Low birth weight of a baby entails risks for the baby's father
...ther causes of death. The study also revealed that mothers of babies who have a low birth weight are at greater risk of cardiovascular disease than fathers. However, the most important result was a clear inverse relationship between the birth weight of the baby and the risk of cardiovascular diseases among f...Women's health suffers under welfare reform, study says
...omen's Employment Study, a random sample of single mothers receiving cash benefits in an urban county in Michigan, to women of the same age and race who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, University of Michigan researchers found the welfare recipients: 2.4 times more likel...Fathers more involved when paternity is established in the hospital
...views conducted a year after the baby's birth with mothers who remained single showed that fathers, who were named in the hospital, are fifteen percentage points more likely to have seen their child in the past month. Those whose paternity was established outside of the hospital are only seven points more l...Opiates better than sedatives for treating newborns in withdrawal
...included 13 studies with a total of 890 infants of mothers who had used opiates with or without other drugs (...orphine instead of phenobarbitone. This helps keep mothers and babies together, helps in educating the mothers in mothercraft skills and to recognize signs of ...Antiretroviral therapy may prevent HIV transmission from breastfeeding mothers to infants
...loping world. Researchers in the first study found mothers pass antiretroviral medications on to their breast...owed levels of HIV RNA in breast milk are lower in mothers taking antiretroviral therapy than those who are not. Both studies appear in the September 1 issue o...Preschoolers who take responsibility do better later on
... status, gender, or IQ. The study interviewed the mothers of five-year-olds to measure the level of autonomy support and other parenting dimensions. Three years later, the study looked at the children's social adjustment and achievement in reading and math in grade three. "Maternal autonomy support measur...Northwestern Memorial named one of '100 Best Places for Working Mothers'
... dedicated to meeting the growing needs of working mothers and families. "Northwestern Memorial is an organ... Working Mother for our efforts to provide working mothers and families with a broad range of services that help them balance professional demands with persona...Adverse birth outcomes associated with homelessness and substance abuse
...s assessed the perinatal health of infants born of mothers who were homeless or underhoused or had substance abuse. Compared to women without these problems women who were underhoused or homeless were 2.9 times more likely to have a pre-term delivery, 6.9 times more likely to give birth to an infant who wei...Vaccine may protect babies from lethal infection
...e and resulted in high levels of antibodies in the mothers that were transferred to the fetus. How long the protection lasts will help determine how the vaccine eventually is used, says Dr. Ferris. If it provides high levels of long-term protection, it could be recommended for all young women, which would h...Married women have more sexual difficulties than single women or married men
...em with their sex lives than single women, as were mothers with young children at home. Men who drank more than the recommended weekly units of alcohol, or who had had a sexually transmitted infection within the previous five years, were also more likely to report problems with their sex lives. And the quali...March of Dimes receives federal grant to help meet needs of pregnant women and infants in Louisiana
... reach out to thousands of families with high-risk mothers and babies. Even before Hurricane Katrina, preterm birth rates in Louisiana were about 25 percent above the national average. The hurricane has exacerbated the risks, and the number of babies born too soon is expected to increase substantially over ...Early life stress can lead to memory loss and cognitive decline in middle age
...rial in cages where neonatal rats lived with their mothers led to emotional stress for both mothers and pups. All evidence of this stress disappeared by the time the pups reached adulthood. However, ...Penn study finds physically abused boys may be more likely to commit domestic violence as adults
...ood abuse was primarily committed by parents, with mothers being the most frequent abusers. "The results pr...ses, a considerably larger share was attributed to mothers than to fathers. (The relative amount of time that boys spent with mothers versus fathers--a possibl...Study shows that prenatal exposure to alcohol may cause visual problems in infants
...ellectual and attentional function, can occur when mothers drink alcohol heavily during pregnancy. A new stu...id not meet the criteria for full FAS were born to mothers who reported binge drinking (greater than 5 drinks per occasion) during pregnancy. The authors also ...World's poorest children missing out on child survival strategies
...supplements, safe water and immunisations, reached mothers and children in nine low and middle income countries. Researchers analysed data from Bangladesh, Benin, Brazil, Cambodia, Eritrea, Malawi, Nepal, and Nicaragua. The investigators found that though there are many child survival strategies running in e...Growth patterns into childhood reveal risk of coronary heart disease later in life
...ase depends on three things," Barker said. "First, mothers should have a balanced and varied diet before conc...h project that will study the nutritional needs of mothers and their babies. The first study site will open in rural Oregon in 2006. "The Oregon Woman's st...Hunger in America rises by 43 percent over last five years
...ory of household during the same time, with single mothers and those living in or near poverty continuing to suffer from severely high rates of both food insecurity and hunger. California, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma and South Carolina all have food insecurity and hunger r...Studies clarify risk factors for mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus
... colleagues, followed 244 infants born to infected mothers in Houston and Honolulu. The finding of gender differences in HCV infection was reported by the European authors, who hypothesized that their result may reflect hormonal or genetic differences between men and women in susceptibility or response to in...New study shows impact of birth order on maternal solicitousness towards children's GI symptoms
...hildren. This effect was apparent for children of mothers with IBS, but not for children of mothers who did not have IBS. "I think parents do protect first-borns, but there is always the phenomenon o......n the frequency of shared meals. Even though most mothers said they had a family meal at least once a day, o...nancy, which has followed the progress of Brisbane mothers and their families since 1981. The survey of 3795 mothers and their teenagers was collected in Bris...