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Study suggests reduced lung function in infancy associated with wheeze later

A study in Australia suggests that reduced lung function in infancy was associated with wheezing beyond childhood at 18 years of age, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Pediatrics, a JAMA Network publication. ...

Pediatrics created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Caffeine linked to low birth weight babies

Maternal nutrition is important to a developing embryo and to the health of the child later in life. Supplementing the diet with specific vitamins is known to increase health of the foetus for example folic acid (vitamin ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Feb 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Open windows, lower risk for preterm birth: study

(HealthDay) —Opening the windows at home may help pregnant women reduce their risk for preterm birth or low birth weight, a new study indicates.

Health created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Smoking bans linked with 'successive reductions' in preterm birth

The study supports the notion that smoking bans have public health benefits from early life.

Addiction created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find that doula care for low-income women could save taxpayers money

New research from the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health has found lower cesarean birth rates among Medicaid beneficiaries with access to support from a birth doula than among Medicaid patients nationally. ...

Health created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study suggests infant deaths can be prevented

An international team of tropical medicine researchers have discovered a potential method for preventing low birth weight in babies born to pregnant women who are exposed to malaria. Low birth weight is the leading cause ...

Medical research created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fewer men leads to more babies in poor areas: study

Women who outnumber men in poor communities are likelier to have babies at a younger age as competition drives them to lower their expectations of the opposite sex, a study said on Wednesday.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Lower autism risk with folic acid supplements in pregnancy

Women who took folic acid supplements in early pregnancy almost halved the risk of having a child with autism. Beginning to take folic acid supplements later in pregnancy did not reduce the risk. This is shown in new findings ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study examines malaria preventive therapy during pregnancy and outcomes for infants in Africa

Among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa, intermittent preventive therapy for malaria with 3 or more doses of the drug regimen sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine was associated with a higher birth weight and lower risk of low birth ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Parents of teen girls more accepting of birth control pills than other contraceptive methods

Parents are more accepting of their teenage daughters using birth control pills than any other form of contraception, including condoms, according to a recent study from UC San Francisco (UCSF).

Health created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Birth order linked to increased risk of diabetes, metabolic disorders

–Long a source of sibling rivalry, birth order may raise the risk of first-born children developing diabetes or high blood pressure, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of ...

Diabetes created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High hormone levels signal increased likelihood of pregnancy, birth

–Women with a high concentration of anti-Müllerian hormone stand a better chance of giving birth after in vitro fertilization, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find possible genetic clues to organ development, birth defects (w/ Video)

(Medical Xpress)—Using cutting-edge time-lapse photography, University of Southern California (USC) researchers have discovered clues to the development of the head at the cellular level, which could point scientists to ...

Medical research created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Infant gut microbiota influenced by caesarean section and breastfeeding practices

Method of birth (vaginal birth s. cesarean delivery) and feeding practices (breastfeeding v. formula-feeding) influence the development of gut bacteria in newborns and thus may affect lifelong health, according to a new study ...

Pediatrics created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Around-the-clock labor coverage associated with decrease in C-section

In a study to be presented on February 16 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, researchers will report findings that suggest around-the-clock labor and delivery ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0