary Organ During Pregnancy

Scientists at the National Institute of Health (NIH) have created a "placenta-on-a-chip" device that mimics both the function and structure of the human placenta. Researchers say it is particularly important as the new device, which can be used to model the flow of waste and nutrients between a moth...

Jun 18, 2015 02:50 PM EDT

Birth Increase: Soaring Pregnancy Rates For the First Time In 7 Years

More babies are being born in the United States in the last year, according to statistics from the National Center for Health. This number rose by 1 percent and its the first fertility rate increase in just about 7 years.

Jun 16, 2015 09:36 PM EDT

Education Is The Best Birth Control?

Educating women about birth control reduces pregnancy rates by nearly half, according to recent findings published in The Lancet.

Jun 16, 2015 09:01 PM EDT

Maternal Stress Alters Offspring Gut Microbiota and Developing Brain

New findings published in Endocrinology reveal that changes found in vaginal microbiome are associated with effects on offspring gut microbiota and on the developing brain, according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania.

Jun 10, 2015 04:11 PM EDT

Babies Delivered Via C-Section May Be At Increased Risk Of Chronic Illness

New findings published in the British Medical Journal reveal that newborns delivered by C-section may be more likely to develop certain chronic diseases later in life.

Jun 10, 2015 02:01 PM EDT

Malnutrition May Result In DNA Methylation

New findings published in the International Journal of Epidemiology show that children whose mothers were malnourished at famine levels during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy may have changes in DNA methylation that can suppress genes disrupting growth, metabolism and development.

Jun 09, 2015 11:44 AM EDT

Birth Weight of Your Newborn May be Impacted by Warmer Temperatures and Climate Change

It turns out that birth weight may actually be influenced by temperature.

Jun 05, 2015 06:23 PM EDT

Exercise Is Key To A Healthy Pregnancy: It Helps Prevent Gestational Diabetes

New findings published in BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology show that a little exercise goes a long way when it comes to preventing gestational diabetes, otherwise known as one of the most frequent complications during pregnancy.

Jun 05, 2015 09:32 AM EDT

Genes Impact First-Time Moms: Play Major Role in Pregnancy

Overlap between genetic effects also partly explains why women who have children earlier also have a higher number of children.

Jun 03, 2015 05:09 PM EDT

Antidepressants During Pregnancy May Not Be So Dangerous

New research from Bridgham and Women's Hospital (BWH) in Boston has found that use of antidepressants during pregnancy pose a more mild risk than once thought. The findings are published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

May 27, 2015 08:02 PM EDT

Babies Can Think about Abstract Relations Before They Can Speak

It turns out that babies can think before they can speak. Scientists have found that 7-month-old infants can understand the simplest and most basic abstract relation-that of sameness and difference between things.