
Prenatal stress impacts babies, especially girls, later on
Study finds that even before babies take their first breath, the stress their mothers experience can shape how their own bodies will manage stress.

Study finds that even before babies take their first breath, the stress their mothers experience can shape how their own bodies will manage stress.

Groundbreaking analysis of 300k+ medical records shows women take up to a year to recover after childbirth, and blood tests before pregnancy can already reveal complications that will emerge.

Israeli startup Identifai develops first maternal blood test to identify risk of 250 genetic diseases as early as 9th week of pregnancy, matching the results of riskier and later amniocentesis.

Developers say Salistick is not only easier to use than traditional urine-based home kits, but also more accurate.

Breakthrough of vital importance for modeling and identifying potential risk factors for placental disorders and possible pregnancy therapeutics.

Researchers use fecal and serum samples to predict which pregnant women will later develop the condition.

Israeli study shows two-fold increase in risk of fetal death is caused by the coronavirus damaging the placenta as it passes from mother to baby.

Salignostics completes clinical trials of revolutionary SaliStick home test kit for pregnancy, based on its technology for detecting Covid-19.

New study provides important insights today and may be even more significant as extreme weather and temperatures increase because of climate change.

Hebrew University physician says results of study show women ideally should quit smoking well before becoming pregnant.

Breakthrough discovery in Israel may lead to a way for women extend their fertility windows and maintain high egg quality into their 30s and 40s.

As the fields of telehealth and ‘femtech’ grow, pregnant women will have access to more solutions for their concerns along the way.

HeraMED makes life easier for pregnant women with the first easy to use medical-grade, smartphone-based, fetal heart rate monitor for home use.

Pregnancy hormone progesterone regulates the microbial composition of bacteria in a way that may help baby develop, according to Bar-Ilan scientists.

Israeli research could point the way to very different diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to peripartum cardiomyopathy.