High levels of the stress hormone cortisol during the third trimester of pregnancy may increase speech and language abilities in the first three years of a child's life. The results contribute to our understanding of how cortisol affects foetal and infant development.
According to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Eve Holden and Katie Slocombe of the University of York, UK, and colleagues, mothers in the samples from the UK and Uganda have different attitudes toward parenting, but while in a group level the experience and develo
San Francisco [US], August 30 (ANI): According to researchers, pregnant women in the United States are being exposed to substances such as melamine, cyanuric acid, and aromatic amines, which can raise the risk of cancer and damage infant development.