Women who deliver a stillborn infant—but who have no history of depression—may be at a higher risk for long-lasting depression, conclude researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The depression may ...
Feb 19, 2015
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Children born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy are more likely to be overweight or obese than if the mother did not according to research from the University of Aberdeen.
Sep 26, 2017
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Women who experience hypertension during pregnancy face an increased risk of heart disease and hypertension later in life, according to a new study.
Aug 18, 2017
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Researchers are challenging women to start thinking about pre-pregnancy health sooner, with the finding that years of gradual weight gain more than doubles the risk of blood pressure disorders in pregnancy.
May 16, 2017
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If either you or your partner was a "big" baby, you have an increased likelihood of giving birth to a large baby yourself, a new study by researchers from the University of Bergen, Norway, shows. This could potentially improve ...
Sep 4, 2023
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Women who are obese before they become pregnant face an increased risk of delivering a very premature baby, according to a new study of nearly 1 million California births.
Jun 25, 2014
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Women who immigrate to Ontario have babies who are bigger than those born in their native countries, new research has shown.
Feb 8, 2013
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Pregnancy in adolescence has been linked with increased risks of mortality and life-threatening complications in young mothers and their newborn babies. New research suggests that biology alone does not explain the high incidence ...
Dec 5, 2018
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The fact that excess weight during pregnancy has negative consequences is not new information. A new study now concludes that the children of mothers obese before falling pregnant are four times more likely to have frequent ...
Mar 8, 2013
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Researchers at Trinity College have found that socio-economic inequalities in children's body mass index (BMI) emerge during the pre-school years and widen across childhood and into early adolescence. These are the striking ...
May 20, 2019
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