10+ hour, 52+ min ago   (117+ words) In Finland, 5–6 per cent of babies – around 2,500 each year – are born preterm, and the overall rate of preterm birth has not declined. Despite decades of research, effective treatments to prevent preterm birth remain limited. Globally, preterm birth continues to be…...

18+ hour, 4+ min ago   (521+ words) Scientists have found that targeting a particular group of proteins in the uterus muscle (myometrium) can suppress human uterine contractions in laboratory studies and delay preterm birth in a preclinical model. The findings, published today in Communications Medicine, highlight a…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (697+ words) Neurodevelopmental conditions, which include autism spectrum disorders, ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder), and more, impact around ten percent of the American population. Despite their prevalence, it has remained difficult to pin down where, when, and how many of these disorders begin....

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (874+ words) Researchers followed children through a critical period of early development to investigate whether a simple maternal health behavior before pregnancy was linked to how they later navigated social and behavioral challenges. Association between preconception folic acid intake and behavioural problems…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (400+ words) A study of more than 2,000 people in the United States and China finds that the line between medical and non-medical traits, which underpins the rules on embryo testing in most countries, does not match the preferences of the public. That…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (538+ words) Our results show that drought is not only an environmental or agricultural phenomenon but also a potential determinant of maternal and child health. It is a clear example of planetary health: how changes in the climate and natural systems can…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (334+ words) According to a new book from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign anthropology professor Kate Clancy, pregnancy is necessarily fraught, involving a series of tests of egg, embryo and reproductive system viability, with potential losses at every stage. This testing increases the…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (645+ words) The first days after childbirth are a time of profound change – not only physically, but emotionally as well. Although the rooming-in model, in which mothers and newborns stay together around the clock, is standard practice in maternity wards, not every…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (210+ words) Various forms of physical exercise may help prevent diabetes during pregnancy (or gestational diabetes), but data are limited. In a randomized clinical trial published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica including 209 pregnant women, participants who followed a strength training program…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (201+ words) "We designed an ultra‑thin, 128‑element linear‑array ultrasound transducer that can be worn comfortably on the neck," explains Professor Zheng. "It images the right internal jugular vein (IJV) and the common carotid artery (CCA) – two vessels that reliably reflect…...