Stress during pregnancy may cause changes in placental genes linked to cortisol regulation. These changes could impact fetal ...

Pregnancy is a physiologic stress test, a sadistic triathlon, and an emotional E-ticket rollercoaster that lasts nine months ...

Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol -- a necessary hormone for fetal development -- and this would affect the baby's development from very ...

Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol, and this would affect the ...

How accurate are pregnancy tests? Getting a reliable reading largely depends on when and how you use the test. It all starts with peeing on a stick or into a cup – and though th ...

New postpartum depression research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and Weill Cornell Medicine could lead ...

Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol-a necessary hormone for ...

Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol—a necessary hormone for fetal development—and this would affect the baby's development from very early ...

A new pregnancy detection test using milk rather than blood samples is proving to be accurate, convenient, and—at $4.50 a sample—affordable. The IDEXX Milk Pregnancy Test (MPT) is being offered as a ...

Stress hormone levels in mothers during early pregnancy can permanently affect their offspring's stress response system, warns a new study. The results of a long-term study on wild Assamese ...