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In The Gambia, a small country in West Africa, 1 in 10 newborns have a low birth weight—less than 5.5 pounds—and face daunting challenges. They are more likely to die within a month of birth or in their first year, and they ...
Jun 23, 2025
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The first five years of a child's life may be key to preventing overweight and obesity in years to come, say the authors of new research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025) held in Malaga, ...
May 12, 2025
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Conflicting findings in environmental epidemiology have long stalled consensus on the health effects of toxic chemicals. A new study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health published in the American Journal ...
Apr 28, 2025
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From 2016 to 2023, there was an increase in the rate of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admissions, according to a March data brief published by the National Center for Health Statistics. The research is published in ...
Mar 20, 2025
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A study published in SSM—Population Health sheds light on significant variations in birthweights among Hispanic subgroups in New York City, challenging the common practice of treating the Hispanic population as a homogenous ...
Feb 13, 2025
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Increased exposure to glyphosate, one of the most widely used herbicides in the United States and much of the world, harms infant health in U.S. agricultural counties, according to a new study by two University of Oregon ...
Jan 21, 2025
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Individuals in the lowest quintile of birth weight appear to have an increased risk for subsequent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study published online Dec. 11 in BMJ Open Respiratory Research.
Jan 7, 2025
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A study in Brazil involving 89 father-mother-baby triads points to an association between paternal overweight and newborn birth weight: the higher the father's body mass index (BMI, weight divided by height squared), the ...
Dec 4, 2024
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A sociological investigation has estimated the effects of Alaska's universal cash transfer program on newborn health outcomes using data spanning 28 years. The study revealed that while a cash payment during pregnancy had ...
Sep 30, 2024
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Brazilian researchers have investigated the effects of delivery date manipulation to avoid the Carnival holiday. Their findings suggest that Brazilian women are giving birth too early, impairing the health of their babies.
Aug 28, 2024
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