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Birth size is a marker of susceptibility to breast cancer later in life
Sep 30, 2008 |
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Birth size, and in particular birth length, correlates with subsequent risk of breast cancer in adulthood, according to a new study published in PLoS Medicine by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medici ...
'You will give birth in pain': Neanderthals too
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of California at Davis (USA) and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig (Germany) present a virtual reconstruction of a female Neanderthal ...
Low birth weight linked to psychosis-like symptoms
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 29, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Poor sleep in children may have prenatal origins
Aug 01, 2009 |
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A study in the Aug.1 issue of the journal Sleep found that alcohol consumption during pregnancy and small body size at birth predict poorer sleep and higher risk of sleep disturbances in 8-year-old children born at term. ...
Study: Continuous oral contraceptives best
Apr 07, 2008 |
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A U.S. study suggests continuous oral contraceptives might be more effective than standard 28-day birth control pills.
Diabetes gene raises odds of lower birth weight
Jul 29, 2009 |
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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 ...
'Bigger the baby, the better' axiom is incorrect
May 17, 2007 |
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Contrary to popular belief and alerts by the World Health Organization, new research by the George Institute for International Health indicates that the importance of the reported relationship between birth weight and coronary ...
Association between low birth weight, excessive weight gain and heart problems in later life
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Researchers who have followed 5,840 people from before birth to the age of 31 have found evidence suggesting that small size at birth and excessive weight gain during adolescence and young adulthood may lead to low grade ...
Birth-spacing improves children's health
Apr 20, 2006 |
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A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association said intervals of 18-23 months between pregnancies posed the least health risks for babies.
Playing sport up to the end of pregnancy is healthy for the baby and the mother
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Contrary to more conservative customs, exercising up to the end of pregnancy has no harmful effect on the weight or size of the foetus. This is what has been indicated in a study carried out by researchers ...
Pregnant women who smoke, urged to give up before 15-week 'deadline'
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Women who stop smoking before week 15 of pregnancy cut their risk of spontaneous premature birth and having small babies to the same as non-smokers, according to research published on bmj.com today.
Early whales gave birth on land, fossil find reveals (Video)
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two newly described fossil whales---a pregnant female and a male of the same species--reveal how primitive whales gave birth and provide new insights into how whales made the transition from ...
Small birth size linked to changes in the cardiovascular system that predispose to later disease
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Researchers have found the first evidence that smaller size at birth is associated with specific alterations in the functioning of the heart and circulation in children and that these changes differ between boys and girls.
Pollution shrinks fetus size, study finds
Jan 07, 2008 |
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Exposure to air pollution significantly reduces foetus size during pregnancy, according to a new study by Brisbane scientists.
Climate change and the mystery of the shrinking sheep
Jul 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Milder winters are causing Scotland's wild breed of Soay sheep to get smaller, despite the evolutionary benefits of possessing a large body, according to new research due to be published in ...
