Overweight and obese women more likely to have large babies
Among pregnant women who did not develop gestational diabetes, overweight women were 65 percent more likely, and obese women 163 percent more likely, to have overly large babies than their healthy weight counterparts. In ...
Overweight and Obesity
Aug 14, 2012 |
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Survival rates for premature babies in high-level NICUs are better than previously reported
Premature babies are more likely to survive when they are born in high-level neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) than in hospitals without such facilities, and this benefit is considerably larger than previously reported.
Pediatrics
Jul 23, 2012 |
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Prenatal caffeine intake not linked to children's behavior
(HealthDay) -- Maternal prenatal caffeine intake is not associated with behavior problems in young children, according to a study published online July 9 in Pediatrics.
Pediatrics
Jul 09, 2012 |
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Smallest and largest fetuses at greater risk of being stillborn, research finds
The tiniest and the heaviest fetuses are at much higher risk of being stillborn than those of average weight, new research has found.
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Jun 25, 2012 |
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Antioxidant shown to reduce blindness risk in extremely premature babies
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is the second most common cause of childhood blindness in the United States, occurring in half of premature infants born earlier than or at 28 weeks gestational age. The condition is caused ...
Pediatrics
Jun 15, 2012 |
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Study examines risk factors for visual impairment among preschool children born extremely preterm
Cerebral damage and retinopathy of prematurity appear to be independently associated with visual impairment among preschool children who were born extremely premature, according to a report published Online First by Archives of ...
Ophthalmology
Jun 11, 2012 |
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Caesarean section delivery may double risk of childhood obesity
Caesarean section delivery may double the risk of subsequent childhood obesity, finds research published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Pediatrics
May 23, 2012 |
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Flu shot during pregnancy shows unexpected benefits in large study
Getting a flu shot during pregnancy provides unanticipated benefits to the baby, according to the authors of a large population-based study examining the issue. Specifically, the study showed that H1N1 vaccination during ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 22, 2012 |
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Waking embryos before they are born
Under some conditions, the brains of embryonic chicks appear to be awake well before those chicks are ready to hatch out of their eggs. That's according to an imaging study published online on May 3 in Current Bi ...
Neuroscience
May 03, 2012 |
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Post-term children have higher behavioural and emotional problems in early childhood
We already know there are long-term health problems associated with pre-term birth, but what about babies born post-term? New research published in the International Journal of Epidemiology has found that post-term birth, ...
Health
May 03, 2012 |
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Excessive weight gain during pregnancy a predictor for above-average birth weight
One out of every two women of reproductive age is overweight or obese. Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, from the University of Ottawa (faculties of Medicine and Health ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Apr 17, 2012 |
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New analysis of premature infants' heartbeats, breathing could be cues for leaving NICU
Late gestation is a busy time for babies getting ready for life outside the womb, particularly for functions critical to life such as breathing and maintaining an adequate heartbeat. These two functions are connected in mature ...
Health
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Delivery of a small full-term infant puts mothers at risk for heart disease
Delivering a full-term baby of small birth weight has been shown to be an independent indicator of later heart disease for the mother, and as equivalent in risk as high blood pressure and diabetes. Researchers at the University ...
Cardiology
Mar 14, 2012 |
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Smoking ban in Scotland linked to dramatic fall in preterm deliveries
The introduction of national, comprehensive smoke-free legislation in Scotland is linked with significant falls in preterm delivery and small for dates (gestational age) infants according to a study led by Jill Pell from ...
Health
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Late preemie birth may be linked to higher asthma risk
(HealthDay) -- Babies born just a few weeks early appear to face a greater risk of developing asthma when compared with children born at full term, new research reveals.
Inflammatory disorders
Mar 05, 2012 |
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