News tagged with prenatal exposure


Flu in pregnancy may quadruple child's risk for bipolar disorder

Pregnant mothers' exposure to the flu was associated with a nearly fourfold increased risk that their child would develop bipolar disorder in adulthood, in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The findings ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Flame retardants may be toxic to children

Chemicals called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been used for decades to reduce fires in everyday products such as baby strollers, carpeting and electronics. A new study to be presented on Monday, May 6, at the ...

Pediatrics created May 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Contaminated diet contributes to phthalate and bisphenol A exposure

While water bottles may tout BPA-free labels and personal care products declare phthalates not among their ingredients, these assurances may not be enough. According to a study published February 27 in the ...

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Bisphenol A affects sex-specific reproductive behaviors in monogamous animal species

Parents, teachers and psychologists know boys and girls behave differently. However, that difference isn't taken into account by most methods used to assess the risk to children from chemical exposure, according to Cheryl ...

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

Verbal aggression: You may have picked it up in the womb, says new study

(Medical Xpress)—Research on the communication trait of verbal aggressiveness, which includes behavior like name calling, ridicule, insults, racial epithets and threats, has tended to focus on its social ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Study finds association between oxygen deprivation before birth and ADHD

Children who had in-utero exposure to ischemic-hypoxic conditions, situations during which the brain is deprived of oxygen, were significantly more likely to develop attention deficit hyperactivity disorder later in life ...

Attention deficit disorders created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Fetal alcohol exposure affects brain structure in children

Children exposed to alcohol during fetal development exhibit changes in brain structure and metabolism that are visible using various imaging techniques, according to a new study being presented today at the annual meeting ...

Neuroscience created Nov 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Heavy prenatal alcohol consumption linked to childhood brain development problems

(Medical Xpress)—Heavy drinking during pregnancy disrupts proper brain development in children and adolescents years after they were exposed to alcohol in the womb, according to a study supported by the National Institutes ...

Neuroscience created Nov 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A family history of alcoholism may add to damaging effects of prenatal alcohol exposure

Prenatal exposure to alcohol (PAE) can lead to serious deficiencies associated with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), such as impairments in general intelligence, adaptive function, ...

Addiction created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Prenatal exposure to pesticide additive linked with childhood cough

Children exposed in the womb to the widely used pesticide additive piperonyl butoxide (PBO) have heightened risk of noninfectious cough at ages 5 and 6, according to researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental ...

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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 created Sep 03, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Drinking in pregnancy shows up in child's growth: study

(HealthDay) -- Children who had significant prenatal exposure to alcohol may have delayed weight gain during infancy and alcohol-related growth restriction from early infancy until 9 years of age, researchers ...

Addiction created Aug 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Boys appear to be more vulnerable than girls to the insecticide chlorpyrifos

A new study is the first to find a difference between how boys and girls respond to prenatal exposure to the insecticide chlorpyrifos. Researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at the ...

Health created Aug 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Exposure to environmental chemicals in the womb reprograms the rodent brain to disrupt reproduction

Prenatal exposure to the environmental contaminants polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, causes long-term changes to the developing brain that have adverse effects on reproductive function later in life, a new study finds. ...

Medical research created Jun 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Prenatal exposure to common household chemical increases risk for childhood eczema, study says

Prenatal exposure to a ubiquitous household chemical called butylbenzyl phthalate (BBzP) can increase a child's risk for developing eczema, according to research conducted at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental ...

Health created Jun 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0