Smoking during pregnancy can harm your baby's lung development before birth, expert warns of long-term complications and symptoms.

A study in Science Advances found that extreme heat and humidity during pregnancy can raise the risk of childhood stunting.

New findings from Ontario’s largest birth cohort reveal that sulfate and ammonium particles in fine air pollution may disrupt fetal brain development, highlighting the need for cleaner air in urban ...

Widely prescribed medications that disrupt cholesterol synthesis may be linked to increased autism diagnoses in children. This prompts new scrutiny of drug safety during pregnancy and the need for ...

Researchers from Curtin University in Australia and multiple universities in Ethiopia report that prenatal folic acid and multivitamin supplementation is associated with a roughly 30% lower risk of ...

The accumulation of excess fat in the liver is not solely a consequence of the combined effects of hereditary and adult ...

More women are turning to marijuana to treat pregnancy-related illnesses, but experts warn of possible adverse side effects. Cannabis use is rising among pregnant women — especially during the first ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Panel members said SSRI use during pregnancy has been tied to adverse fetal outcomes. An expert told Healio the ...

Pregnant women need a steady supply of nutrients throughout the day to support foetal growth, brain development, and their ...

Schizophrenia is a serious mental health disorder that is characterized by psychosis, making it difficult for a person to tell what is real. It impacts about one per cent of the Canadian population ...