Parents advised to rethink dummy use
...s of breastfeeding, it is generally advisable that mothers avoid the use of dummies in order to increase the likelihood that their babies will breastfeed more effectively and for a longer period," Dr Kendall said. Dr Kendall said the review had also found that the use of pacifiers reduces the risk for SIDS -...Parents of children with cancer suffer post-traumatic stress symptoms, both immediate and lingering
... studies of posttraumatic stress (PTS) symptoms in mothers and fathers of children with cancer. One, in the O... are going on. The study team found that among 119 mothers and 52 fathers, all but one parent had some PTS symptoms. The second study, in the November issue o...FSU study finds body image stereotypes may begin in the high chair
...ndex were more likely to have conflicts with their mothers at mealtimes. The researchers theorized that mothers of heavy children might try to exert more control over the feeding situation than mothers of lean ch...Combating depression in women with nursing interventions
...Institutes of Health, a group of low-income single mothers received a 6-week group intervention that assisted... often as in men. The prevalence of depression in mothers of young children is 35 to 66 percent....Black baby girls more likely to live when born very premature
...he study were extremely premature, born when their mothers were less than 24 weeks pregnant. On average, these babies had a less than 27 percent chance of survival. Because their organs have not had as much time to develop, these tiny babies are at the highest risk for disabling health problems, and doctors ...Smoking while pregnant causes finger, toe deformities
...uences. Our hope is this study will show expectant mothers another danger of lighting up."...Stressed-out moms think their children are more difficult
...Infants' Hospital. Researchers studied a group of mothers some of whom had used cocaine during pregnancy a...ion to stimuli) at birth. Subsequently, they asked mothers to rate their babies' temperaments when they were four months old. They discovered that newborn bab...Vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy could reduce osteoporosis in children
...of The Lancet. The study shows that children whose mothers were lacking in vitamin D during pregnancy grow up... nutrition, and vitamin D supplementation of their mothers were measured during pregnancy. The children were then followed up at age 9 years to relate these ma...Viral infection at birth linked to cerebral palsy
... 883 control babies. All babies were born to white mothers between 1986 and 1999. Blood samples taken within a few days of birth were used to test for the presence of neurotropic viruses (a group of viruses including herpes viruses, which can all cross the placenta and infect the fetus). Exposure to viral in...Household insecticides associated with increased risk of childhood leukaemia
...aemia was almost twice as likely in children whose mothers said that they had used insecticides in the home w...shampoos to eradicate head lice, based on what the mothers had said, was associated with almost double the risk. The authors say that no one agent can be sin...Potential treatment for intracerebral hemorrhage under study
...usually a disease of those 60 and older. These are mothers and fathers with children they are raising and they have this life-altering or lethal condition just come out of the blue. "What we think happens, in the setting of long-standing untreated hypertension, is very small penetrating vessels in the deep p...Massage for childbirth prep may reduce episiotomy rate
...e last month before childbirth could help pregnant mothers avoid one of the more common surgeries performed o...iotomy. Those positive results were most clear for mothers having their first vaginal birth. But Beckmann said the statistical trend of the research suggests t...Anxious fathers make caesarean ops more painful for mothers
...ectation that birth partners accompany and support mothers during a caesarean delivery, it is unclear what part birth partners play in women's experience of childbirth. "Whilst some women say that birth partners improve birth experiences, others report less positive outcomes. It is not unreasonable for the b...Even with more free time, women feel no less rushed, study finds
...hed. The results suggest that women particularly mothers may feel the pressures of childcare and housework even when they have time for relaxation, said Liana Sayer, co-author of the study and assistant professor of sociology at Ohio State University. "The meaning of free time for men's and women's lives...Vaccinate infants of hepatitis B mothers, say experts
Immunising newborn infants of mothers with hepatitis B prevents infection being transmit...sive transfer of antibodies) in newborn infants of mothers positive for hepatitis B surface antigen. They found that hepatitis B vaccine, hepatitis B immunoglo...International Journal of Epidemiology obesity special
... four, seven and eight years. Although children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy were found to weigh less at birth, their weight quickly equalled or exceeded that of other children. In the period up to eight years old, the children of smokers were more likely to be overweight, particularly the girls. ...Study of first-time mums provides reassurance for pregnant women with bladder problems
...hey found that just over 50 per cent of first-time mothers experienced overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms when...e women who took part in the study were first-time mothers who were pregnant with a single child and in good health. Just under two-thirds (65 per cent) had a ...Periodontitis is associated with pregnancy complications
...ctor for low birthweight babies among preeclamptic mothers compared to those women who did not have preeclamp...ment loss than the healthy women group. Moreover, mothers having preeclampsia showed greater periodontal destruction." Researchers also found that chronic per...Antidepressant use during pregnancy appears associated with withdrawal symptoms in newborns
Almost one-third of 60 newborn infants whose mothers took antidepressants during pregnancy experienced ...n Medical Center in Israel. Sixty of the infants' mothers took SSRIs for prolonged periods of time, including during the third trimester. These infants and 6...Persistent fatigue may be the best way to predict onset of postpartum depression
...m postpartum depression a new study suggests. "All mothers are tired right after having a baby it helps them get the rest that they needs to recover and heal from the physical and mental stressors of childbirth," said Elizabeth Corwin, the study's lead author and an associate professor of nursing at Ohio St...