Pregnancy
Poor sleep in babies echo mothers’ struggles
20 Jan 2025Poor maternal mental health during pregnancy can lead to more restless nights for babies in their first year of life.
A closer look at metformin in maternal diabetes
25 Jan 2022New data suggest that metformin administered to pregnant mothers may have unintended effects on the fetus, prompting the need for further assessment of the drug’s risk-benefit ratio.
Hormone discovery opens path for new pre-eclampsia treatment
28 Jan 2018Early diagnosis and treatment of pre-eclampsia could soon be possible
due to the discovery of the pregnancy hormone ELABELA
Like father like child for weight gain
15 Nov 2017A father’s weight is just as relevant as the mother’s
in determining a child’s risk of obesity
Heavy legacy of Mum’s sweet tooth
4 Oct 2017The babies of women who consume carbohydrate-rich foods
during pregnancy have an altered growth-trajectory
Attending to diabetes during pregnancy
11 Jul 2017Children
born to mothers with diabetes during pregnancy are at risk of developing
attention problems
Protein in pregnancy for healthier babies
1 Nov 2016The global childhood obesity epidemic could be tackled by expectant mothers adjusting their diet
Transmitting risk from mother to child
14 Jun 2016Nature and nurture work in unexpected ways to determine obesity and diabetes risk even before birth
Maternal health linked to child’s risk of obesity
10 Feb 2016The cultural diversity of Singapore offers insights into associations between body status of mothers and infants
A link with folate during pregnancy
2 Dec 2014Depression in pregnant women is associated with low folate levels, but not with vitamin B12