When does the circadian clock start ticking? A new study shows that fetal clocks synchronize to the mother in the womb via hormones, highlighting the importance of light and sleep during pregnancy.

A large-scale Danish study published in Lancet Psychiatry offers robust evidence linking neonatal vitamin D deficiency to an increased risk of neurodevelopmental ...

Exposure to antibiotics in the first days of life is thought to affect various physiological aspects of neonatal development. A new study conducted in Turku, Finland, reveals that antibiotic treatment ...

Given the outstanding impact of 'Human Milk, Nutrition and Infant Development’, Frontiers in Nutrition is happy to launch Volume II of this successful Research Topic. <br/><br/>Breast milk is the ...

Researchers have long associated per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as "forever chemicals," with certain severe birth defects, but exactly how these pollutants harm a ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Outcome Capital, a highly specialized life sciences and healthcare advisory and investment banking firm, today announced that Innara Health and Cardinal Health have partnered ...

Evidence continues to accrue that prenatal exposure to some synthetic chemicals in the environment is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes and negative effects on the neonatal metabolome and ...

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Artificial wombs are recreating pregnancy outside the body, keeping premature life developing in controlled environments.