A new study published in the journal Cells provides evidence that maternal obesity prior to pregnancy—rather than during it—may influence the development of autism-like traits in offspring.

Researchers from the Children's Hospital at Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine will present data from more than 50 studies that explore topics including obesity, asthma and autism at ...

What can a fish tell us about human brain development? Researchers at Duke University Medical Center transplanted a set of human genes into a zebrafish and then used it to identify genes responsible ...

In a groundbreaking study conducted at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, researchers from the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) have uncovered a mechanistic link between maternal obesity ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. trump-child-health-day-initiatives Canva President Donald J. Trump marked Child Health Day on October 6 with a message outlining ...