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Archaic human parents also had helpless infants, just like modern humans
2+ hour, 35+ min ago (939+ words) Two extinct human relatives raised babies as helpless as our own, born with soft skulls and weak necks that could not hold up the head. The clue is a lopsided, flattened head, common in human infants today and now found…...
Homo erectus babies needed constant parental care
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (931+ words) Most new parents learn the same thing in the first week at home: the baby cannot hold up its own head. New fossil evidence suggests Homo erectus babies arrived just as helpless. Compared with other great apes, our children arrive…...
Alcohol use during pregnancy has risen sharply over the last decade
1+ week, 1+ day ago (788+ words) For most of the past three decades, the share of pregnant women in the U.S. who drank alcohol held fairly steady. That was the picture going back to the 1990s. But the most recent national figures ended in 2020. A new analysis extended…...
Brain pathway identified that helps mothers bond with babies
1+ week, 6+ day ago (949+ words) Caring for a newborn takes an enormous amount of effort. A new mother feeds, warms, cleans, and guards her young almost around the clock. Something in her brain has to make all that effort worth it. For a long time,…...
Babies may begin syncing to their mother’s body clock before birth
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (801+ words) A baby’s body does not wait until birth to start learning a routine. Even inside the womb, it slowly begins to follow a daily pattern. New research from Washington University in St. Louis shows that this pattern builds step by…...
Air pollution may be most dangerous early in pregnancy
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (958+ words) Every day, government agencies rate the air with a single number meant to warn the public when conditions turn unhealthy. That figure usually reflects whichever pollutant looks worst at the moment. Real air does not behave so neatly. People breathe…...
Large childbirth study finds no added risk to babies from epidurals
2+ week, 1+ day ago (946+ words) A new study has found that having an epidural during labor does not raise a baby’s risk of serious harm. Researchers followed nearly 500,000 births in Scotland and found no sign that the pain relief raised the odds of brain injury,…...
Naked mole-rat queen uses a chemical scent to stop other females from breeding
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1197+ words) Researchers have found that a naked mole-rat queen helps keep other females in her colony infertile with an oily chemical that she spreads as she travels through the underground tunnels. The substance is abundant in queens and almost entirely absent…...
Acetaminophen in pregnancy does not cause autism or ADHD, study finds
2+ week, 6+ day ago (886+ words) Acetaminophen has long been one of the few medicines pregnant people can safely take for pain and fever. But recent claims linking the drug to autism and ADHD have left many parents questioning that advice. Now, a large study of…...
Estrogen in early pregnancy may predict a baby's head size at birth
3+ week, 2+ day ago (821+ words) Researchers have found that the estrogen in a mother’s blood during the first weeks of pregnancy may predict how large her baby’s head will be at birth. The signal from prenatal estrogen showed up as early as six to eight…...