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Prenatal drug exposure linked to sleep problems in children
Jun 10, 2008 |
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In the first study across time into late childhood of the effects of prenatal drug exposure on sleep, prenatal drug exposure is associated with greater sleep problems in children. In addition, nicotine has a unique effect, ...
Secondhand smoke increases teen test failure
Sep 20, 2007 |
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Teens exposed to secondhand smoke at home are at increased risk of test failure in school, suggests a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
Researchers investigate prenatal smoking link with antisocial behavior in children
Feb 02, 2009 |
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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.
Maternal smoking may increase newborns' discomfort
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 21, 2009 |
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A new research study being published in the October 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry suggests that maternal smoking may increase the level of distress of newborns.
High levels of prenatal smoking exposure affect sleep patterns in preterm neonates
Dec 01, 2008 |
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A study in the Dec. 1 issue of the journal Sleep is the first to show that high levels of prenatal smoking exposure strongly modify sleep patterns in preterm neonates, which places infants at a higher risk for developmental diffic ...
Study finds changes in DNA patterns are linked to prenatal smoke exposure
Aug 24, 2009 |
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A new study by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) has found that the life-long effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy may occur through specific changes in DNA ...
Smoking during pregnancy fosters aggression in children
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 06, 2009 |
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Women who smoke during pregnancy risk delivering aggressive kids according to a new Canada-Netherlands study published in the journal Development and Psychopathology. While previous studies have shown that smoking during ...
Prenatal meth exposure linked to abnormal brain development
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 15, 2009 |
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A first of its kind study examining the effects of methamphetamine use during pregnancy has found the drug appears to cause abnormal brain development in children. The research is published in the April 15, 2009, online issue ...
Home pregnancy tests can lead to better prenatal care
Feb 10, 2009 |
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The simple intervention of providing women who are having unprotected sex with a home pregnancy test could have a substantial impact on the health of potential newborns, according to a Michigan State University study.
Children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy, early childhood more likely to smoke as adults
May 19, 2009 |
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Children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy and their early childhood years may be predisposed to take up smoking as teens and young adults, compounding the physical damage they sustained from the smoke exposure.
BUSM researchers encourage use of potassium iodide
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) are strongly encouraging prenatal vitamin manufacturers to use only potassium iodide and not other sources of iodine in their products. According to the researchers, ...
Don't ask, don't tell doesn't work in prenatal care
Sep 30, 2008 |
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While obstetrical care providers are doing a good job working with their patients on smoking cessation, they are not doing as well on abuse of other substances that can harm a woman's unborn baby. A new study appearing in ...
Newly-defined factors may prevent postpartum smoking relapse
Aug 27, 2008 |
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Although many women quit smoking during pregnancy to protect their unborn children from the effects of cigarettes, half of them resume the habit within a few months of giving birth.
Prenatal molecular diagnosis for tuberous sclerosis complex
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Geneticists from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have reported the world's first series of cases of prenatal diagnosis for women at risk of having a child with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). Earlier, the Center ...
Avoiding secondhand smoke during pregnancy
Jan 27, 2009 |
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Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) commonly called secondhand smoke, can harm a developing fetus and may account for complications during pregnancy and birth. It is now known that non-whites experience more adverse pregnancy ...
