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Overweight Kids At Risk Of Being Iron Deficient

...creased risks for pre-term and small infants among pregnant women, and problems with work and exercise capacity among adults. Overweight children and adolescents also appear to have an increased iron deficiency according to a new study. Results of the study show children at risk for being overweight or who a...

Solutions Being Sought For Prevention Of Rickets

...uld // start before birth and researchers suggest pregnant women should be given vitamin D supplementation. ...higher prevalence of rickets. Researchers suggest pregnant women (living outside the tropics) in the second and third trimesters should receive a supplement of...

Identifying The Risks Of Developing Schizophrenia

...vent influenza exposure among women who may become pregnant and to determine whether it is the virus itself that increases the risk for schizophrenia or whether the antibodies the body makes against the virus are to blame....

Strong Pelvic Muscles Found To Facilitate Childbirth

...les obstruct labor.// Previous studies have shown pregnant women who exercise their pelvic floor muscles can ...ent study done consisted of 301 healthy first-time pregnant women. Half of the women took part in an intensive pelvic floor muscle training program between the ...

Mother’s Diet Could Prevent Cancer In Their Unborn Children

...re fruits, vegetables and proteins before becoming pregnant are less likely to have a child who develops leuke...its and proteins during the year prior to becoming pregnant had a lower risk of having a child with leukemia. In conclusion researchers say, fetal exposure to ...

The Link Between Pregnancy and Restless Legs Syndrome

New research shows that pregnant women are at a higher risk of developing restless ...rogress with age. Researchers say they found that pregnant study participants most affected by the condition were older, had low iron and a higher prevalence o...

The Link Between Pregnancy and Restless Legs Syndrome

New research shows that pregnant women are at a higher risk of developing restless ...rogress with age. Researchers say they found that pregnant study participants most affected by the condition were older, had low iron and a higher prevalence o...

Fortifying Foods Found To Reduce Birth Defects

...ccording to a new study. //Thus researchers advice pregnant women to take folic acid supplements in early pregnancy when the neural tube is forming. But women also need to maintain adequate levels of folic acid prior to pregnancy. A recent study compared the number of neural tube defects in babies born in N...

Suppressing A Girls Height In Adolescence Could Lead to Fertility Problems

...en menstrual cycle when they were trying to become pregnant than women who didn’t take estrogen. Researchers say their findings indicate that exposure to high-dose estrogens in adolescence is associated with impaired fertility in later life. However researchers also say that fewer girls today are receiving t...

Avoiding Drugs During Pregnancy

Reports suggest as many as 14 percent of pregnant women suffer from depression and up to 35 percent ...s believe these drugs can be safely prescribed for pregnant women. However, most studies have only compared major outcomes, such as physical growth and complica...

Individuals Born In May At A Higher Risk Of Developing Multiple Sclerosis

...sure or seasonal variations in vitamin D levels in pregnant women to development of the fetal brain and nervous system....

WHO hopes to wipe away Iodine deficiency diseases by 2005

...ple worldwide, particularly preschool children and pregnant women," said Dr LEE Jong- wook, WHO Director-General. "This report shows that the goal of eliminating iodine deficiency around the world is within reach." Deficiency of Iodine causes enlargement of the thyroid gland causing a condition called 'Goit...

Epidural given in early labor may not lead to caesarian birth

...increase the incidence of caesarian delivery. 728 pregnant ladies in their final term were observed for the study. All were delivering for the first time. When asked for painkillers, women who were given epidural in the early stages of labor tended to be in labor for less time and have dilation of cervix ear...

Caesarian sections may not help in reducing post-pregnancy blues

... of the delivery. As a result of this belief, many pregnant women opted for a planned caesarian birth to avoid the depression. A new study that comes in the recent issue of British Medical Journal says that this may not be the case. According to Deirdre Murphy of Dundee University, who had led the team of re...

More Importance To Be Given To Prenatal Nutrition

... type 2 diabetes later in life. Researchers say a pregnant mother's inadequate nutrition isn't the only cause...ments were conducted by researchers beginning with pregnant mice. The mice were separated into two groups of mothers and were studied for the three weeks of pre...

Dental Health Can Affect Pregnancy

...ons can lead to a condition of preeclampsia in the pregnant women. The study links chronic dental inflammati...easure to reduce the occurrence of preeclampsia in pregnant women. Link: http://www.perio.org/consumer/preeclampsia.htm...

Old Drugs Safe To Use In Cancer Treatment ?

... was given 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 s...

Epilepsy Drug Valproate and Lamotrigine Linked To Malformed Fetus

...nked to malformation of fetus //when prescribed to pregnant ladies. For pregnant women with epileptic seizures, often the drug Valproate is prescribed. The new study shows that wome...

Relieving Pelvic Pain In Pregnant Women

...may help relieve pelvic girdle pain experienced by pregnant women// . For the study researchers divided 386 w...ture has proven to have a beneficial effect on the pregnant women in the study it could be also used in addition to standard treatment for pelvic girdle pain....

Risk of preeclampsia in pregnant mothers may be inherited

...ditions that may cause severe complications to the pregnant mother and unborn child. Scientists have identified a gene called STOX1 or C10orf24 that contained five different missense mutations, which are identical between sisters. This exists with preeclampsia phenotype and follows inheritance from the moth...

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