Working alongside hospitals and health systems, the American Hospital Association’s Better Health for Mothers and Babies (BHMB) initiative aims to eliminate preventable maternal deaths and reduce ...

HealthDay News — Higher maternal blood pressure increases the risk for multiple adverse pregnancy and perinatal outcomes, according to a study published online Jan. 14 in BMC Medicine.

Maternal diabetes mellitus is associated with significantly higher infection rates among infants during the first 6 months of life.

The role of maternal effects in mammalian evolution and adaptation / Dario Maestripieri and Jill M. Mateo -- The genetics and evolutionary consequences of maternal effects / James M. Cheverud and ...

A mother's health during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period is the foundation of lifelong well-being, directly ...

Prepregnancy maternal underweight is associated with lower BMI in infants conceived via ART, with sex-specific elevations in ...

Children with a family history of type 1 diabetes (T1D) have an increased risk of developing the disease. However, children born to mothers with T1D are less likely to develop the disease than those ...

Risk may reflect that diabetes is tied to pregnancy complications ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — State and federal leaders are gathering on Monday in Portsmouth to mark the signing of the Virginia Momnibus, a landmark legislative package comprising 12 new laws and nearly $7 ...