http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. There is a link between vitamin D insufficiency and adverse health outcomes such as gestational diabetes and preeclampsia in mothers-to-be and low birth weight in newborns, suggests a paper published in BMJ today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-experts-link-doses-vitamin-d.html Health Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:31:02 EST news283541448 Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants taken by a woman during pregnancy do not impact her infant's growth over the first year, reports a new study from a Northwestern Medicine scientist. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-antidepressants-pregnant-moms-dont-affect.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:10:01 EST news282938698 The poor growth seen in children born with complex heart defects may result from factors beyond deficient nutrition. A new study by pediatric researchers suggests that abnormalities in overall growth regulation play a role. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-abnormal-growth-children-heart-defects.html Pediatrics Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:02:45 EST news280494052 Low levels of acrylamide in maternal blood give better foetal growth according to two recent studies from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Most acrylamide intake comes from heat-treated food but it can also be found in tobacco smoke and in the environment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-growth-acrylamide.html Health Thu, 20 Dec 2012 06:56:12 EST news275208961 A new study published in Biological Psychiatry suggests that autism is associated with reductions in the level of cellular adhesion molecules in the blood, where they play a role in immune function. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-brain-unglued-autism.html Autism spectrum disorders Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:08:24 EST news274446485 Mothers' vitamin D levels at a gestation of 26 weeks or less were positively related to birth weight and head circumference, and, in the first trimester were negatively associated with risk of a baby being born small for gestational age, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-mother-vitamin-d-linked-birth.html Health Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:56:57 EST news274363008 (HealthDay)—The incidence of recurrent anal sphincter rupture (ASR) is 7.1 percent, and several risk factors are associated with an increased risk, including excessive birth weight, vacuum extraction, and shoulder dystocia, according to research published online Oct. 19 in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-incidence-recurrent-anal-sphincter-rupture.html Health Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:26:41 EST news270487587 Researchers studying the origins of sudden cardiac death have found that in both men and women a thin placenta at birth was associated with sudden cardiac death. A thin placenta may result in a reduced flow of nutrients from the mother to the foetus. The authors suggest that sudden cardiac death may be initiated by impaired development of the autonomic nervous system in the womb, as a result of foetal malnutrition. The new study, published today in the International Journal of Epidemiology, also found that sudden death was associated independently with poor educational attainment. However, sudden cardiac death was not associated with maternal body size, foetal size at birth, or the length of gestation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-sudden-cardiac-death-thin-placenta.html Cardiology Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:20:01 EST news267291308 (HealthDay) -- Children who had significant prenatal exposure to alcohol may have delayed weight gain during infancy and alcohol-related growth restriction from early infancy until 9 years of age, researchers report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-pregnancy-child-growth.html Addiction Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:29:54 EST news264259719 Standing for long periods during pregnancy may curb the growth of the developing fetus, suggests research published online in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-periods-pregnancy-curb-fetal-growth.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:49:11 EST news260041738 A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego Autism Center of Excellence shows that brain overgrowth in boys with autism involves an abnormal, excess number of neurons in areas of the brain associated with social, communication and cognitive development. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-pre-birth-brain-growth-problems-linked.html Neuroscience Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:26:14 EST news239991963 Children and adolescents who use mobile phones are not at a statistically significant increased risk of brain cancer compared to their peers who do not use mobile phones, according to a study published July 27 in the Journal of The National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-children-adolescent-mobile-users-greater.html Health Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:15:38 EST news231002124 Two studies from France and Denmark have shown that children born after frozen embryo transfer are larger and heavier. The risk for a baby to be too heavy for its gestational age at birth is increased 1.6 fold compared to IVF children from fresh embryo transfer and 1.5 fold compared to naturally conceived children, the 27th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology will hear Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-frozen-embryo-larger-heavier-babies.html Health Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:01:34 EST news229111246