Babies of obese mothers at risk for iron deficiency, study finds
A new study has found that obese women are more likely to have babies with lower levels of iron, a mineral that is crucial for nervous system development in the early stages of life.
Journal of Perinatology publishes original articles, clinical reviews and research reports which embrace the full scope of the specialty - clinical, professional, political, administrative and educational aspects. The scope of the journal reflects the multidisciplinary nature of the subject; its coverage includes maternal and fetal medicine, the neonatal period, and the follow-up of the infant and child.
A new study has found that obese women are more likely to have babies with lower levels of iron, a mineral that is crucial for nervous system development in the early stages of life.
Feeding human breast milk to very-low-birth-weight infants greatly reduces risk for sepsis and significantly lowers associated neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) costs, according to a study by Rush University Medical Center ...
Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once described England and America as two countries separated by a common language.
A growing number of studies imply that children born to obese mothers face health problems stemming from the womb.
The tiniest and the heaviest fetuses are at much higher risk of being stillborn than those of average weight, new research has found.