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(AP) -- A new felony arrest warrant was issued Thursday as the search continued for the Minnesota mother who fled with her 13-year-old cancer-stricken son to avoid chemotherapy treatments. http://www.physorg.com/news162128603.html Medicine & Health Thu, 21 May 2009 12:43:42 EST news162128603 Psychotherapists who treat mothers suffering from postpartum depression and other mood disorders with their infants have developed a proven process that contributes to a greater positive experience with immediate insights for the mothers to develop healthy connections between their maternal experiences and their infants' behaviors. http://www.physorg.com/news162045120.html Medicine & Health Wed, 20 May 2009 13:32:43 EST news162045120 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 Mothers who share cancer genetic test results with their children are more satisfied with their decision than those who decide not to tell, according to a new study by researchers at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center. The study also shows, for the first time, what role fathers play in disclosing mother's test results. These findings will be presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Orlando May 29 - June 2. http://www.physorg.com/news161544198.html Medicine & Health Thu, 14 May 2009 18:23:43 EST news161544198 A new study from Northwestern University shows what many mothers already know: their babies are a lot smarter than others may realize. http://www.physorg.com/news160843272.html Medicine & Health Wed, 06 May 2009 15:42:32 EST news160843272 (PhysOrg.com) -- The kind of job a woman has may be just as important as whether she works or not when it comes to the well-being of her child. http://www.physorg.com/news160407415.html Other Sciences Fri, 01 May 2009 14:37:31 EST news160407415 A study in the May 1 issue of the journal SLEEP suggests that babies born to mothers with depression are more likely to suffer from significant sleep disturbances at 2 weeks postpartum that continue until 6 months of age. Findings of the study are of particular importance, as sleep disturbances in infancy may result in increased risk for developing early-onset depression in childhood. http://www.physorg.com/news160384516.html Medicine & Health Fri, 01 May 2009 08:15:39 EST news160384516 More than 10 million U.S. children witness domestic violence yearly, resulting in a range of emotional and behavioral problems. A new study suggests that the reason some of these children are resilient is because of their easy temperaments and because they have mentally healthy moms. http://www.physorg.com/news160213339.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:43:00 EST news160213339 Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have found a link between a mother's height and the health of her children in a study using national data from India. http://www.physorg.com/news159552325.html Medicine & Health Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:05:47 EST news159552325 No one doubts that mothers - especially pregnant mothers - are among the busiest people on earth. And while the benefits of exercise for these women and their developing fetuses are widely known, many expectant mothers do not exercise. A survey examining daily activities of moms-to-be will soon be released as part of a larger study looking at the effect of maternal exercise on fetal development. The results suggest, among other things, that exercising during pregnancy does not require "stealing" time from other activities. http://www.physorg.com/news159176383.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:39:57 EST news159176383 Immigrant women are less likely to use folic acid supplements before pregnancy to prevent spina bifida, particularly those who recently immigrated to the country, according to a new study led by a St. Michael's Hospital physician in collaboration with Statistics Canada, Health Canada and the University of Toronto. The study is the first to provide national estimates of pre-pregnancy folic acid use in Canada. http://www.physorg.com/news159098610.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:04:16 EST news159098610 (PhysOrg.com) -- Pregnant women who are stressed, particularly late in pregnancy, have an increased risk of their child going on to develop asthma, according to the latest research from Children of the 90s. http://www.physorg.com/news159026171.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:56:51 EST news159026171 Scientists at the 87th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research, convening today in Miami Beach, report new studies on the connection between oral disease and systemic disease. A recurring theme is the relationship between periodontal (gum) disease and infant prematurity, diabetes, or stroke. http://www.physorg.com/news158152158.html Medicine & Health Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:10:55 EST news158152158 Monash University researchers have shown that babies born to a mother who smokes are more likely to be slower to wake or respond to stimulation - and this may explain their increased risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). http://www.physorg.com/news157974073.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:41:56 EST news157974073 Mothers with many negative thoughts and feelings are more likely to give their children unhealthy food. This is shown in a study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) in collaboration with the University of Oslo. http://www.physorg.com/news157972419.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:14:08 EST news157972419 Mothers of multiples have 43 percent increased odds of having moderate to severe depressive symptoms nine months after giving birth compared to mothers of single-born children, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Researchers examined the relationship between multiple births and maternal depressive symptoms and found that multiple births increased the odds of maternal depression, and that few mothers with depressive symptoms, regardless of the multiple births status, reported talking to a mental health specialist or a general medical provider. The results are published in the April 1, 2009, issue of Pediatrics. http://www.physorg.com/news157616209.html Medicine & Health Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:17:16 EST news157616209 Eating while in the throes of childbirth should no longer be a medical taboo, according to a study released Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news157146321.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:45:43 EST news157146321 (PhysOrg.com) -- Mothers of anxious children are often concerned they are somehow contributing to their child`s anxiety by being over-protective or over-involved. http://www.physorg.com/news156706861.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:41:22 EST news156706861 Hospital practices, such as supplementing newborns with formula or water or giving them pacifiers, significantly reduce the chances that mothers who intend to exclusively breastfeed will achieve that intention, according to a new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher. http://www.physorg.com/news156705090.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:11:48 EST news156705090 Creating a family life incorporating the care needs of a child dependent on technology is a daunting task. Much of this task seems to fall upon mothers to help everyone in the family adjust. However, mothers often need help of their own to cope with the challenges of raising these children, a research study from Case Western Reserve University has found. http://www.physorg.com/news156612930.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:36:03 EST news156612930 Elvire Vaucher is a professor at the Université de Montréal School of Optometry. Her husband is an artist who works from home. Upon the birth of their second child in 2003, she took only three months maternity leave while her husband stayed at home, a situation that isn't that uncommon anymore. http://www.physorg.com/news155938128.html Other Sciences Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:09:03 EST news155938128 The growing trend to move miles away from hometowns and family for work is leaving many women feeling 'ignorant and ill-equipped' to cope with pregnancy and childbirth. http://www.physorg.com/news155232731.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:14:04 EST news155232731 New studies in the United States and Canada show that educational materials aimed at preventing shaken baby syndrome increased knowledge of new mothers about infant crying, the most common trigger for people abusing babies by shaking them. The study of mothers in Seattle is featured in the March issue of Pediatrics, and a partner study in Vancouver, British Columbia appears this month in The Canadian Medical Association Journal. http://www.physorg.com/news155232239.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:04:32 EST news155232239 Low-income pregnant women and new mothers with diabetes have nearly twice the risk of experiencing depression during and after pregnancy than women without diabetes, according to a study in the February 25 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news154720723.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:59:03 EST news154720723 Could our mother's diet at the time we are conceived set the course for our future health? This intriguing question is at the heart of a new study based on an "experiment of nature" being conducted by Wellcome Trust-funded researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news154583371.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:50:17 EST news154583371 (PhysOrg.com) -- A Newcastle University study has shown that obese women who become pregnant have an increased risk of their baby being born with certain abnormalities, including spina bifida. http://www.physorg.com/news153588276.html Medicine & Health Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:25:46 EST news153588276 Putting food on the table, struggling with unemployment and meeting the relentless needs of young children all contribute to household stress. Now, a new study finds that these pressures also increase the possibility that a mother will be obese. http://www.physorg.com/news153148635.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:17:40 EST news153148635 Killer whales (Orcinus orca) nearing the menopause may be more successful in rearing their young. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Frontiers in Zoology shows that estimated survival rates for calves born to these older mothers were 10% higher than those for other calves. http://www.physorg.com/news152854397.html Biology Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:33:53 EST news152854397 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 Each centimeter/inch counts for women in developing countries. This is the outcome of research by Christiaan Monden of Tilburg University and Jeroen Smits of Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands, which was recently published online in American Journal of Human Biology. Data from 42 developing countries showed that babies and young children have better survival chances if their mothers are taller. http://www.physorg.com/news152808048.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:41:14 EST news152808048