Mom's nutrition during pregnancy related to child's behavior at age three
Children born to teenage mothers who were iron deficient early in their pregnancies...pleted the study. Blood samples collected from the mothers at 16 weeks into their pregnancy showed that the majority, 58 percent, was iron deficient, including...TV viewing during lunch affects preschool children's intake
...-four children, ages three through five, and their mothers participated in the study. The children were all n...easure the children's eating habits at home, their mothers were asked how frequently the child eats snacks while watching TV, how frequently the child eats oth...Differences in pregnancy risks and outcomes among immigrant groups to the US
...w birth weight babies born to foreign-born Mexican mothers did not get passed on to the U.S.-born Mexican women. U.S.-born Asian-Indian women continued to have a higher incidence of low birth weight and small for gestational age babies. Cross cultural research is important because, as examined in this study...IAMP expresses support for Disease Control Priorities Project
... heart attacks in developing countries or teaching mothers how to keep newborn children clean and warm, which could improve the health of babies during the first days of their lives. These are simple measures that carry lifetime benefits." IAMP members also gave their unanimous support to a second statement ...Congenital rubella syndrome nearly eradicated in the US
...eliminating transmission of rubella from expectant mothers to their unborn babies. "Effectively, congenital rubella syndrome has been nearly eradicated from the United States," according to the statement. There were fewer than 10 cases or rubella reported in the U.S. last year and in the past 5 years there ...Free-electron laser targets fat
...n linked to severe birth defects in children whose mothers have used it while pregnant. Just last month, the FDA initiated the iPledge program in an attempt to reduce the number of pregnancies in female patients on the drug. These patients cannot obtain or fill their prescription unless they pass an initial ...Infant snoring linked to parental snoring
...ts, habitual snoring was reported in 20 percent of mothers and 46 percent of fathers. An increased prevalence of habitual snoring was reported in children with atopy (21.5 percent vs 13 percent), in African-American children (31 vs 11.6 percent), and in children with a parental history of habitual snoring (2...Older children not smarter than their younger sibs, study finds
...n a family," Wichman said. That's because younger mothers would tend to have less education, more children, lower income, and other factors that would negatively affect the intelligence of their children. When the researchers controlled for mother's age at first birth, the effect of birth order on intellig...Parents need help to talk to their children about cancer
...n the family, researchers in Oxford interviewed 37 mothers with early breast cancer and 31 of their children aged between 6 and 18 years. They found that, even before their mother's diagnosis, children were much more aware of cancer as a life threatening illness than their parents and other adults realised. ...Markers of PCOS inherited, persist and raise risk for heart disease, diabetes
...runs in families. Though limited, past studies of mothers of women with PCOS have shown increased androgen l... The researchers studied 215 non-Hispanic white mothers of women with PCOS and a control group of 62 women of comparable age, weight and ethnicity, drawn fr...Very long or short intervals between pregnancies associated with increased poor perinatal outcomes
...for gestational age (SGA), compared to children of mothers with an interval of 18 to 23 months between pregnancies. Infants of mothers with pregnancy intervals longer than 59 months had a 20 to 43 percent greater risk of these adverse ...New tool taps drool for clues to childhood stress
In four separate studies of mothers and their infants, preschoolers, kids and teens, a...eacher, or be evaluated. Social relationships with mothers and teachers were also found to influence alpha amylase levels. Dr. Douglas A. Granger, associate...Fertility drugs given 'all-clear' in new study
... Fertility and Sterility, showed that babies whose mothers were treated with letrozole had the same rate of birth defects as those whose mothers were treated with clomiphene citrate the low-risk, first-line treatment for infertility for more th...Preconception health care can improve the lives of mothers and babies
.... "We could do much more to improve the health of mothers and babies if we could identify risk factors before pregnancy and educate women about what health changes they can make," said Janis Biermann, co-author of the study and vice president for Education and Health Promotion of the March of Dimes. "For so...When the cause is right, politics and surgery sometimes mix
...ies as neurosurgery and obstetrics. "The ratio of mothers to obstetricians in Mississippi fell below that of many underdeveloped countries," the authors write. Rather than caving in, physicians in Mississippi--led by the state medical society--decided to fight back. Dr. McGee and colleagues sum up their a...Low intake of milk in pregnancy associated with decreased birth weight
...nd vitamin D and gave birth to smaller babies than mothers who drank more milk. Milk and vitamin D intakes during pregnancy were found to be each associated with infant birth weights, independently of other risk factors. In a related commentary, Hollis and Wagner note that this study makes a very intriguing...Low intake of milk during pregnancy linked to decreased birth weight
...nadian Medical Association Journal gives expectant mothers yet another reason to drink their milk. Researchers found that women who rarely drank milk during their pregnancy gave birth to smaller babies compared to women who drank more milk. Low birth weight affects one out of every 13 babies born each year ...New WHO child growth standards: UN news conference in NY with audio available by telephone
...oung child feeding practices, good healthcare, and mothers who did not smoke, among others....Mothers often have inaccurate perceptions of their children's body weight, study shows
Latina mothers of preschool-aged children frequently have inaccur...as usually correct, but it is concerning that many mothers did not perceive their overweight children as being overweight." The study findings were presented a...Prenatal cocaine exposure not linked to bad behavior in kids
...evelopmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. Biological mothers also tended to report more behavioral problems tha...ere exposed to cocaine before birth. Most of their mothers were poor and black and lived in rural North Central Florida. Poverty could explain why many of thes...