http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The fact that excess weight during pregnancy has negative consequences is not new information. A new study now concludes that the children of mothers obese before falling pregnant are four times more likely to have frequent wheezing, which is one of the symptoms of asthma, compared to the children of mothers weighing a normal weight. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-maternal-obesity-frequent-wheezing-offspring.html Pediatrics Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:29:27 EST news281964556 In a study to be presented on February 15 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, California, researchers from Tufts Medical Center will present findings showing the effects of maternal obesity on a fetus, specifically in the development of the brain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-abnormal-brain-fetuses-obese-women.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:20:01 EST news279801596 "Sub-Saharan Africa already has the highest rates of neonatal death in the world. Whilst overall levels of obesity are currently fairly low by global standards, obesity is actually a rapidly emerging problem, with 5% of women presently classed as obese"*, explains lead author Jenny Cresswell from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-maternal-obesity-newborn-death-sub-saharan.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:30:03 EST news263661122 Maternal obesity may contribute to cognitive impairment in extremely premature babies, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-maternal-obesity-brain-premature-infants.html Health Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:27:36 EST news250428228 In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report findings that show that short therapy with the anti-diabetic medication Pioglitazone can prevent the long term effects of maternal obesity on offspring. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-anti-diabetic-medication-long-term-effects-maternal.html Health Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:33:50 EST news248175221 A number of different immunological mechanisms ensure the successful establishment and maintenance of pregnancy. Imbalance in these mechanisms is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. In a review published in Advances in Neuroimmune Biology, researchers from the Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine at Swansea University in the UK examine the impact of maternal obesity on the inflammatory responses in tissues of both the mother and the child. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-inflammation-link-obesity-adverse-pregnancy.html Health Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:43:22 EST news245432586