Obstetric guidelines have rapidly evolved to incorporate new data and research on the novel
coronavirus disease (COVID-19), with data on perinatal mental health building over the last …

Mammals can obtain taurine from food and synthesize it from sulfur-containing amino acids.
Mammalian fetuses and infants have little ability to synthesize taurine. Therefore, they are …

Importance The opioid epidemic increasingly affects pregnant women and developing
fetuses, resulting in high rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome. However, longitudinal …

Objective The effects of prenatal yoga on biological indicators have not been widely studied.
Thus, we compared changes in stress and immunity salivary biomarkers from 16 to 36 …

Importance Although previous reports have linked preterm birth with insulin resistance in
children and adults, it is not known whether altered insulin homeostasis is detectable at birth …

Homeostatic regulation of the maternal milieu during pregnancy is critical for maternal and
fetal health. The placenta facilitates critical communication between maternal and fetal …

Background Hypertensive disorders of pregnant women are one of the important causes of
maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. Evidence showed mental stress might be a …

Importance Previous reports have linked maternal prepregnancy obesity with low folate
concentrations and child overweight or obesity (OWO) in separate studies. To our …

This study aimed to investigate the optimal degree of weight gain across the gestational
spectrum in 1971 children enrolled at birth and followed up to age 7 years. Weight gain in …

Background Prior work shows that Post‐traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) predicts an
increased risk of preterm birth, but the causal pathway (s) are uncertain. We evaluate the …