News tagged with maternal smoking
Prenatal maternal smoking associated with increased risk of adolescent obesity
Prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking appears associated with an increased risk for adolescent obesity, and is possibly related to subtle structural variations in the brain that create a preference for eating fatty ...
Overweight and Obesity
Sep 03, 2012 |
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Flame retardants linked to lower-birth-weight babies
Exposure during pregnancy to flame retardant chemicals commonly found in the home is linked to lower birthweight babies, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's School of Public ...
Health
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of wheeze and asthma in preschool children
Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with wheeze and asthma inpreschool children, even among children who were not exposed to maternal smoking late inpregnancy or after birth, according to a new study.
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Aug 17, 2012 |
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Low/moderate drinking in early pregnancy has no adverse effects on children aged 5: research
Low and moderate weekly alcohol consumption in early pregnancy is not associated with adverse neuropsychological effects in children aged five, suggests a series of papers published today in BJOG: An International Journal of ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Jun 19, 2012 |
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Maternal smoking disrupts retinoid pathways in the developing fetal lung
Maternal smoking can lead to lung disease in babies, including asthma. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Respiratory Research shows that maternal smoking-related defects within the alveoli inside ...
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May 31, 2012 |
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Why smoking is 'BAD' for the Fallopian tube -- and increases the risk of ectopic pregnancy
Cigarette smoke reduces the production of a Fallopian tube gene known as "BAD", which helps explain the link between smoking and ectopic pregnancy. The finding, from scientists led by Drs Andrew Horne and Colin Duncan at ...
Health
Jul 03, 2012 |
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Smoking ban reduced maternal smoking and preterm birth risk
A citywide ban on public smoking in Colorado led to significant decreases in maternal smoking and preterm births, providing the first evidence in the U.S. that such interventions can impact maternal and fetal ...
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May 10, 2012 |
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