We aimed to provide comprehensive protocols and promote effective management of
pregnant women with gynecological cancers. New insights and more experience have been …

Background—The goal of this statement is to review available literature and to put forth a
scientific statement on the current practice of fetal cardiac medicine, including the diagnosis …

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of anxiety disorders in pregnant and postpartum
women and identify predictors accounting for variability across estimates. Data Sources: An …

Introduction The fact that little is yet known about the possible implications of COVID-19 for
pregnancy, puts pregnant women at greater risk of heightened anxiety and psychological …

Maternal prenatal stress has been often associated with infant physical development and
health, as well as psychological functioning and behavior. However, the mechanisms …

Objective Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) during pregnancy is associated with several
adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes. A reliable and valid screening tool for GAD …

Many studies have examined effects of prenatal stress on pregnancy and fetal development,
especially on prematurity and birthweight, and more recently long-term effects on child …

Stress is one of the commonest and underappreciated causes of reproductive frailty in
women. The stress system leads to adaptive responses via mobilization of hormonal …

Brain plasticity refers to the remarkable property of cerebral neurons to change their
structure and function in response to experience, a fundamental theoretical theme in the …

Breast milk components contribute to the infant's immune development and protection, and
among other immune factors, immunoglobulins (Igs) are the most studied. The presence of …