The idea of laying down in the dental chair may not be appealing right now, but don't put off that routine cleaning!

Yes. Seeing the dentist every six months during pregnancy is important so you can keep your mouth clean and (fingers crossed) cavity-free. Go to your regular twice-a-year appointments, and if your ...

Higher maternal vitamin D levels in pregnancy were associated with reduced odds of early childhood caries and lower dmft scores in offspring. Higher maternal 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels were ...

About The Study: In this cohort study, maternal plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels throughout pregnancy were inversely associated with odds of offspring early childhood caries. These findings support ...

Talk about a prenatal power move. About 1 in 36 US children has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, a complex group of developmental conditions characterized by repetitive behaviors and ...

CHILD CAN BE ONE OF THE HAPPIEST MOMENTS OF A PERSON’S LIFE. BUT FOR ONE OMAHA WOMAN, BEFORE SHE COULD EVEN TELL HER FAMILY, SHE WAS DEALT A CRUSHING BLOW. NOW SHE’S IN A FIGHT TO SAVE BOTH HER LIFE ...

Across the U.S., pregnant women suffer from miscarriages, stillbirths — sometimes even death — in local jails. In this investigation by Bloomberg Law and NBC News, correspondent Yasmin Vossoughian ...

Taking folic acid and multivitamin supplements during pregnancy may significantly lower the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children, according to a study conducted by Australian researchers ...

A large study from Massachusetts found that babies whose mothers had COVID-19 while pregnant were slightly more likely to have a range of neurodevelopmental diagnoses by age 3. Most of these children ...

This story, originally published in September, has been updated with new information about the Texas attorney general’s lawsuit against the makers of Tylenol. President Donald Trump and other federal ...

As the government shutdown drags on, most House members have gone home at the direction of Speaker Mike Johnson. But one Republican, Rep. Kevin Kiley of California, still reports to his Capitol Hill ...

During the past few months, President Trump and his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., have made sweeping, thinly evidenced claims that Tylenol (acetaminophen) in pregnancy is linked to autism ...