http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a new way to estimate when the tiniest preemies -- babies born months early -- will go home from the hospital. http://www.physorg.com/news180030905.html Medicine & Health Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:35:27 EST news180030905 Controlling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in developing countries would help improve the reproductive health and rights of girls and women in the poorest countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, according to a new editorial published November 24 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. The analysis demonstrates that NTDs are "important factors that impair reproductive health in developing countries; increase the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs); and promote stigma and gender inequality." http://www.physorg.com/news178902913.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:40:01 EST news178902913 (PhysOrg.com) -- The creation of E-ZPass lanes over the past 15 years has significantly improved the health of newborn babies living near highways in the Northeast, according to a Columbia study. The researchers found that reductions in traffic congestion generated by E-ZPass lanes reduced premature birthrates by 10.8 percent and low birth weight by 11.8 percent among infants born within 2 kilometers of toll plazas. The net effect has led to hundreds of millions of dollars in saved medical costs. http://www.physorg.com/news177698504.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:10:01 EST news177698504 Exposure to a combination of excess stress hormones and chemicals while in the womb could affect a man's fertility in later life, a study suggests. http://www.physorg.com/news175339095.html Medicine & Health Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:30:02 EST news175339095 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from Karolinska Institutet (Sweden) shows that children born with low birth weight are at a higher risk of developing asthma later in life. The study, which is published in the journal Pediatrics, is based on data on the incidence of asthma in 10,918 twins from the Swedish Twin Registry. http://www.physorg.com/news174563823.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:10:03 EST news174563823 (PhysOrg.com) -- Tackling smoking during pregnancy may help to reduce socio-economic inequalities in stillbirths and infant deaths by as much as 30-40 per cent, according to a new Oxford University-led study published in the British Medical Journal. http://www.physorg.com/news173955896.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:05:26 EST news173955896 Women with epilepsy who have seizures during pregnancy appear more likely to give birth to pre-term, small or low-birth-weight babies than women without epilepsy, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news169141537.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:10:04 EST news169141537 Pediatric researchers have found that a gene previously shown to be involved in the development of type 2 diabetes also predisposes children to having a lower birth weight. The finding sheds light on a possible genetic influence on how prenatal events may set the stage for developing diabetes in later childhood or adulthood. http://www.physorg.com/news168093004.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:40:04 EST news168093004 Infants who weigh less than five and a half pounds at birth often enter the world with a host of medical complications, including respiratory problems. New research shows that these respiratory problems may persist well beyond their infancy and childhood and into adulthood. http://www.physorg.com/news166185563.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:40:01 EST news166185563 Complications in early pregnancy or in previous pregnancies can predict the likelihood of further problems in current or subsequent pregnancies, according to research carried out by an international group of experts. http://www.physorg.com/news165475586.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:29:14 EST news165475586 Many parents worry about their child's exposure to phthalates, the chemical compounds used as plasticizers in a wide variety of personal care products, children's toys, and medical devices. Phthalate exposure can begin in the womb and has been associated with negative changes in endocrine function. http://www.physorg.com/news165127900.html Medicine & Health Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:53:01 EST news165127900 Recent epidemiological studies have revealed an increase in the frequency of genital malformations in male newborns (e.g., un-descended testes) and a decrease in male fertility. http://www.physorg.com/news164290682.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:18:15 EST news164290682 Prenatal multivitamin supplements are associated with a significantly reduced risk of babies with a low birth weight compared with prenatal iron-folic acid supplementation, found a new study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. http://www.physorg.com/news163698179.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:43:15 EST news163698179 (PhysOrg.com) -- Low birth weight babies are at greater risk of developing psychosis-like symptoms as they grow up, research suggests. The study, published in the June issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry, shows a link between children`s size at birth and their mental health at the age of 12. http://www.physorg.com/news162818947.html Medicine & Health Fri, 29 May 2009 12:30:22 EST news162818947 Babies of East Asian and South Asian descent are between two and three times more likely to be misclassified as underweight at birth when compared to their Canadian counterparts, according to a study led by St. Michael's Hospital physician Dr. Joel Ray. Dr. Ray and a team of researchers, who developed the first-ever sex-specific birth weight curves for these ethnic groups, suggest the need to consider differences across ethnic groups to reduce parental stress and use of health-care resources associated with labelling an infant as underweight, or "small for gestational age" at birth. http://www.physorg.com/news162568152.html Medicine & Health Tue, 26 May 2009 14:49:41 EST news162568152 As thousands of students nationwide prepare to leave high school, a UC Davis study appearing online today in the June issue of the medical journal Pediatrics shows a clear link between attention problems early in school - as early as kindergarten - and lower high school test scores. http://www.physorg.com/news162540799.html Medicine & Health Tue, 26 May 2009 07:13:57 EST news162540799 Amid renewed calls to consider reducing the legal drinking age, a new University of Georgia study finds that lower drinking ages increase unplanned pregnancies and pre-term births among young people. http://www.physorg.com/news162130755.html Medicine & Health Thu, 21 May 2009 13:20:17 EST news162130755 Babies born to obese mothers may have an increased risk of asthma, according to data from a new study to be presented on May 19 at the 105th International Conference of the American Thoracic Society in San Diego. http://www.physorg.com/news161954494.html Medicine & Health Tue, 19 May 2009 12:21:58 EST news161954494 Pregnant women who are indigenous to the Andes Mountains deliver more blood and oxygen to their fetuses at high altitude than do women of European descent. The study helps explain why babies of Andean descent born at high altitude weigh more than European babies born at altitude. http://www.physorg.com/news161846628.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 May 2009 06:24:20 EST news161846628 Two Oregon State University researchers have uncovered a pattern of distrust - and sometimes outright antagonism - among physicians at hospitals and midwives who are transporting their home-birth clients to the hospital because of complications. http://www.physorg.com/news161277224.html Medicine & Health Mon, 11 May 2009 16:14:21 EST news161277224 As the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States continues, researchers are examining whether early parent and child behaviors contribute to the problem. A study from the Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University, published in the May/June 2009 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior reports that mothers who miss signs of satiety in their infants tend to overfeed them, leading to excess weight gains during the 6 month to 1 year period. http://www.physorg.com/news161229069.html Medicine & Health Mon, 11 May 2009 02:52:11 EST news161229069 New guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics should eliminate one of the many stresses of bringing a preterm or low birth weight infant home from the hospital. http://www.physorg.com/news160056549.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:09:50 EST news160056549 The most disabling aspect of Tourette syndrome is that in 90% of cases, it exists in conjunction with another disorder. The most frequent co-occurring condition in people with Tourette is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), though the cause of this association is uncertain. Having one disorder can be disabling enough, but having two means coping with more than twice the disability. http://www.physorg.com/news159023050.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:05:21 EST news159023050 In female cancer patients of reproductive age, radiation treatment directly to the ovaries should be avoided because there is a direct relationship between certain types of radiation therapy and fertility problems, according to a review in the April 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO). http://www.physorg.com/news157816849.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:01:12 EST news157816849 A Cardiff University research project has for the first time studied whether smoking during pregnancy can directly make children more likely to behave anti-socially. http://www.physorg.com/news152818144.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:29:30 EST news152818144 Consuming caffeine at any time during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of fetal growth restriction (low birth weight), according to research published on bmj.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news144928057.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:47:37 EST news144928057 Low birth weight is the most significant factor for the development of infantile hemangiomas, a common birthmark, according to a new study by researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Research Institute. http://www.physorg.com/news143692164.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:29:24 EST news143692164 Two new articles examine the theory of "fetal programming" and their effect on racial health disparities. The studies, published in American Journal of Human Biology, suggest that the higher rates of hypertension and cardiovascular disease present in African Americans may be a consequence of low birth weights, and that these low birth weights may be a result of social rather than genetic factors. http://www.physorg.com/news143379886.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:44:46 EST news143379886 Continuous glucose monitoring as part of antenatal care for women with diabetes improves maternal blood glucose control and lowers birth weight and risk of macrosomia (excessive birth weight in babies), according to a study published on bmj.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news141637627.html Medicine & Health Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:47:07 EST news141637627 Low-birth-weight children appear to be at higher risk for psychiatric disturbances from childhood through high school than normal-birth-weight children, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. In addition, low-birth-weight children from urban communities may be more likely to have attention problems than suburban low-birth-weight children. http://www.physorg.com/news139508649.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:24:09 EST news139508649