Environmental factors like stress and medication exposure during pregnancy can shape brain development, but the mechanisms ...

Hormones impact almost every part of life, from mood swings to energy levels. But did you know they can also influence seizures? For some women, epilepsy becomes more intense during their periods ...

Exposure to Stress During Early Pregnancy Affects Offspring Into Adulthood Jan. 22, 2025 — Maternal stress hormone levels during early pregnancy can have a lasting effect on the stress system of ...

Insulin is a hormone that helps to control the body’s blood sugar levels. During pregnancy, a person’s body requires more insulin because the placenta produces extra blood sugar. This ...

[31] The most common predisposing cause of pancreatic symptoms during ... increased estrogen effect of pregnancy and the familial tendency for some women toward high triglyceride levels.

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Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol, and this would affect the ...

A comprehensive review published in Brain Medicine by leading neuroendocrinologist Professor Hyman M. Schipper from McGill ...

Women whose breast cancers need estrogen to grow are often treated for five or more years with medications to lower estrogen ...

One factor is declining estrogen levels during perimenopause, which removes some of the hormone's cardioprotective effects, physician Ella Ishaaya M.D. says. "Estrogen downregulates inflammatory ...