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Epilepsy Drug Valproate and Lamotrigine Linked To Malformed Fetus

...g in their first trimester of pregnancy often gave birth to malformed babies. Data for the study was coll...o be conducted to find out the exact nature of the birth defects due to these two drugs, feel the researchers. Reference: Neurology, March 200...

Pre-pregnancy folic acid intake does not increase rate of having twins

...ion-based study of 176042 women in Norway who gave birth from December 1998 to December 2001 use of folate and multivitamin was recorded from the mandatory notification form of the country’s Medical Birth Registry. The results showed weak relationship between use of multivitamins and folic acid during pr...

Risk of preeclampsia in pregnant mothers may be inherited

...reeclampsia that may cause complications in giving birth may be passed on from mothers to their daughters.// Preeclampsia is a condition that is characterized by high blood pressure, protein in the urine and swelling of hands and feet. This is one of the pregnancy-induced conditions that may cause severe...

Effect of estrogen on behavior difference between sexes

...raits from man. This starts acting even before the birth of the individual. This process seems to be the main neurological factor that distinguishes the male from the female. Only estrogen and estrogen receptor affect the male fetus as the females are exposed to this hormone after birth, only when they rea...

Mercury fillings during pregnancy may not lead to low birth weight

...pregnant ladies may lead to babies born// with low birth weight. Scientists of University of Washington, Se...s the theory otherwise. 1117 women who have given birth to lighter babies (less than 2.5kgs) were compared with 4468 women who had given birth to babies of ...

Pregnant mothers dental health can lead to pre-term babies

...egnant mothers strong enough to affect the babies’ birth weight or the time of delivery?// In a study don... causing pre-term delivery or babies born with low birth weight. Researchers have evaluated specific oral bacteria like Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus s...

Obesity may be from weight gained by the newborn

...s show rapid weight gain from the first week after birth only. This weight gain may continue and may lead t.... For these adults, the period of weight gain from birth to eight days were found to be associated with the obesity of adulthood. Similar kind of association...

Research reports that c-section deliveries are rising

...actitioners are adopting the procedure over giving birth normally. The researchers are of opinion that it is required that a national surveillance authority to look into the conditions that may lead to cesarean deliveries so that primary c-section deliveries are restricted, as the woman who has a cesarean ...

Chemicals in clear plastics can cause learning difficulties

...n who may be exposed to BPA contamination may give birth to children with learning difficulties. Long term exposure to BPA in the elderly may lead to age-related neuro-degenerative diseases for example Alzheimer disease, which is also related to inhibited function of the hippocampus...

Infection in pregnancy can lead to congenital eye defects

... like Rubella in pregnancy are known to cause such birth defects. Now studies have shown that infections su...us and Coxsackie virus may also be responsible for birth defects in newborns. The researchers have taken the birth details from the England registry, and ma...

It is safe to take influenza vaccine during pregnancy

...aused to the mode of delivery, including premature birth and caesarian delivery. Also the vaccine seems to ...gnificant effect on the health of the infants from birth to 6 months of age. This proves that vaccinating a pregnant mother with influenza vaccine is not on...

Grandmother’s diet in pregnancy can affect grandchildren’s blood sugr

... babies of this generation were also born with low birth weights. The second generation of baby rats had developed insulin resistance since birth, but only in one set of male babies and one set of female babies from totally different parentage. This showed that maternal diets have strong influence over t...

Birth weight and adult body weight increases heart disease

...chers of Harvard Medical School have reported that birth weight and// adult body weight of women can contri... The results of the research show that higher the birth weight of the female newborn babies, lesser is their chance of having coronary heart disease. For ea...

Autism risks linked to birth factors

...istic than other babies. Even a low Apgar score at birth also puts the baby at greater risk of being autist...sk factor of autism, away from the risks caused by birth situations. The result of the study is published in the current issue of American Journal of Epidem...

Delaying pregnancy may lessen life expectancy of the child

...orter life spans for the offspring’s' and reducing birth weights. When offsprings were assessed for all oth...detrimental effects as the life expectancy and the birth weight. Babies are considered of low birth weight if they are born weighing less than 2.5kgs. These...

Birth weight and breast feeding associated with breast cancer

Women who were of more than normal birth weight or were not breast-fed may be// at a higher...esults have showed that pre-menopausal women whose birth weights were more than 8.5 pounds, and those who have not been breast fed as a child have twice the ...

Adult bone health is dependent on lifestyle we live

...s had tracked the health of 389 people since their birth in 1947. All aspects of their fetal health, childh... the body weight variations. Researchers feel that birth weight do seem to affect the skeletal growth, and adopting a healthy lifestyle will work wonders for...

Canada helps in giving birth to world first baby from frozen egg

...hich she carried to a full term pregnancy and gave birth to a healthy baby boy. Freezing of eggs taken from the ovaries of woman is a difficult procedure that results in ice crystal formation and decreases the longevity of the eggs. Hence it is very difficult to use this procedure to treat infertility pro...

World Blood Donors Day on 14th June 2005

...ld Blood Donors Day.// The date coincides with the birth date of Karl Landsteiner, who discovered the ABO blood group system. The International Blood Donor Day is organized annually by the International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations since 1995. The World Blood Donor Day was started form the ye...

People with low birth weight may help themselves in diabetes

New study says that people with low birth weight may help themselves from the incidence of d...elated factors. Recent studies have shown that low birth weight is also another risk factor for the disease. The new study done by the researchers of Joslin...

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