Health
Study ties heart disease, diabetes to cannabis exposure in utero
Just because it's legal, doesn't mean it's safe.
Feb 5, 2019
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Low Birth Weight
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
How to reduce your risks of dementia
Many people do not want to think about dementia, especially if their lives have not yet been touched by it. But a total of 9.9 million people worldwide are diagnosed with dementia each year. That is one person every 3.2 seconds.
Jan 24, 2019
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Health
Some pregnant women don't believe cannabis is harmful to their fetus
Up to one-third of pregnant women do not believe cannabis is harmful to their fetus, according to a new review by UBC researchers.
Jan 21, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Medically assisted reproduction does not raise risk of preterm birth and low birth weight
Couples considering medically assisted reproduction (MAR) because they have difficulty conceiving naturally have feared the possibility of preterm birth (less than 37 weeks of pregnancy) and low birth weight (less than 2.5 ...
Jan 15, 2019
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Immunology
VAT fat may cause pathogenic obesity
Type-2 (adult-onset) diabetes and other diseases related to the obesity epidemic depend on how the body stores excess energy, according to evolutionary biologist Mary Jane West-Eberhard, emeritus scientist at the Smithsonian ...
Jan 11, 2019
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Health
Drinking tea during pregnancy may be bad for your baby's health
Caffeine is the most commonly used psychoactive substance in the world. And at average consumption levels, it is considered to be good for your health – or at least not bad for your health. However, emerging evidence suggests ...
Jan 10, 2019
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Pediatrics
Newborns face risks when born to women with the flu
Pregnant women with influenza are more likely to experience complications, but how this affects infants is unclear. A new Birth Defects Research study uncovers the potential risks to infants.
Jan 9, 2019
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Health
Caffeinated beverages during pregnancy linked to lower birth weight babies
A team of researchers at University College, Dublin, has found a link between caffeinated beverage consumption during pregnancy and low birth weight. In their paper published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Tick-tock–for healthy mums and kids, dad's age counts
Women are regularly reminded of their ticking biological clock. It turns out men should also pay attention to age when it comes to having a family.
Nov 1, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Older fathers associated with increased birth risks, study reports
A decade of data documenting live births in the United States links babies of older fathers with a variety of increased risks at birth, including low birth weight and seizures, according to a new study by researchers at the ...
Oct 31, 2018
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