Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that vaping nicotine during pregnancy may be no safer for a developing fetus than smoking cigarettes. The study suggests ...

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 ...

Researchers at Wakayama Medical University in Japan have discovered that amyloid-β deposits disrupt the formation of the ...

Using alcohol, tobacco, marijuana or other substances during pregnancy can harm the developing fetus, even when the risks are not always obvious, a West Virginia University psychiatrist warns. "Many ...

Despite so many advances in biology, some realms of the human body remain out of reach—such as the in-utero world of a developing fetus. While ultrasounds and genetic testing can reveal some parts of ...

We sometimes fail to acknowledge how early the environment starts to affect our development. In the classic "nature-versus-nurture" debate, we often assume that nurturing begins at birth. There is, ...