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Caesarian sections may not help in reducing post-pregnancy blues

...t after delivery depressions, that had plagued new mothers all over the world, // was mostly due to the traum...ssed for signs of post delivery depressions in new mothers till eight weeks after delivery, the results did not show any difference between types of delivery. ...

More Importance To Be Given To Prenatal Nutrition

...t mice. The mice were separated into two groups of mothers and were studied for the three weeks of pregnancy....e fully nourished. On the third week, one group of mothers was restricted to only half the amount as the other group. Babies who were undernourished weighed 23...

Old Drugs Safe To Use In Cancer Treatment ?

...n for treatment of morning sickness // to pregnant mothers and resulted in seal like babies ( shortened limbs). Now, doctors see a new future use for the infamous medication: helping cancer patients maintain their weight. The effects of this drug were studied in pancreatic cancer patients and was seen to h...

Baby Talking Is Good For Your Child

For ages mothers have been using baby talk with their children. And...g how to speak a language. Now research shows that mothers have been right all along! In an article in the journal Infancy, researchers Erik D. Thiessen and ...

Epilepsy Drug Valproate and Lamotrigine Linked To Malformed Fetus

...nked to congenital malformations in the fetus when mothers were treated with the drug in the first trimester of the pregnancy. However the researchers do admit that the sample size of the study was too small to decide on the exact nature of the congenital defects due to the drugs. Yet more researches need to...

Risk of preeclampsia in pregnant mothers may be inherited

...omplications 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 complications to the pregnant...

Low hemoglobin may make mothers bond less with their babies

Maternal iron deficiency can lead to mothers being less emotionally involved with their childre... The study had videotaped the interactions of 64 mothers who had iron deficiency and 31 mothers who had a normal blood count interacting with their children ...

Association of maternal and granny’s smoking on children’s asthma provd

...sthma in the first five years of life. Children of mothers who quit smoking before pregnancy did not show any risks for asthma. On interesting discovery was the fact that if mother had experienced maternal smoking while still in the uterus of her mother, children’s risk of having childhood asthma also increa...

Mercury fillings during pregnancy may not lead to low birth weight

...y providing evidence that there exists no risk for mothers to give birth to low birth weight babies after having a mercury based fillings during the pregnancy. Reference: American Journal of Epidemiology, issue April 2005...

Pregnant mothers dental health can lead to pre-term babies

...But are the dental bacteria affecting the pregnant mothers strong enough to affect the babies’ birth weight or the time of delivery?// In a study done by the New York University College of Dentistry, US, say that it is possible that dental bacteria affect the pregnancy by causing pre-term delivery or babie...

Infection in pregnancy can lead to congenital eye defects

...s then have matched the infections of the pregnant mothers with the time of pregnancy when the ocular development happens for the fetus to find out the kind of health the pregnant lady was in when her unborn baby’s eyes were developed. The study results confirmed the negative effect of Parvovirus B19 and in...

It is safe to take influenza vaccine during pregnancy

Vaccinating pregnant mothers is quite a common procedure. A new research says t...vaccine can also safely// administered to pregnant mothers as a precautionary measure. Influenza vaccine or the flu shot is an inactivated vaccine containing ...

Contraceptive pills may lead to deformities in babies

...at prostate deformities can happen if the pregnant mothers continue taking the contacepive pills even after conceiving. The pills contain ostrogen like chemiclasthat are alos present in the plastic packagings. Deformities of the prostate gland can cause prostate cancer or bladder diseases later in life. The...

Overweight mothers overfeed obese children

...ct with their infant children said that overweight mothers tend// to overfeed their children who in turn beco...ts of the study showed that children born to obese mothers take more energy intake as carbohydrates than other normal infants. This was mostly because of extra...

Teen depression maybe short lived

...hips at the age of 15. Also children of depressive mothers are at a higher risk than others, while girls tend to be at a greater risk from depression than boys. The results of the study were presented at the American Psychological Society's annual convention in Los Angeles. Reference: University of Califo...

Colic in babies may be related to maternal depression and stress

...ic. A recent study had linked babies with colic to mothers who suffer from severe post partum depression and ...t partum depression is the depression that several mothers suffer after childbirth. When mothers suffering from such a depression also go through difficulty in...

Prenatal exposure to air pollution causes chromosomal damage

Pregnant mothers who are constantly exposed to air pollutions of big// cities may harm their unborn child by the air they inhale. Inhalation of polluted air of the metros can change the chromosomes of the fetus in womb. Pollutant particles emitted from the cars, tru...

Heavy drinking may not be good for the mental health

...e largest longitudinal study in Australia tracking mothers and their children from the prenatal stage to early adulthood. The research findings state that light drinking of alcohol; up to five drinks a week may be associated with the lowest rates of anxiety and depression in women in their early thirties. H...

Parent’s mental state may affect the childhood asthm

...thma and similar atopic syndromes. The children of mothers who had severe depressions are at 67% increased ri...ldren, while the risk was 46% more for children of mothers who suffer from sever panic attacks when compared with other children.The researcher feels that the ...

Late pregnancy may be at risk from poor health and mental state

...d to the existent risk factors, poor health of the mothers and their unhappiness can also become risk factors...cope and palpitations for the pregnant lady. These mothers are often tired and suffer from ill health as well. The researchers feel that the ideal age for ha...

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