In 2017–2019, the March of Dimes convened a workgroup with biomedical, clinical, and
epidemiologic expertise to review knowledge of the causes of the persistent Black-White …

The increasing number of people with dementia globally illustrates the urgent need to
reduce dementia's scale and impact. Lifetime social participation may affect dementia risk by …

Discovering the processes through which early adverse experiences affect children's
nervous-system development, health, and behavior is critically important for developing …

Pregnancy is a complex and vulnerable period that presents a number of challenges to
women, including the development of postpartum psychiatric disorders (PPDs). These …

During pregnancy, programming of the fetal central nervous system establishes
vulnerabilities for emergence of neuropsychiatric phenotypes later in life. Psychosocial …

A growing literature suggests that exposure to adverse social conditions may accelerate
biological aging, offering one mechanism through which adversity may increase risk for age …

Pregnancy-specific stress (PSS) arises from the numerous changes that women experience
during pregnancy and from their concerns about childbirth and the health of their offspring …

Objective: In the context of the importance of elucidating the determinants of the initial,
newborn setting of telomere length (TL), it is increasingly evident that maternal stress and …

Little research has examined determinants of newborn telomere length, a potential
biomarker of lifetime disease risk impacted by prenatal exposures. No study has examined …

Background Women's reproduction requires increased energy demands, which
consequently may lead to cellular damage and aging. Hence, Telomere Length (TL), a …