A growing body of research shows that prenatal stress can have significant effects on
pregnancy, maternal health and human development across the lifespan. These effects may …

Background: The frequency and severity of extreme weather events such as wildfires are
expected to increase due to climate change. Childbearing women, that is, women who are …

Millions of people witnessed early, repeated television coverage of the September 11 (9/11),
2001, terrorist attacks and were subsequently exposed to graphic media images of the Iraq …

Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine are concerned with medical conditions affecting
brain, mind and behaviour in manifold ways. Traditional approaches have focused on a …

BACKGROUND Previous research suggests that maternal exposure to acute stress has a
negative impact on the duration of pregnancy, and that this effect may vary by the time of …

Fetal health is an important consideration in policy formation. Unfortunately, a complete
census of fetal deaths, an important measure of overall fetal health, is infeasible, and …

Background: Prior studies have examined the association between fine particulate matter
[PM≤ 2.5 μ m in aerodynamic diameter (PM 2.5)] and fetal growth with either limited spatial …

The impact of early stress on juvenile development has intrigued scientists for decades, but
the adaptive significance of such effects remains an ongoing debate. This debate has …

Importance Individuals with low income may have heightened rates of obesity and
hypertension. Objective To determine whether prenatal and infancy home visitation by …

Public health researchers may assume, based on the fetal origins literature, that “scarring” of
birth cohorts describes the population response to modern-day stressors. We contend …