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Effect of Intimate Partner Violence during Pregnancy

... association between intimate partner violence and maternal and infant health. "It may be that stress resulting from abuse is having a negative impact on the reproductive endocrine system and leading to poor outcomes during pregnancy," said Silverman. "Depression, known to result from abuse, has been shown to...

Meconium, no mere waste

...ve and specific method. Results were correlated to maternal alcohol use during pregnancy. Fetal alcohol exposure is usually determined through self-reported maternal consumption. But people characteristically under-report the amount of alcohol they drink, "so this...

Does Weight of the Mother Determine the Sex of the Baby?

... size is not as crucial. Therefore, any particular maternal characteristic that results in a larger offspring is likely to produce more males. "If anything reduces the size of the offspring at birth, it is a disadvantage to the individual to be born male - therefore, there is a greater probability of it bei...

Pre Mature Babies Face the Risk Developmental Abnormalities

...alities which can be detected by ultrasound, young maternal age, low maternal education and poor health....

Infants have better iron reserves if umbilical cord clamping is delayed

...ains, from the placenta," said Dewey, an expert in maternal and infant nutrition. "This is an efficient, low-cost way to intervene at birth without harm to the infant or the mother." She noted that although iron deficiency is a greater problem in developing countries, it is also a serious issue in industri...

Placental Protein Leads To The Onset Of Preeclampsia - Researcher Finds

... all pregnancies worldwide and is a major cause of maternal and fetal mortality, particularly in developing na...llular region of the endoglin protein is shed into maternal circulation,’ explains Karumanchi. ‘We discovered that this shed form -- referred to as ‘soluble end...

Link Established—Assisted Fertilization Can Complicate Pregnanc

...terms is that, after adjusting for factors such as maternal age, which tends to be higher in ART pregnancies, the risk of placenta previa rose from about three in 1,000 births to 16 in 1,000 births for ART pregnancies compared with the general population,". Risk for placenta previa rose "from about seven in 1...

Bangladesh Progressing But Must Yet Face Challenges In Health Sector

...that in population controlling, reducing child and maternal motility rate, empowerment of women, gender equality and increasing access to education and primary healthcare services Bangladesh has showed remarkable progress over the years. Ms Thoraya told newsmen at a press conference held in Dhaka on Tuesday...

Children Benefited By Moderate Maternal Stress?

...at six weeks and at two years postpartum. Prenatal maternal stress also didn't interfere with children's tempe...on't recommend that women seek out stress, because maternal exhaustion is not good preparation for labor and delivery and the demands of child rearing," said Di...

Post Partum Blues Often Treated with Drugs

.... It has been found that almost 25 per cent of all maternal deaths are due to psychiatric causes. Symptoms of depression include constant tiredness, feeling lonely lack of interest in your baby sleeping problems and tension headaches. The survey also revealed that over two thirds of mothers with depressio...

UNICEF Facts & Figures About Maternal Death In India On The Eve Of Mother’s Da

...rld scenario this accounts to more than 20% of the maternal deaths. In India for every 100 000 live births there are about 540 maternal deaths. There is an increase in the number of maternal deaths than those seen a centaury ago despi...

Bhopal Archbishop’s Concern Over Maternal Mortality Rat

Expressing concern over the high maternal mortality rate in Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal Archbisho...ed deaths every year during or post pregnancy, the maternal mortality rate of the state is one of the highest in the country. Addressing a women's meet at the...

Love Mom More

...cent issue of Biological Psychiatry, looked at the maternal behaviour of rats. His findings demonstrated that when attentive mothers were stressed during their pregnancy, they became less caring. This effect was measured by the licking and grooming frequency of their pups and was mirrored by changes in the pr...

At Least 25 Women Die Of Maternity Complications In MP Everyday

... to healthcare professionals, the direct causes of maternal deaths in the state are not entirely different from those in other parts of the country. They include excessive bleeding, infections, pregnancy-induced hypertension, obstructed labour and unsafe abortions. --Edited IANS...

How To Prevent A Stroke

...s uncertain. "We are facing potential cutbacks in maternal health and nutrition programs. In addition to their public health benefits, it makes sense to invest in programs aimed at improving the health of women during pregnancy," Goldstein said. "Dividends may pay off decades later by potentially reducing th...

Doctors Join Hands To Spread Awareness Against Maternal Mortality

...distinction of accounting for 25 percent of global maternal deaths, will benefit from a joint effort by doctor...percent of these deaths, and has the third highest maternal mortality rate at 407 per 100,000 births, below Timor-Leste (800) and Nepal (415) in the South-East ...

A mother at 63: oldest in UK!

...s a very worrying development. I do not think that maternal love or the welfare of a child should be equated to financial well-being or a degree." On the flip side in her defence came, former Lewes neighbour Paul Pyant said, “ Dr Rashbrook had brought up two happy stable children - one of whom is now a docto...

Maternal Food Choices Determine Risk of Overweight Kids

...dies to focus on how food insecurity may influence maternal choices of food that increase the risk for a child to become overweight. Although a lack of an adequate food supply has been associated with becoming overweight in adult women and certain subpopulations of children, it has not been well studied among...

Risk of Heart Disease Greater from Mom than Dad

...reater risk of developing disease when they had a maternal history of heart disease, and a 41 percent higher ...f both parents had heart disease. In women also, maternal transmission of CHD was stronger, about 43 percent, than paternal transmission, 17 percent. Sundquis...

Maternal Difficulties Increase Risk of Behavior Problems in Children

...The presence of anxiety / mood disorders, smoking, maternal drinking, substance or drug abuse, maternal exposure to domestic violence are all factors that can contribute to behavior problems in children. ...

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