Many factors, including genetics, stress, and environmental exposure, can shape pregnancy and fetal development. Physicians who care for pregnant patients and their babies before and after birth work ...

A new study in the journal Nature Mental Health explores how a mother’s positive state of mind during pregnancy affects the structure and function of the developing fetal brain by measuring these ...

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 ...

WE’LL HAVE A LOOK AT THAT WEEKEND FORECAST COMING UP. THANKS, JASON. NEW TONIGHT SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IOWA COULD SOON BE REQUIRED TO WATCH VIDEOS ON FETAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CLASSROOM. SUPPORTERS OF THE ...