Maternal difficulties may increase risk of behavior problems in children
Children whose mothers report difficulties with mental health, substance ...usly studied. Understanding how these problems in mothers affect children could help prevent behavior problems, the authors write. Robert C. Whitaker, M.D., M...Survey suggests parents' perceptions about children's access to household guns are often inaccurate
...requently included in gun-related activities, many mothers appear to be misinformed about the extent of their children's potential access and exposure to household guns."...The Lancet Neonatal Series at one year of age has anything changed?
...n emphasis on health for newborn babies as well as mothers and children. However, much still needs to be don...ernal, neonatal, and child care, with benefits for mothers and children as well as babies. The biggest challenge is making plans operational for example India...Neighborhood safety may play role in obesity
... 2400 women with preschool children and found that mothers who perceived their neighborhoods to be safer had ...asures of socioeconomic status. The percentage of mothers who were obese increased from 37 percent in the safest neighborhoods to 46 percent in the least safe...Fussy babies and postpartum depression linked, study finds
...taking a medical history, clinic staffers help new mothers and fathers console their babies, pinpoint the cau...own needs. A 2005 Brown Medical School study of 93 mothers seen at the Colic Clinic showed that 45 percent reported moderate to severe depressive symptoms. Bar...US infant mortality rate fails to improve
...according to the NCHS report. Babies born to Black mothers continued to have the highest rate of infant deaths at 13.5 per 1,000 live births, while Asians had the lowest rate at 4.8. The rate for American Indians was 8.7 and for Whites it was 5.7. Infants born to Hispanic mothers, who can be of any race, had...Mothers use evasive action to protect sick children from smoking fathers
Most non-smoking mothers recognise the need to protect sick children from s...rchers at The University of Hong Kong surveyed the mothers of 1,483 children admitted to four major hospitals to see if a health educational initiative would h...High hepatitis B infection rate found among NYC's Asian American community
...ast 15 years, the transmission of hepatitis B from mothers to newborns in the United States has been drastically reduced with the help of neonatal screening and vaccination. In China, prophylaxis efforts have only just begun, due to a lack of resources across the country. China has 150 million people who are...Advice for overweight moms: Lose weight before getting pregnant a second time, SLU study finds
...d is born are at risk of having bigger babies than mothers who do not gain weight between pregnancies. A patient's prepregnancy weight remained the strongest predictor for the birth of a large infant in the next pregnancy. "Our advice to moms is to take off the weight they gained during one pregnancy and not...Tracing the history of feeding bubs
...ople," she said. "So I thought there must be other mothers out there is the same situation, so I have sought to find the most accurate information ever since." Virgina Thorley was the recipient of a UQ Graduate School Travel Award, which allowed her to visit various libraries in Victoria and Tasmania to fur...Combining work and motherhood is good for women's health
...ely to say their health was poor, followed by lone mothers and childless women. Women who had worked during several periods of their lives were less likely to be obese than women who had rarely worked. Weight gain tended to occur at a faster rate among the homemakers. Obesity was most common among the long t...Mild maternal stress may actually help children mature
... depressive symptoms were collected from expecting mothers during mid-pregnancy. Ninety-four children were assessed for mental and motor development, as well as their ability to control their behavior and regulate their emotions, at 24 months of age. "Our findings should provide relief to women who are expe...Early cat exposure can increase some children's eczema risk
..., the effect was more pronounced in children whose mothers did not have asthma. Previous studies have found that people with eczema have a higher chance of also having allergic conditions including hay fever and asthma. "Other studies have found that having cats or dogs at home seems to be protective agains...Treatment for anorexia nervosa appears to have improved outcome
...e was a much greater likelihood of anorexia in the mothers of both males and females with anorexia. Onset of illness was later in males, and earlier in non-White females, reflecting differences in growth rate and the close link between the disorder and puberty. There were tendencies for laxative abuse to be ...Very few mothers reject childhood immunisation
The mothers of children who are unimmunised differ from those ...rs or above) and more highly qualified mothers, or mothers of black Caribbean ethnicity. Mothers cited medical factors relating to their child or family as the...First trimester use of ACE inhibitors implicated in birth defects
...n increased risk of birth defects for babies whose mothers take these medications during the first trimester ...en's Hospital at Vanderbilt, found infants born to mothers who took angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors) during the first trimester of pre...Manchester academic to tell conferences: Child abuse can cause schizophrenia
...t study compared 56 adoptees born to schizophrenic mothers with 96 adoptees whose biological parents did not have the illness. The families were observed extensively when the children were small and all the adoptees were assessed for psychiatric illness in adulthood. It was found that if there was a high gen...Government scheme to improve health and well-being of deprived families called into question
... families but not worst off - those of non-teenage mothers - showed some benefit from the Sure Start program. But children from more deprived families - teenage mothers, lone parents, workless households - were adversely affected. They also found that Sure Start programs led by health agencies were the most ...Delayed umbilical cord clamping boosts iron in infants
... of 476 normal-weight, full-term infants and their mothers were involved in the study. Each mother-child pair was randomly assigned to have the umbilical cord clamped at either 10 seconds or two minutes after the baby's shoulders were delivered. Data on the infants' diet, growth and illnesses were collected ...Pre-scan warnings would have caused extra distress say women with problem fetuses
Warning pregnant mothers about fetal abnormalities before scans would only ...ild and 28 had been pregnant before. The expectant mothers ranged from 18 to 44 years, with an average age of 33. 15 of the 39 fetuses were affected by lethal...