Every year an estimated 20 million babies worldwide are born with low birth weight, according to the World Health Organization, leading to a wide range of significant short- and long-term consequences. Though you may think ...
Jan 16, 2024
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Climate change could pose a big risk to Australians' reproductive health, claims a new, large-scale Curtin University study revealing a possible link between extreme bioclimatic exposure during pregnancy and babies' birthweights ...
Jan 8, 2024
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating reports of additional dangers linked to several wildly popular weight-loss drugs.
Jan 4, 2024
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Impaired cognition among preschoolers born very early can be predicted already at discharge from neonatal care. This is according to a study from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and University College Cork, Ireland, published ...
Dec 27, 2023
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Wars, drought, displacement, and instability are causing a dramatic increase in the number of pregnant and breastfeeding women around the world who suffer from malnutrition. Without access to sufficient nutrients in the womb, ...
Dec 19, 2023
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Mental health conditions including anxiety and depression are among the most common disorders affecting women during pregnancy and after birth.
Dec 18, 2023
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A new study published in the journal Reproductive and Developmental Medicine has found a strong association between fetal macrosomia (high birth weight) and overweight and obesity in early childhood among the U.S.-born children ...
Dec 15, 2023
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The Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine against tuberculosis can elicit a good response in neonates. Infants who are exposed to HIV but are uninfected display an altered immunity to vaccination.
Researchers at Texas A&M University have already shown that paternal drinking habits prior to conception can have a negative effect on fetal developmentâwith semen from men who regularly consume alcohol impacting placenta ...
Dec 13, 2023
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In the past 10 years, the percentage of Americans who use medical marijuana has more than doubled as state-level legalization becomes increasingly common. But despite its prevalence as a medication, the full health effects ...
Dec 12, 2023
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