A large-scale Danish study published in Lancet Psychiatry offers robust evidence linking neonatal vitamin D deficiency to an increased risk of neurodevelopmental ...

Exposure to antibiotics in the first days of life is thought to affect various physiological aspects of neonatal development. A new study, led by Bar-Ilan University's Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, ...

Early-onset neonatal bacterial infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in preterm newborns. It is most often caused by ascending infection via the maternal genital tract.

A team of researchers from the SABIEN group at the ITACA Institute of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) has led an international study that comprehensively analyzes the use and impact of ...

Newborn finger proportions may reflect early hormone exposure and could be linked to differences in early brain growth.

In a recent case report published in the Pediatrics journal, researchers described two coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) -infected neonate cases exhibiting early-onset seizures and acquired ...

Evidence continues to accrue that prenatal exposure to some synthetic chemicals in the environment is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes and negative effects on the neonatal metabolome and ...

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Humans develop sharp vision during early fetal development thanks to an interplay between a vitamin A derivative and thyroid hormones in the retina, Johns Hopkins University scientists have found. The ...