Vitamin D supports healthy pregnancy and infant growth. Know why it's important, the risks of deficiency and simple ...

Russell-Silver syndrome (RSS) is a rare genetic disorder involving slow growth before and after birth. RSS results in short stature and various distinctive physical features. It can significantly ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sign up for CNN’s Stress, But Less newsletter. Our six-part mindfulness guide will inform and inspire you to reduce stress while learning how to harness it. Mothers bear much of the ...

In the shadow of America’s shameful maternal death rate lies another pervasive health crisis: nearly one-third of U.S. births are by Cesarean section. This means that over a million new Americans ...

This study examined the development of joint attention in 95 infants assessed between 9 and 18 months of age. Infants displayed significant test-retest reliability on measures of following gaze and ...

The evidence summarised in the review demonstrates that food insecurity (FI), even if only temporary, is associated with children's developmental & behavioural progress from infancy to adolescence.

A loving mother’s caress is more than simple comfort to an infant. Scientists have known for decades that touch is critically important for a child’s healthy development, according to an article in ...

Social determinants of health, such as access to secure housing, family employment and economic stability, education, and child care, must be the focus of federal policies to support infant and ...

The present study investigated the relationship between a number of anthropometric indices and behavioral development during the first 2 years of life in rural Gautemala. Length and weight were the ...

Matching the sight and sound of speech — a face to a voice — in early infancy is an important foundation for later language development. This ability, known as intersensory processing, is an essential ...