Overweight & Obesity

Maternal health linked to child's risk of obesity

Women's fat levels before and during pregnancy are linked to those of their infants in ways that can vary depending on a mother's ethnicity, a Singapore-based study shows, and highlights the need for nuanced health advice.

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Smoking in pregnancy 'affects boys' fitness in later life'

Mothers who smoke are putting more than their own health at risk, suggests a study published today in BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (BJOG). Young men whose mothers smoked during pregnancy had ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

New Yale ResearchKit app aims to prevent pregnancy loss

One of the greatest joys for parents is the birth of their child—and one of the greatest tragedies is the loss of that child. Now, Yale physician scientist Harvey J. Kliman, M.D., has developed an iPhone app that helps ...

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