https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.15212/AMM-2026-0413

Announcing a new publication for Acta Materia Medica journal.

About The Study: Among pregnant individuals, sitting less with greater light-intensity movement and steps was associated with significantly lower risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Optimizing lighter-intensity activity patterns should be rigorously tested as a strategy to improve pregnancy health. Adverse pregnancy outcomes affect 1 in 5 pregnancies and include hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, gestational diabetes, preterm birth, and small for gestational age.

The results from the study, led by VCU Health and Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU neurosurgeon David Limbrick, will inform providers on the safest and most effective approaches for treating these conditions.

Research from George Mason University reviews the effects of prenatal nutrition, physical activity, and education programs on pregnancy weight gain among women in low- and middle-income countries.  

Researchers at Syracuse Univesity identify gaps in the system, meaning the most at-risk populations need outbreaks 3.45 times larger before detection in wastewater even when they're technically covered by the surveillance network

More than two decades after 9/11, the children of World Trade Center responders are still experiencing mental health ill-effects, per new study examining the intergenerational transmission of trauma.