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Cross-border health programs could reduce maternal and child deaths
Jan 13, 2009 |
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A policy promoting "cross-border" health programs could contribute to reducing maternal and child mortality in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan, says an international team of health experts in this week's PLoS Medicine.
Growing danger from post-birth bleeding
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) immediately after giving birth is the largest threat to new mothers in high-income countries. An Australian study, featured in the open access journal BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, shows that a ...
Exposing chicks to maternal stress leads to long-term reproductive success
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Oct 21, 2008 |
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Do mothers purposely expose their offspring to their own stress? If so, why?
The mental health dangers of birth hypoxia
Oct 27, 2008 |
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Complications during pregnancy and birth, such as birth hypoxia - the shortage of oxygen in the body - are associated with an increased risk for schizophrenia. However, it is not clear why hypoxia increases the risk for ...
Calcium during pregnancy reduces harmful blood lead levels
Sep 09, 2008 |
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Pregnant women who take high levels of daily calcium supplements show a marked reduction in lead levels in their blood, suggesting calcium could play a critical role in reducing fetal and infant exposure.
Consumption of nut products during pregnancy linked to increased asthma in children
Jul 15, 2008 |
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Expectant mothers who eat nuts or nut products like peanut butter daily during pregnancy increase their children's risk of developing asthma by more than 50 percent over women who rarely or never consume nut products during ...
Anxious pregnant women are more likely to have asthmatic children
Apr 15, 2009 |
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(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.
Over the counter contraceptive pill will not reduce unplanned pregnancies, says expert
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 24, 2008 |
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Making the contraceptive pill available without prescription will not reduce unwanted pregnancies, says an expert in an article published on bmj.com today.
Study finds diabetes doubling before motherhood
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Diabetes before motherhood more than doubled in six years among teenage and adult women, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the May issue of Diabetes Care.
Gene variants may determine lung function and susceptibility to maternal smoking
Mar 26, 2009 |
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A tiny variation within a single gene can determine not only how quickly and well lungs grow and function in children and adolescents, but how susceptible those children will be to exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke, even ...
Stress in the womb can last a lifetime, say researchers behind new exhibit
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Visitors can see how their stress levels could affect the heart rate of their unborn baby and find out why pregnant women should reduce their anxiety, at a new exhibit at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, which ...
GE plans to invest $6B to lower health care costs
May 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- General Electric Co. said Thursday that it will invest $6 billion over the next six years in an attempt to lower the cost of health care and improve the quality of medical care in underserved regions of the United ...
Multivitamins in pregnancy reduce risk of low birth weights
Jun 08, 2009 |
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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 Jo ...
Some radiation therapy treatments can decrease fertility
Apr 01, 2009 |
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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 ...
Peer-led sex education does not reduce abortions among teenagers
Nov 25, 2008 |
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A trial of peer-led sex education in schools in England has found that it is not more effective at reducing teenage abortions than the sex education classes given by teachers. However, the study, published in the open access ...
