pregnancy

Two federally funded studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) provide critical insights into the effects of prenatal cannabis use on child development. Led by Lyndsay A. Avalos, PhD, MPH, the studies conclude that early maternal cannabis use is not associated with...

This article was originally published on The Fresh Toast and appears here with permission. When examining miscarriages related to regular marijuana use, researchers found they typically happened within eight weeks of conception. A new study suggests men intending to conceive a child with their...

This article was originally published on Leafly and appears here with permission. A recent large-scale longitudinal study has found no ties between cannabis use during pregnancy and different neurodevelopmental outcomes for exposed children. The study, released in June in the journal...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted that the available data support the efficacy and safety of Pfizer Inc's (NYSE: PFE) unadjuvanted bivalent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prefusion F vaccine candidate RSVpreF or PF-06928316.  The FDA's Vaccines and...

Substance use during pregnancy and motherhood is both a public health and criminal justice issue. While toxicology screens have become a part of a routine newborn physical assessment, a new study has revealed that specific racial disparities exist regarding who gets tested. But, first things first...

With cannabis becoming mainstream as both legitimate consumer goods and a mainstream medical treatment, people are turning to marijuana to treat various conditions, from pain to sinusitis. But when it comes to people that are more likely to be risk-sensitive, like pregnant women who are using it to...

More pregnant women are using cannabis to relieve unpleasant symptoms such as nausea, pain and general morning sickness. According to research published last year in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, pregnant women were roughly 4.6 times more likely to use cannabis in...

What are the risks of using marijuana while pregnant? According to a new study published in JAMA Pediatrics, children whose mothers used marijuana after the fifth or sixth week following conception are in danger of developing mental health problems in early youth. The study looked at data from over...

This article was originally published on Cannabis.net and appears here with permission. Pregnancy-related nausea is one of the most common experiences among expectant mothers. Around half of expecting mothers experience it. The nausea can strike any time: day or night, and for some,...

This article was originally published on The Cannigma, and appears here with permission. Canadian mothers who used cannabis during pregnancy were slightly more likely to give birth to a child that received an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis, according to a new study. An expert...

By The Fresh Toast's Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Researchers worry previous studies have created an oversimplification between prenatal cannabis exposure and cognitive impairment. We often forget marijuana research is in its infancy. Look no further than studies...

By The Fresh Toast's Mary Sauer, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. The general consensus is that using cannabis during pregnancy could be dangerous and that, without more research, it isn’t worth the risk. Marijuana isn’t largely accepted as safe for use during...

By The Fresh Toasts' Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. A new study shows that active cannabis users who were undergoing fertility treatment were more than twice as likely to suffer terminated pregnancies. The science behind using marijuana and pregnancy is mixed....