Mother's Stress May Affect Fetus
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Fetuses of mothers who show high rates of depression, anxiety and stress weigh less and are smaller than average at midterm, according to a recent study from the University of Miami School of Medicine.
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Women who experience high blood pressure  while pregnant are more likely to develop a coronary-related  heart problem later in life than other women, researchers said  on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - If a woman is confined to bed  rest during pregnancy, there is a likelihood of significant  bone loss, the results of a new study indicate.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- When it comes to mental health, good mothering may play a role as soon as the day of birth. Certain factors at birth, such as a mother&#39;s mental health, could contribute to the risk of her child committing suicide later in life.
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Women who feel chronically  stressed may have a lower risk of developing uterine cancer  than their less harried peers, researchers have found.
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Pregnant women who suffer a  miscarriage in the second-trimester are at high risk during a  subsequent pregnancy of a spontaneous preterm birth and repeat  second-trimester miscarriage, a study indicates.
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Children whose mothers are stressed are at higher risk for asthma, Canadian researchers said on Tuesday.
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Blood tests that are performed during pregnancy to determine if a fetus is at risk of birth defects might also help predict if an infant will be at an increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome, according to a study published in the Sept.
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A BLOOD test performed on pregnant women could predict whether their baby will be at risk of sudden infant death syndrome, according to the latest research.
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Smoking during pregnancy can affect the   baby's immune system which may explain why asthma and   respiratory problems are more common in children whose mothers   smoke, Australian scientists said in a study on Thursday.
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The results of a Swedish study confirm that fetal outcome may be compromised in women with a past or active eating disorder. "These women should therefore be recognized as high-risk patients during pregnancy," Dr. Angelica Linden Hirschberg from Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm told Reuters Health.
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Obese pregnant women may have  an increased risk of losing their baby relatively late in  pregnancy, and black women appear particularly at risk, a large  study suggests.
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Women who have a baby aged 40 or over are at an increased risk of stillbirth, US researchers have warned.
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NEW YORK  - Pregnant women who regularly  work the night shift may have an increased risk of a  miscarriage late in pregnancy or a stillbirth, a new study  suggests.
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Stress could  be play a role in miscarriages, researchers have suggested.
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The drugs that control epilepsy may pose a risk to a fetus if a woman takes them while pregnant.
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It has long been clear that chronic stress wreaks havoc on our health. Scientists have now found molecular signs of this harm. In a study of mothers of chronically ill children, the cells