Study finds low birth weight rates vary widely across US
... with an incidence of over 11 % of births to black mothers compared to less than 5 % of births to white mothers. Smoking or drinking during pregnancy approximately doubles the likelihood of low birth weight, as does a weight gain of less than 20 lbs. during pregnancy. Even after controlling for these estab...Link between maternal malaria, pregnancy history, and infant risk
...d a total of 453 infants, of which 69 were born to mothers with placental malaria. Of those 69, 31 were born to first-time mothers, and 38 to mothers who had given birth before. They then followed those infants for a year and checked whether during t...Unrelated adults in the home associated with child-abuse deaths
...k of access to adequate child care. "Many single mothers have to work and can't afford child care, so they ... the risk of inflicted injury by supporting single mothers as well as preparing males -- biologic fathers as well as other male caregivers -- to help with chil...New RSV treatment for at-risk infants under study
... sniffles to a severe respiratory infection. "Most mothers will tell you, 'My baby is coughing.' That's the first clue. The next thing they know, their baby is not breathing," says Dr. Bhatia. RSV is a common virus that is a yearlong threat in some parts of the country and a fall-to-spring threat in the Augu...New prenatal resource center at North General Hospital to open with March of Dimes support
..., president of the March of Dimes Also present: 22 mothers and fathers of premature babies from across the nation...St. Mary's Hospital for Children joins March of Dimes to highlight risk of premature birth
...rch of Dimes A patient family from St. Mary's. 22 mothers and fathers of premature babies from across the nation will be present...March of Dimes celebrates Prematurity Awareness Month
... Campaign chairman and former Secretary of HHS 22 mothers and fathers of premature babies from across the nation 10:30-11:30 a.m. Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street Brooklyn Speakers to include: Borough President Marty Markowitz; Deputy President Yvonne Graham; March of Dimes National Ambassad...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Nov. 15, 2005, issue
...mes higher than during the pregnancy itself. Older mothers in the first weeks after delivery had the highest risk for pulmonary embolism. An editorial writer says that, however rare, during the last 20 to 30 years pulmonary embolism has become the leading cause of maternal death in the United States (Editori...Research reveals likely connection between early-life stress and teenage mental health problems
...of an early-life stress, certain monkeys had their mothers removed from the social group at various stages ea...sed in their family. Some infant monkeys had their mothers removed from the social group when they were 1 week old. These infants went on to be alert and activ...SLU research on teen moms refutes conventional wisdom: Early motherhood may not ruin their lives
...tative study that analyzed the experiences of teen mothers a dozen years after they had given birth to their ...ild. "This study and several others show that teen mothers fare better over time than our assumptions suggest," she says. SmithBattle, who has been researchi...Multiple-birth babies, boys have higher risk of defects
...erve as protection against defects." Because older mothers naturally have an increased risk of giving birth to children with birth defects, the researchers used statistical models to factor out age, race and even education levels that could have led to inaccurate results, Tang said. This way, they only compa...Periodontal therapy may reduce the incidence of preterm births and low birthweight infants
...y to produce both health and economic benefits for mothers and infants. "The real cost saving is best represented by the lives of children saved from premature death and biological and social impairment," said Lopez. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Researchers from Chile conducted this trial in a population of 870...Mother-to-child transmission of HIV
...n 25% and 35% of the children born to HIV-positive mothers will themselves be infected. In about 50% of the c...mission. Kwiek and colleagues studied a group of mothers and children in Malawi. All of the mothers were HIV-positive, and some of them transmitted the virus...Study uncovers placental microtransfusions lead to transmission of AIDS virus during childbirth
...5 percent of babies born to untreated HIV-infected mothers become infected themselves. That's a half million ...on has always been how does the virus get from the mothers to the babies?" said principal investigator Dr. Steven Meshnick, professor of epidemiology at the Un...Epidural leads to less pain, more assisted deliveries
...n's Hospital in England. On a more positive note, mothers who receive the spinal injections are no more likely than others to require Caesarian sections or to suffer chronic backaches. Their infants are equally healthy soon after birth. Epidural analgesia involves injecting a local anesthetic into the lower...Family habits set drinking path
... more likely to develop drinking problems if their mothers are depressed and drink regularly. The findings c...th studies. Data was collected from 2551 Brisbane mothers and their children at six months, five, 14 and 21 years of age. Lead researcher Dr Rosa Alati from ...Young children getting fewer hours of sleep
... their ankles or wrists to record their sleep, and mothers also chronicled their children's sleep habits in detailed diaries. "We wanted to study sleep in preschool aged children because most of the research in this area is more than 25 years old -- this is one of the first studies to describe sleep patterns...Teen weight control behavior may reflect mothers' attitudes on weight
...y weight and shape. Studies show that girls whose mothers diet and are concerned with their weight and shape...wanting to be thinner. Approximately 54 percent of mothers reported that they thought about wanting to be thinner a lot or always, and 22 percent reported freq...Dummies (pacifiers) reduce sudden infant deaths
... BMJ today. Researchers in California interviewed mothers or carers of 185 infants who died and 312 randomly selected controls matched for race/ethnicity and age. They obtained information on dummy use during the index sleep (defined as the last sleep or the sleep during the night before the interview), on......cessarily have better diet quality than kids whose mothers worked full-time. Dr. Sibylle Kranz, assistant p... intake from foods from home among the children of mothers who worked part-time and even lower levels among the kids whose mothers worked full-time," she adds....