Health
Can I get sick from my pet?
Cuddly, friendly, fun: Your pet brings so much to your life, but experts warn that, in rare cases, they can also bring illness.
Mar 22, 2024
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News tagged with pregnant women
Health
Vitamin supplements versus a balanced diet? No contest
Global consumers spent more than $177 billion dollars on dietary supplements in 2023, with at least a quarter of that—roughly $45 billion or more—purchased by Americans, according to a study by Grand View Research, a ...
Mar 22, 2024
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Cardiology
Risk of adverse pre-eclampsia outcomes accurately identified through new AI model
A potentially lifesaving model for identifying maternal risk in pregnant women with pre-eclampsia has been developed by researchers.
Mar 22, 2024
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Autism spectrum disorders
Prenatal exposure to antiseizure medication topiramate may not increase children's risk of autism spectrum disorder
Topiramate—an antiseizure medication prescribed to treat epilepsy as well as migraines and bipolar disorder—does not appear to increase the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among children exposed to it prenatally, ...
Mar 20, 2024
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Health
East Greenlanders have large amounts of environmental toxins in their bodies, and it has to do with what they eat
Every second, the Gulf Stream pushes more than 150 million cubic liters of warm water from the Caribbean Sea northwards. The warm water flows south of Iceland and into the North Sea, where it keeps the climate mild and wet ...
Mar 20, 2024
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Addiction
Australian alcohol retailers exploiting pregnancy warning loophole, putting babies at risk
New research by The George Institute for Global Health, published March 19 in Drug and Alcohol Review, has revealed Australia's largest alcohol retailers are failing to display mandatory pregnancy warnings on their websites, ...
Mar 20, 2024
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Community health workers' dental intervention benefits underserved pregnant people, study shows
A study aiming to assess an innovative "SMARTeeth" program that provides a digital tool-enabled oral health screening for underserved pregnant women at an obstetric office facilitated by community health workers (CHWs) was ...
Mar 19, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
PTSD in pregnant women may affect the risk of ADHD in the child
A comprehensive registry study led by Anna-Clara Hollander, associate professor at the Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, shows that children of women who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder ...
Mar 19, 2024
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Genetics
Assessing the impact of malaria interventions through routine sampling of pregnant women
Genetic diversity of the malaria parasite in pregnant women and children declined in an area targeted for malaria elimination in Mozambique, according to a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). ...
Mar 19, 2024
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Medications
Metformin during pregnancy impacts offspring brain development, finds study
With the rise in gestational diabetes and metabolic disorders during pregnancy, metformin is also being prescribed more frequently. Although it is known that the oral antidiabetic agent can cross the placental barrier, the ...
Mar 18, 2024
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