Neurobiologists have made a breakthrough in understanding how environmental factors might contribute to autism spectrum ...

Exposure to nitric oxide (NO)— which is produced when fuel is burned — while a mother is pregnant, or in the early months of ...

Researchers linked four pollutive particles found in the air to a higher incidence of autism in people with a genetic predisposition disease.

Boston, Massachusetts, 12 November 2024 – Environmental exposure to air pollutants during critical developmental periods may ...

There were protesters outside the office shouting at me and my husband. We wanted and loved our baby, and these people had no ...

A recent study conducted in mice suggests that specific beneficial bacteria in a pregnant mother’s gut could support healthy ...

A study of children exposed to maternal COVID-19 before birth found no adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes by 2 years and a ...

Researchers are uncovering deeper insights into how the human brain ages and what factors may be tied to healthier cognitive aging, including exercising, avoiding tobacco, speaking a second language ...

The menopause describes the end of a woman's reproductive years, and normally happens around the age of 51. The lead-up to ...

Experts say that healthy lifestyle behaviours, coupled with screening, education and medication to lower the risk factors for cardiovascular disease and stroke, could stop a first stroke.

New findings cast some doubt on the notion that there's a direct link between education and the health of the aging brain.

In a paper advocating for improving nutrition in the first 1,000 days, the American Academy of Pediatrics identified 14 key ...