A preliminary study of thousands of children born during the pandemic has found that those whose mothers tested positive for COVID-19 during pregnancy had increased risk of a developmental disorder…
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A team from Washington University, St. Louis that includes two BBRF Scientific Council members has reported results from two studies involving mother-child pairs that is part of a larger project to…
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Pregnancy is a time of profound changes in the female body, including the endocrine system—the system that secretes and regulates hormones. Changes in female sex hormones such as estrogen orchestrate…
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Is it possible to disrupt the process by which a mother can transmit risk for psychiatric disorders to her offspring? New research suggests one way in which this may be possible.
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For the first time, researchers have found that a low level of maternal vitamin D during the early part of pregnancy raises the odds that a child born of that pregnancy will develop clinically…
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