HIV risks reduced when mothers teach daughters about disease
...contracting HIV, but the risk decreases when their mothers teach them about the dangers of the disease, accor...active tend to have fewer sexual partners if their mothers have discussed sexual matters with them. "We discovered that adolescents who rely on their parents,...UCSD/Boston University find antidepressants may affect fetus
...stent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN) in newborns of mothers who used certain commonly prescribed antidepressan...examined the records and carefully interviewed the mothers of children with PPHN and the mothers of the matched control infants selected from the same hospital...Sound nutrition for children is an unmet human right
...e problems include creating interventions to reach mothers during early pregnancy and children under the age of two, promoting exclusive breastfeeding as a means of improving nutrition, addressing the problem of iron deficiency anemia, preventing obesity, and resolving malnutrition in the countries most at n...Parental conflict produces more than fleeting distress for children
...s to conflicts between their parents. First, their mothers and fathers participated alone in an exercise in which they attempted to manage and resolve a common point of disagreement. The researchers rated the parents' level of hostility or indifference to capture the characteristic ways that parents managed ...Healthy pre-term infants show reduced lung function
...lect the limitation of self-reported smoking among mothers and possible misclassification," Dr. Jones explained. The investigators concluded that understanding the mechanisms associated with lower expiratory flow in preterm infants, particularly in the first year of life, could have potential implications f...Indoor pollution from cooking on wood stoves affects women in developing countries
...wise, because the girls spend more time with their mothers and help with the domestic work at a very early age, these girls as women may be more susceptible to pulmonary infection, because they may have a very long time response to biomass, lasting at least 40 to 50 years. Women stop the exposure when they l...Parents of children with rare diseases benefit from intensive support programmes
...om all over Sweden. The sample was made up of 136 mothers and 108 fathers caring for 142 children with a rar...els and physical and emotional strain, with single mothers who made up ten per cent of the female sample recording the highest levels" says lead author Dr Lo...Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders among children living in Russian 'Baby Homes'
... children in our survey indicated that their birth mothers consumed alcohol during the pregnancy. In 56 percent of the cases, no information about alcohol use was available." For this study, Miller and her colleagues conducted phenotypic screening of 234 Baby-Home residents (121 males, 101 females; gender u...HIV/AIDS rates in Tijuana, Mexico increasing at alarming rate
... direction. "For instance, screening of expectant mothers has become more common, with more than 95% of women delivering babies at Tijuana General agreeing to rapid screening and intervention. If a mother tests positive for HIV infection, antiretroviral medicine can be administered to reduce the risk of HI...Mother's depressive symptoms contribute unfavorably to parenting practices
When mothers experience symptoms of depression after the birth ...n early infancy. We found nearly 18 percent of the mothers in our study reported experiencing some symptoms of depression two to four months after the birth of...Postpartum depressive symptoms in mothers associated with some unfavorable parenting practices
...MA/Archives journals. The demands of parenting put mothers of infants and young children at a particularly hi...ormation in the article. As many as 24 percent of mothers with children younger than age 3 have depressive symptoms, which may in turn affect their babies. "...New study shows benefit of early therapy in HIV-infected infants
...treatment in children infected with HIV from their mothers revolves around balancing the benefits of preventing disease progression and the risks and costs of life-long therapy begun within months of birth. Policies on when to start ART vary across Europe. Up to this point, the effect of age on clinical out...Formula feeding, early introduction of infant food may not contribute to childhood obesity
...portance of breastfeeding for multiple benefits to mothers and children, including protection from infection ...duction of complementary foods from the children's mothers when the children were three years old. The researchers defined complementary food as anything other...Study finds smokers' children carry higher levels of harmful bacteria
...others, differences were also noted--32 percent of mothers who smoked carried S. pneumoniae, compared with 15 percent of mothers who were exposed to smoking and 12 percent of mothers not exposed to smoking. Higher carriage rates...Pregnancy complications increase women's risk of heart disease, death
...d kidney problems. The researchers also found that mothers who continue to smoke cigarettes during pregnancy are not only harming health of the developing fetus but are doubling their own risks of dying from future heart disease or from any cause. These insights have important public health implications, the...Women and children are the first hurt by welfare reform
...ges occurred in 1996. They specifically looked at mothers aged 16-44 who had 12 or fewer years of schooling....F was implemented. At some times, the children of mothers in both groups had identical rates of uninsurance. This occurred from 1992 until early 1997 and aga...Effective treatment of a mother's depression reduces risk of psychiatric disorders in her children
...nducted between December 2001 and April 2004. The mothers in the trial were treated with medication for depr...ses (from 35 percent to 24 percent) in children of mothers in remission vs. an 8 percent increase (from 35 percent to 43 percent) in children of mothers with c...Women suffer from anxiety and stress after birth, not only depression
...f depression, anxiety and stress in 325 first-time mothers who were 6 weeks to 6 months postnatal. Miller et ...s important for health practitioners to assess new mothers for broader signs of distress than that of depression alone....March/April 2006 Annals of Family Medicine Tip Sheet
...rgery. This is likely due to the fact that these mothers were recovering both from childbirth and surgery, ...ntly associated with more symptoms. Breastfeeding mothers experienced significantly more fatigue, breast symptoms, back and neck pain, more constipation and h...Daughters of Indian immigrants continue trend of giving birth to small babies
...n didn't fare as well, despite the fact that their mothers were more likely to have completed high school and...y play a role in fetal growth. In addition, Indian mothers were more likely than either Mexican Americans or whites to have diabetes, which in severe cases can...