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New research explains link between smoking and SIDS
• Children's Health • • Pregnancy • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 29 08
A new study sheds light on the relationship between women who smoke while pregnant - or are exposed to second-hand smoke - and an…
Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke raises blood pressure in infants
• Children's Health • • Pregnancy • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 30 07
Infants whose mothers smoke during pregnancy have substantially higher blood pressures in their first months of life, Dutch researchers reported in Hypertension: Journal of…
Prenatal Cocaine Exposure Affects Attention in Early School Years
• Children's Health • • Pregnancy • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 13 07
Adding to the evidence that maternal drug use can have lasting effects, a new study finds that young schoolchildren of cocaine-using moms scored more…
Pregnancy hormone key to repairing nerve cell damage
• Endocrinology • • Neurology • • Pregnancy • Feb 21 07
The mystery of why multiple sclerosis (MS) tends to go into remission while women are pregnant may be the secret to overcoming the devastating…
Thyroid trouble may be missed in pregnant women
• Endocrinology • • Fertility and pregnancy • • Pregnancy • Feb 10 07
Screening only pregnant women felt to be at high-risk for thyroid problems may mean that many women with thyroid dysfunction may escape detection, according…
Florida Doctors Credit Hurricane for Wave of Births
• Pregnancy • May 13 05
Doctors in Florida say they think they know what’s behind a small baby boom that’s about to hit the state.
They’re crediting the three…
67-year-old has ‘fake pregnancy’
• Pregnancy • May 04 05
A 67-year-old Serbian is not pregnant as she claimed, although she displayed signs of pregnancy, doctors report.
Zlatija Jovic, from Gornje Birijanje…
Vitamin C may cut pregnant smoking risks
• Pregnancy • May 02 05
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have found that high doses of vitamin C might counteract some of the negative effects…
Vitamin C may reduce pregnancy complication
• Pregnancy • Apr 12 05
If a pregnant woman’s waters break too early, her unborn baby can be put in danger of complications. The risk of this happening,…
Low iron may be barrier to mom-baby bonding - study
• Pregnancy • Apr 05 05
New mothers who don’t get enough iron are more likely to have a difficult time bonding with their babies than women who take their…
Ginger seems safe for easing nausea in pregnancy
• Pregnancy • Apr 04 05
Ginger appears to help pregnant women who suffer from morning sickness, without side effects to the unborn child, according to a review of the…
Fibroid treatment may not complicate pregnancy
• Pregnancy • Apr 01 05
Uterine artery embolization is a blood vessel blocking technique used to treat fibroids, benign growths in the uterus that can cause pain and other…
High blood pressure in pregnancy ups heart risk
• Pregnancy • Mar 28 05
Women who develop high blood pressure during pregnancy appear to be at increased risk for death from Heart disease years later, according…
More preemies surviving due to advanced therapies
• Pregnancy • Mar 25 05
A new study shows improved survival among infants born extremely early (before 25 weeks), thanks in part to more consistent application of some…
Aspirin Could Prevent Common, Dangerous Condition of Pregnancy
• Pregnancy • Mar 21 05
Low-dose aspirin therapy may be effective in the treatment of pre-eclampsia, a dangerous pregnancy condition, suggests a new study led by Queen’s…
Seizure drug may be harmful during pregnancy
• Pregnancy • Mar 21 05
Women who take the epilepsy drug valproate during pregnancy may be raising their baby’s risk of severe birth defects, according to…
Stigma drives Darfur women to risky abortions
• Pregnancy • Mar 08 05
Khadeeja came to Khartoum to avoid the stigma in her village that led other young women like her, pregnant after being raped by militiamen,…
Some 545 Nigerians treated for horrid pregnancy injury
• Pregnancy • Mar 07 05
Some 545 Nigerian women were treated during a crash two-week campaign against obstetric fistula, one of the worst pregnancy-related disabilities that often goes untreated,…
Higher maternal weight ups likelihood of twins
• Pregnancy • Mar 04 05
In a study of more than 50,000 pregnancies in the United States, the odds of having fraternal twins (twins formed from two eggs), increased…
Heart attack during pregnancy rare, but on the rise
• Pregnancy • Mar 03 05
Heart attack during pregnancy, labor or delivery occurs rarely, but the rate has increased in the last 10 years, according to a…
Pregnant women risk murder in U.S., report finds
• Pregnancy • Feb 24 05
Murder is a surprisingly common cause of death among pregnant women in the United States, U.S. government researchers reported on Wednesday.
Black women are…
No Amount of Drinking Is Safe During Pregnancy
• Pregnancy • Feb 24 05
The U.S. surgeon general has a strong message for women who are pregnant or likely to become pregnant: Don’t drink alcohol.
In an advisory…
Ectopic pregnancy
• Pregnancy • Feb 23 05
Ectopic pregnancy occurs when the fertilized egg implants in tissue outside of the uterus and the placenta and fetus begin to develop there. The…
Mom’s asthma, allergies may up risk of autism
• Pregnancy • Feb 07 05
Women with asthma and/or allergies around the time of pregnancy appear to be at increased risk for having a child affected by autism, researchers…
BP control key to preeclampsia prevention
• Pregnancy • Feb 03 05
In pregnant women with high blood pressure, both the top measure (systolic) and the bottom measure (diastolic) of blood pressure are important predictors of…