Most prenatal exposure to teratogenic medication happens before prenatal care is initiated, which is often after strict abortion ban cutoffs, a cross-sectional study found. Among a sample of privately ...

A new Project Viva study demonstrates the impact of prenatal per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposures on children. The study, published in the December 6 issue of Environmental Health ...

In a study led by researchers from Mass General Brigham, children with more adverse prenatal exposures (APEs) showed higher rates of behavior problems that persisted into mid-adolescence, faster ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Substance use during pregnancy can lead to a broad array of harmful effects. Liudmila Chernetska/iStock via Getty Images Plus ...

The prenatal period is a critical window for brain development, yet few studies have examined the impact of air pollution exposure during pregnancy on child cognition. A new study led by the Barcelona ...

Associations of prenatal substance exposures with behavioral, mental, cognitive, and neuroimaging outcomes. Left, a plot of the largest -log10 p-values of the health associations among four prenatal ...

New findings from Ontario’s largest birth cohort reveal that sulfate and ammonium particles in fine air pollution may disrupt fetal brain development, highlighting the need for cleaner air in urban ...

Editor's Note: The story has been updated with additional commentary. Higher prenatal exposure to a common pesticide, chlorpyrifos (CPF), was associated with a greater likelihood of brain ...

Prenatal exposure to fine particulate matter of ≤ 2.5 µm in diameter is linked to an increased risk for cerebral palsy in offspring, according to researchers from Canada. Researchers examined the ...

A new study from Spain reveals that babies born to mothers exposed to higher air pollution levels in pregnancy show signs of slower brain myelination, a subtle but telling shift in how early brain ...