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Higher Levels Of Depression Seen Among Parents

...hich had revealed that the emotional well being of mothers is taxed by parenthood. The marital status differences also play a role in depression and parenthood. Single parents reported remarkably higher levels of depression than married parents, which is believed to be connected to the emotional well-being a...

Gujarat Seeks To Scale Down Infant Mortality Rate

...ch of its new health program. As many as 5,000 // mothers and 72,000 babies die every year during delivery in the State. Through this new program named Chiranjeevi, the government aims to bring the maternal mortality rates down from the present 3.89 to one. Similarly, the Health Department expects the in...

Snappy Mobiles Known To Cause Snappish Behavior in Families

...ich communication devices can be shut off. Working mothers to be given reprieve by fathers to handle Child matters on designated days. These findings have been published in the Journal of Marriage and Family....

Vitamin D in Pregnancy Linked To Greater Bone Densities in Children

...taking adequate amounts of Vitamin D in pregnancy, mothers confer protection from osteoporosis in their children.// In a study of 198 mothers, it was found that taking Vitamin D supplements of sunlight meant that their kids had greater bone densities. "This is completely new - no one has ever looked at the...

Finger And Toe abnormalities Related to Maternal Smoking

...uences. Our hope is this study will show expectant mothers another danger of lighting up", concluded Dr. Chang....

Reduce risk of osteoporosis in children by taking Vitamin D during Pregnancy

...g to a study it has been shown that children whose mothers were lacking in vitamin D during pregnancy grow up... nutrition, and vitamin D supplementation of their mothers during pregnancy. The children were then followed up at age 9 years to relate these maternal charact...

Maternal Vitamin D Supplementation Promises Healthy Bones In Child

...in the bone density later in life // . Children of mothers who lacked vitamin D supplementation were found to have weaker bones at 9 years of age. Sunlight is very essential for the conversion of Vitamin D into a more active form that can be used by the human body. Vitamin D supplementation during pregnanc...

New Health Scheme Launched In India’s Biha

...also been launched in the State by which expecting mothers will receive an amount of Rs 700, while the nurses will be paid Rs 600 for every delivery....

Leukaemia May Be Triggered By Insecticides

...ildren. Extensive interviews were carried out with mothers of such children. The chances of acute leukaemia was found to be higher in the case of mothers who had used insecticides inside the house while they were pregnant. The carbamates compound which i...

SIDS on the rise

...hich said that there is an increased chance of the mothers tiring out due to the motherhood demands which makes them fall asleep in the bed, sofa and causes the death of the baby. Professor Peter Fleming of the Royal Hospital for Children in Bristol analysed the effects of the previous campaigns asking the...

Human Milk Center Caters To Premature Babies

...l caters// to newborns and premature babies whose mothers do not lactate. The deprivation of breast milk, wh...Mondkar said. The milk is collected from lactating mothers who come to the hospital, though outsiders are not barred from donating milk. The milk is stored in ...

Normal Delivery Is Better Than Caesarean Birth

...an birth, says a study that warns both prospective mothers and healthcare// professionals to think again. Thi... needs to be clearly delivered to both prospective mothers and their healthcare professionals, according to the researchers. Edited IANS...

Clinic Helps Women Lead Normal Lives

...e affected by the smoking of their mothers. The mothers need to be stabilized before being encouraged to quit their addictions. It is not possible to give up a drug addiction abruptly, and substitutes like methadone are usually given in the early stages for those who use opiates. The social workers of the...

Eating Seafood Results In Brighter Babies

...en with the best measures of motor performance had mothers with the highest intake of omega-3s. A low intake during pregnancy led to higher levels of pathological social interactions such as an inability to make friends as a child grew up, which are also linked to antisocial behavior in later life. Edited...

Mothers Happy After Exchange Of Swapped Infants

...thers, nobody supervised it". For seven days the mothers had breast-fed the babies, considering them as the...e, matron and other persons were present. Now both mothers are happy that they have got their babies back. --Edited IANS...

Anxious Fathers Make Mothers Nervous

...ars of anxiety-ridden fathers are passed on to the mothers who are about to undergo a Caesarean section//. As many as 65 women were studied by the University of Bath and Imperial College’s researchers before arriving at this conclusion. This increased the pain women experienced after the operation, which i...

Infants Need to Be Vaccinated For Hepatitis B

...tis B can be prevented by immunizing infants whose mothers suffer from hepatitis B, according to a BMJ published study. The world has a total of 350 million people who are carriers of hepatitis B,// which is transmitted through body fluids and blood. As many as 50% of these infections are accounted for by...

Systemizers Have A Higher Risk Of Children Suffering From Autism

... eye for details and the brain scans show that the mothers have a masculinised pattern of brain activity, all proving the point that they are strong systemizers. Hence all the evidence suggests that there is a genetic cause for autism and it has a high affinity for those who think systematically....

Girl Foetus Aggravates Asthma Symptoms

...ma were recorded automatically. Asthma worsened in mothers with either male or female foetuses until about 30... the lung function. However, throughout pregnancy, mothers with a male foetus had a 10% better lung function. The American Journal of Epidemiology has publishe...

Obese mothers more prone to Pregnancy Risks

... In this paper they said that overweight and obese mothers suffer more pregnancy related complications and th...ve higher prenatal medical costs. Apart from the mothers they put their baby’s life in danger. Such babies are more likely to be admitted to neonatal intensi...

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