Dr. Gil Mor discusses sex-specific placental responses and long-term immune alterations from prenatal virus exposure.

When a fetus is developing in the mother’s womb, it is essential that the fetus receives the correct nutrients and protection during this critical developmental window. One element of this environment ...

A recent study published in the JAMA Network Open Journal assessed whether metabolic phenotyping during pregnancy, beyond pre-pregnancy obesity or gestational diabetes status, increases the risk of ...

A pregnant woman with an eating disorder (ED) needs to be screened for complications more carefully because she is part of a high-risk population, says a new study published in the journal JAMA ...

Researchers have discovered in a preclinical model that cytokines, proteins that control immune response, circulating in maternal blood during pregnancy may mitigate an offspring's risk for ...

A new study found that offspring born to mice that exercised during pregnancy were less likely to gain weight after consuming a high-fat diet later in life. Although previous studies have shown that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A maternal diet with plenty of vegetables and limited fried, low-fiber and sugary foods may prevent asthma and ...

View gallery - 3 images While CBD or cannabidiol is now widely available, widely used and generally considered safe, new research has found that its use during pregnancy may produce some strange ...

The paper R.C. Laker et al., “Exercise during pregnancy mitigates negative effects of parental obesity on metabolic function in adult mouse offspring,” J Appl Physiol, 130:605–16, 2021. Obesity is a ...