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Prenatal cannabis exposure linked with mental health problems that persist into early adolescence

Prenatal cannabis exposure following the middle of the first trimester—generally after five to six weeks of fetal development—is associated with attention, social, and behavioral problems that persist ...

Did You Know? High Fever During Pregnancy Can Affect Foetal Development

A high-grade fever disrupts the body's equilibrium because it creates conditions which can harm foetal development by ...
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What are the effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol and marijuana on fetal development?

In a recent review published in Experimental Neurology, researchers presented the effects of simultaneous alcohol and cannabinoid (SAC) usage during gestation on fetal brain development. In rats and ...
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Hundreds of thousands of US infants every year pay the consequences of prenatal exposure to drugs, a growing crisis particularly in rural America

Project WATCH is a grant funded by the West Virginia Department of Health. Nearly 1 in 12 newborns in the United States in 2020 – or about 300,000 infants – were exposed to alcohol, opioids, marijuana ...

Prenatal stem cell treatment targets rare genetic disease before birth

Stanford Medicine pediatric hematologist Agnieszka Czechowicz, MD, Ph.D., has devoted her research career to improving ...

Pregnancy and kidneys: Why women must check their kidney health

Pregnancy is an important stage in a woman’s life. During this time, the body goes through many changes to support the growing baby. One of the organs that works harder during pregnancy is ...