Preventive sessions after divorce protect children into teens
...-funded scientists. Structured group sessions for mothers and children later halved rates of mental disorder...igned to one of three preventive interventions for mothers and their children, conducted in the Phoenix area New Beginnings Program in l992-l993: Mother Progr...Study shows promising long-term results for children of divorce
...r key parenting skills; and a combined program for mothers and children, which included the parenting class a...the study the researchers found the children whose mothers attended the class had fewer behavioral problems than those in the self-study program. For the newly...Mothers who drink during pregnancy may increase children's cancer risk, study shows
...linked to higher breast cancer risk in humans. Rat mothers consuming alcohol during pregnancy had higher circ...vel of alcohol intake for pregnant women, and that mothers who drink heavily during pregnancy expose their unborn children to a host of medical problems," said...Supportive mothers ease harm of prenatal alcohol exposure
Children whose mothers drank alcoholic beverages during pregnancy have difficulty relating to their mothers and may have a harder time coping with the problems of daily life, according to new research. Howeve...Children exposed to alcohol before birth show deficits
...ers report. Further, the results indicate pregnant mothers who consume considerably less than an average of o...ity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. "Children of mothers who drank at least one drink a day during their first trimester weigh up to 16 pounds less, on avera...Combination of HIV/malaria increases complications during pregnancy
...rise the researchers established that HIV-infected mothers with a mild malaria infection less frequently tran... HIV infection to their children than HIV-infected mothers without malaria. In Kenya, the epidemiologists Annemieke van Eijk and John Ayisi investigated the in...Education is strongest predictor of smoking for pregnant women
...Community Pediatrics, likens the situation at-risk mothers face to a race, one in which women with less education start from behind and lose further ground as they progress through pregnancy and the birth of their children. "A woman's level of education is the strongest predictor of whether she will smoke be...Fortified orange drink eases 'hidden hunger' in 3rd world
...wide and particularly affects pregnant and nursing mothers and young children. Studies by Michael C. Latham, ...nutrition and the health of pregnant and lactating mothers and their infants in the Third World, reducing the risk for disability, ill health, and consequently...Study suggests that tomboys may be born, not made
...authors found a link between testosterone level in mothers and girls' scores on the PSAI, with high testosterone levels related to high "masculine" scores. No relationship was found between testosterone levels and boys' gender-role behavior, however. The researchers note that "sex differences in childhood g...Researchers link teen sex to early friendships, steady dating
...also born to relatively young mothers (under the age of 26.) Ten percent of the youth surveyed admitted that they were sexually experienced by age 13 or 14. But by the time these teens reached middle adolescence, more than o...Parents' smoke injures children's blood vessels
...ntly more pronounced influence. "We speculate that mothers may have closer contact with their children at home," Sinzinger says. It's too early to speculate on measures other than recommending parents not smoke when their children are present."It is well known that atherosclerotic lesions on vascular tissue...Joint-custody arrangements good for children of divorce -- but only if there is no parental conflict
... The study involved 59 children and their divorced mothers who were recruited from two s... old. The children's mothers were asked to report on the type of custody agreement their child was in, and t...Increased parental mortality after death of a child
...child increases the mortality rate of parents-with mothers being far more likely to die early than fathers. ...thin 18 years after death of a child compared with mothers whose children remained alive. Death of a child from unnatural causes increased mothers' death rate ...Breastfeeding rates unaffected by changes in hospital length of stay
BOSTON, MANew mothers rates of breastfeeding remained unchanged despite ...oeconomic status. The findings are good news for mothers and babies since breastfeeding is widely acknowledged to benefit both. Breastfeeding is recommended ...Family mealtime is more than just sitting at the table
...howed that Asian-American families, families whose mothers were not employed and families with higher socioeconomic status ate meals together more frequently. Sitting down for a family meal provides more than just good nutrition. It can provide real quality time for the entire household, said Moores. ...New study estimates 85 newborn killed or left to die per year by parents, usually their mother
...re 18 or older." A widely held belief is that most mothers who kill or abandon their newborns are younger, single teenage girls, Herman-Giddens said. "This means that that as a state and as a nation, we need to re-examine our assumption that people who do this are only scared single girls," she said. "They a...Study ties frequent school changes to behavior problems
...NLSY survey, a nationally representative sample of mothers and their children. Children were defined as scho...more schools. Behavior problems were measured by mothers responses to questions from the Behavior Problem Index. Mothers responded whether particular statem...Robo-thespians help mothers of kids with cancer
...imated by robotic artificial intelligence can help mothers cope with the stresses associated with caring for ...ld who has cancer. In the first clinical trial, 26 mothers of children being treated for malignancies gave "uniformly positive reviews" of the system, called "...Gender preferences in 'comfort' foods stem from childhood
...t in foods associated with meals prepared by their mothers (mashed potatoes, pasta, meat, and soup) rather than from snacks and sweets (excepting ice cream). But what is comfort for men is work for women. "Because adult females are not generally accustomed to having hot food prepared for them and as child...WHO leader backs call to action for child survival programmes
...n. He comments: "First, the health of children and mothers must be reinstated as an important focus of organi...cable diseases." "Second, more of the children and mothers who are dying must be reached, by scaling up the delivery of effective interventions and achieving a...