prenatal

My mind incongruously goes to amniocentesis, the dread prenatal test I underwent two decades earlier during my first pregnancy.

Results showed a clear pattern: children with higher prenatal exposure to the insecticide displayed more pronounced structural and functional brain differences.

Claims that prenatal exposure to acetaminophen caused autism had emerged as a legal threat earlier this decade, when hundreds of personal-injury lawsuits were filed in federal courts.

The suit claims that research shows a link between prenatal and early-childhood use of the active ingredient acetaminophen and autism.

Batchlor said the hospital is also weighing what other service lines to cut, adding that labor and delivery, prenatal care, diabetes and chronic-disease management and student training are under consideration.