UK’s research team wants to understand how inflammation and dysregulation in the placenta from prenatal opioid use are linked to negative cognitive consequences in babies. Jorge Castorena, UK College ...

Scientists are uncovering how the placenta, long viewed as a temporary pregnancy organ, acts as a powerful biological predictor of lifelong health, linking prenatal environments to future risks of ...

COPENHAGEN — Here's reassuring news for pregnant women with rheumatic diseases treated with tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) inhibitors: although the drugs vary widely in their transmissibility ...

Health care providers know ingesting opioids while pregnant can cause lasting, sometimes irreversible harm to a fetus. Researchers at the University of Kentucky are hoping to pinpoint exactly why, in ...