Study shows prenatal stressors are independently associated with more infant inflexibility

A study of 1,585 pregnant women during the COVID-19 era reveals that prenatal risk as defined by a multitude of maternal ...
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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 ...
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Prenatal meth exposure linked to behavioral problems

HealthDay News — Prenatal methamphetamine exposure is linked to emotional and anxiety problems in 3-year-old children and an increased risk of attention-deficit ...
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Maternal happiness in pregnancy boosts child brain development, study finds

A new study in the journal Nature Mental Health explores how a mother’s positive state of mind during pregnancy affects the structure and function of the developing fetal brain by measuring these ...
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A generation at risk: Prenatal opioid exposure tied to hidden health problems

Exposure to opioids during pregnancy could be causing long-term, unknown health conditions for a generation of children, a University of Dundee expert has warned. Dr. Louise Marryat, an expert in ...
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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 ...