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Zinc supplements improve survival rate

... help make babies bigger and healthier if taken by pregnant women. Zinc deficiencies can impair the body's ability to fight disease, and previous research has also shown that preschoolers given zinc supplements had less diarrhoea and pneumonia. Such illnesses can be especially serious for infants, and are m...

Pregnancy should not be confined

...ion, because gas expands with increasing altitude, pregnant women should avoid consuming beans, sodas and othe...eir legs. Similar to all other airline passengers, pregnant women are also advised to move their legs periodically during their flight to prevent blood clots....

Hypothyroidism can affect babies

...lood Research in Scarborough, Maine, say even when pregnant women have a mildly underactive thyroid gland and ... or lower. The researchers say: "Hypothyroidism in pregnant women can adversely affect their child's subsequent performance on neuropsychological tests. "...

Good News For Women With Gestational Diabetes

...ote that such pumps are often used successfully by pregnant women who've had type 1 diabetes since childhood. Now, it appears, there's a second, larger group of women who can benefit from the technology. In fact, pump therapy controlled hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar, better than insulin shots, and non...

Unsatisfactory Grade On Women's Health Issues

... coverage, while five states improved benefits for pregnant women. Many states improved health screenings for women's cancers. Still, few states have made progress in women's diabetes rates or in promoting programs to cut obesity, smoking or high blood pressure in women....

Vaginosis increases risk of miscarriage

...among women of childbearing age. It affects 24% of pregnant women. The researchers studied 850 women undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) in Leeds. These women conceived at the same rate as women with normal vaginal bacteria. However, 29% of those with the infection subsequently miscarried, compared to on...

Antenatal kerosene exposure endangers child's sight

A research has found that if pregnant women whose jobs require too much exposure to solvents like kerosene, gasoline,glues etc may be more likely to have chilren with defective eyesight. Head researcher Dr. Gideon Koren and colleagues//, from Toronto published this in Jornal of Occupatio...

Risk for Pregnant Women

...lorination byproducts (CBPs) in drinking water put pregnant women at a higher risk for miscarriages or having ...o the study, just outside Washington, had the most pregnant women at risk in an individual community or water system. WSSC drinking water was pretty safe. "I s...

Smoking Linked To Low Infant Birth Weight

...volved. "Our data demonstrate that a subgroup of pregnant women with certain genotypes appeared to be particularly susceptible to the adverse effect of cigarette smoke, suggesting an interaction between metabolic genes and cigarette smoking" said the report from Boston University School of Medicine. Low b...

Acne Drug linked to suicide attempts

...he potential for birth defects in women who become pregnant while taking the drug. And near the end of 2001, more concern was raised about the potential for depression and even suicide. In October 2000, the FDA said the drug had been associated with 44 suicides since 1983. The FDA also had reports of 110 US...

Relief to pregnant women using fertility drugs

Women who use fertility drugs to get pregnant can breathe a sigh of relief. A new study offers t...n other women who had significant problems getting pregnant and did not take the drugs....

To get the better of

...tners than those that did not. The best way to get pregnant is to have a contemporary orgasm with your partner, scientists have ascertained. Dr Cathy, from the School of Psychology at Ohio University, studied 65 women with an average age of 32. //The women were asked to go to a clinic within a few hours afte...

FDA Imposes New Restrictions On Roche's Accutane

...rated that some women on the drug continued to get pregnant despite these well-document side effects. The FDA ...gnancy test every month to prove that they are not pregnant as well as to sign a consent form, showing that they are aware of the potential risks. The FDA added...

Mothers with periodontitis may deliver premature babies

...y, according to an ongoing study of more than 1500 pregnant women.// Past studies have shown that women with p...term low birth weight baby. Women who are already pregnant should not shy away from dental care. "I advise periodontists to perform scaling and root planing, a...

Smoking during pregnancy increases risk of cleft palate

...rsity of Michigan state that Women who smoke while pregnant are 60 percent to 70 percent more likely than nonsmokers to give birth// to a baby with a cleft lip or palate. The risk of the birth defect rises with the number of cigarettes that a mother-to-be smokes each day, even after factors like the mother's ...

Diabetics prone to periodontitis

... from severe periodontal disease than non-diabetic pregnant women, according to a study in the Journal of peri...e more advanced periodontal disease we observed in pregnant diabetics, who are already considered high risk for pregnancy problems, may affect blood sugar contr...

Pregnant women more prone to depression

...15 years, the number of tests and lifestyle advice pregnant women faced could well have increased the anxiety associated with pregnancy....

Blood test can predict pre-eclampsia

... Pre-eclampsia is seen in about 5% of pregnant women and is marked by high blood pressure, fluid retention and protein in the urine. If not taken care of, it can lead to eclampsia- with potentially fatal seizures, liver or kidney failure. Both mother and baby are at risk. Wolf, and his c...

Anxiety likely to affect the foetus

...s brain in the womb," she further added that every pregnant woman should take time to rest and relax....

FDA fish warning criticized

The Food and Drug Administration recommends pregnant women to avoid swordfish, shark, king mackerel, ti.... The Environmental Working Group (EWG) recommends pregnant women and young children to eat only small amounts of fresh-caught fish once a week. Under industry ...

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