April 29th 2025
A UK study links maternal anemia in early pregnancy with increased congenital heart disease risk in offspring.
Prenatal exposure to analgesic opioid linked with elevated risk of ADHD
October 5th 2021A study has found that prenatal analgesic opioid exposure of 5 or more weeks is associated with a slightly elevated risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children compared to exposure of 4 weeks or less.
Examining factors in teen pregnancies that lead to poorer infant outcomes
May 4th 2021Pregnancy in adolescence can lead to poorer outcomes in both mother and child. An investigation presented at the virtual 2021 Pediatric Academic Societies meeting looks at how educational attainment could impact the outcomes.