Can a Mother's Stress Impact Children's Disease Development?
Published:12 Jan.2021 Source:University of Cincinnati
Stress on an expectant mother could affect her baby's chance of developing disease -- perhaps even over the course of the child's life, UC researchers have found.
Psychosocial factors creating stress -- such as lack of social support, loneliness, marriage status or bereavement -- may be mutating their child's mitochondrial DNA and could be a precursor to a host of diseases, according to a University of Cincinnati study.