Lowering the target blood sugar level for mothers with gestational diabetes did not reduce the risk of large babies, a new study finds, but it did reduce the risk of death or injury to the baby during birth. Caroline Crowther ...
Sep 8, 2022
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Pregnant people who had bigger fluctuations in stress from one moment to the next—also called lability—had infants with more fear, sadness and distress at three months old than mothers with less stress variability, reports ...
Sep 7, 2022
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A woman's mercury level during pregnancy is unlikely to have an adverse effect on the development of the child provided that the mother eats fish, according to a new University of Bristol-led study. The findings, which drew ...
Sep 6, 2022
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UCLA research finds that a refundable State-level Earned Income Tax Credit (SEITC) of 10% or above the Federal EITC was associated with a 21% relative risk reduction in reported behavior that could put single mothers at high ...
Aug 30, 2022
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World-first immunizations providing protection against deadly respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) could be just months away thanks to global research efforts spanning multiple decades.
Aug 23, 2022
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Sexual enjoyment in the years following childbirth is unaffected by the way in which the baby is delivered, according to new research. The study, published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, was ...
Aug 22, 2022
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Rat mothers in enriching environments give birth to larger offspring, are more efficient parents, and have heartier breastmilk, compared to mothers in standard laboratory housing, according to research published in eNeuro.
Aug 22, 2022
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Most people hoping to become parents envision having children who are genetically related to them. But for gay men, this process is complicated and expensive. Seeing it through involves collaboration with a fertility doctor, ...
Aug 16, 2022
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Maternal health care is disappearing across the rural U.S., forcing millions of childbearing people to travel long distances to deliver a baby and for prenatal care.
Aug 11, 2022
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It should come as no great surprise that mothers have profound influence on their children. But what about mothers who have their own personality disorder symptoms, such as problems getting along with others? New research ...
Aug 9, 2022
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