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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.
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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.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity problems associated with low folate levels in pregnant women
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 28, 2009 |
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It has long been suggested that healthy folate (the natural form of folic acid) levels in expectant mothers goes hand in hand with healthy nervous system development in their children. A study published in an upcoming issue ...
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.
Mortality rates reduced among children whose mothers received iron-folic acid supplements
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Offspring whose mothers had been supplemented with iron-folic acid during pregnancy had dramatically reduced mortality through age 7, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Researchers ...
Maternal smoking may increase newborns' discomfort
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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.
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.
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