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In the first study of its kind, researchers have shown that inadequate maternal iron intake during pregnancy exerts subtle effects on infant brain development. Their findings were published online in

A study led by researchers at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) suggests that maternal HIV infection influences the microbiome of their HIV-uninfected infants

How many fast food restaurants have you driven through at 6 p.m. on a work night, with a hungry child in the back seat? Many of us have, and as parents we likely feel guilty. Childhood obesity is

Maternal depression affects up to 40 percent of mothers with young children and can have many negative effects on the infant and developing child including feeding issues, the inability to thrive in

A recent study published in Molecular Human Reproduction reports evidence of fetal cells escaping the womb and taking up residence in various organs of their mothers—known as fetal microchimerism.

Representative quantified computed tomography (CT) slices showing excess adipose or fatty tissues (pink) within the muscle boundary (green) in spina bifida patients (right) compared to control

David Warburton led a group of scientists who studied the affects of pollution on miscarriages in Mongolia.

A team of researchers, including senior investigator, Bradley Peterson, MD, director of the Institute for the Developing Mind at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, used fMRI to investigate neural