A new rat study explores lung function and placental changes in the presence of infection and inflammation. The study ...

Rising global temperatures pose a serious threat to the health of pregnant women and babies, say Wits researchers.

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"Establishing hunger signals and controlling hunger is an evolutionarily conserved defence mechanism. The physiological switch at birth, can therefore, be viewed as a first major wave of anxiety ...

Let’s look at this intriguing connection between birth order and stress response exploring how being the eldest middle or ...

Could the key to easing anxiety be hidden in our gut? Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and the National Neuroscience ...

Gut microbes influence anxiety by regulating brain activity, offering potential for probiotic-based mental health treatments.

A new study reveals that gut microbes influence anxiety-related brain activity through microbial metabolites called indoles.

“Establishing hunger signals and controlling hunger is an evolutionarily conserved defence mechanism. The physiological switch at birth, can therefore, be viewed as a first major wave of anxiety ...