News tagged with teenage mothers
Repeat pregnancies among UK teenagers on the increase
Jan 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An expert in health services at The University of Nottingham is calling for urgent action to improve contraceptive advice and services to reduce the growing number of repeat teenage pregnancies in the United ...
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Maternal depression and controlling behavior associated with increased stress response in infants
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Sep 18, 2007 |
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Teenage pregnancy is widely recognized to be a major public health concern. These young mothers face many life challenges and they have an increased risk for becoming depressed. How might the behavior of these young mothers ...
Many British girls choose early motherhood
Jul 17, 2006 |
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Teenage girls in Britain who get pregnant are mostly doing it by choice, a new study found.
Teenage birth rates higher in more religious states
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Sep 17, 2009 |
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Rates of births to teenage mothers are strongly predicted by conservative religious beliefs, even after controlling for differences in income and rates of abortion. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal ...
Enjoying school key to tackling teenage pregnancy
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Youth development programmes that tackle deprivation and help children and young people enjoy school are successful in reducing teenage pregnancy rates, say researchers in BMJ today.
Smoking during pregnancy puts children at risk of psychotic symptoms
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Oct 01, 2009 |
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Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms in their teenage years.
Smoking pregnant increases baby's asthma risk: study
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Smoking during pregancy increases the risk of a baby developing asthma up to sixfold, said a Swedish study published at the European Respiratory Society's annual congress on Monday.
Children of working mothers less healthy: study
Oct 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new British study has found that the children of working mothers are less likely to eat right and exercise than children of mothers who stay home.
Age at puberty linked to mother's prenatal diet
Jun 16, 2008 |
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A high-fat diet during pregnancy and nursing may lead to the child having an early onset of puberty and subsequent adulthood obesity, according to a new animal study. The results were presented Monday, June 16, at The Endocrine ...
Teen births decrease, remain expensive
Oct 30, 2006 |
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A report by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy in Washington said childbearing teens cost U.S. taxpayers at least $9.1 billion in 2004.
Deep Voices Scare Adolescent Girls but Turn on Teens
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Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from The University of St. Andrews in Scotland has discovered that teenage girls are attracted by deep male voices, while younger girls feel intimidated by them.
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