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Yoghurt during pregnancy raises asthma risk for child

The list of foods pregnant women are advised to avoid just keeps on growing, with new claims that low-fat yoghurt increases an unborn child's future allergy risk. Researchers assessed dairy intake during pregnancy and found that drink [...]

Posted On : Sep, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Low-fat yoghurt 'child asthma risk' during pregnancy

At the European Respiratory Society conference, researchers will suggest this could be due to an absence of protective fatty acids in yoghurt. The diets of more than 70,000 Danish women were analysed and their children followed until the [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Ibuprofen may double women's risk of miscarriage: Study

Taking painkillers such as ibuprofen during pregnancy may double a woman's risk of miscarriage, a new study has warned. There are clear warnings on such drugs' packets that they should not be taken during pregnancy, but still o [...]

Posted On : Sep, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Unwed Women Living With Partners Risk More Unplanned Pregnan...

OK, so your mom was right. It turns out that moving in with that special someone without getting married first puts you at very high risk for an unplanned pregnancy. That's one of the key findings of a new report from the Guttmacher I [...]

Posted On : Aug, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Rise in Asthma Risk Linked to Exposure to Magnetic Fields Du...

Children whose mothers had the highest daily exposure levels to electromagnetic fields may have three times the risk of developing asthma, a study says. The exposure may come from living near power lines, working under flourescent lights [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy Increases Risk of Stroke in U.S.

Pregnancy significantly increases the risk of related strokes, according to a recent study. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that the rate of hospitalizations from pregnancy-related strokes increased by 54 percent from [...]

Posted On : Jul, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

How mothers 'eating for two' can put babies at risk from eat...

Pregnant women who ‘eat for two’ could be damaging their babies’ IQs, research shows. They may also put them at risk of developing behavioural problems, eating disorders and mental health conditions such as schizophrenia [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Sleep Position May Affect Stillbirth Risk

Women who do not sleep on their left side on their last night of pregnancy have double the risk of late stillbirth compared with women who do sleep on their left side, according to a study from New Zealand. The researchers who conducted [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

High Fat Diet in Pregnancy Increases Risk of Stillbirth

A research by the Oregon Health & Science University's National Primate Research Center has proved that a high-fat diet during pregnancy increases the risk of stillbirth and serious birth defects. These findings were irrespective of w [...]

Posted On : Jun, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Can a Flu Vaccine Reduce the Risk of Premature Birth?

It may seem strange to be discussing the flu vaccine in the summer, but if you are pregnant right now…guess what? Yes, if you got pregnant after January of this year you will be giving birth during flu season (Oct. 1 – [...]

Posted On : Jun, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy Related Diabetes Risk Increased by Post-Birth Weig...

A second pregnancy can be put at risk by women who gain weight after giving birth for the first time, a new study says. For such women, the risk of pregnancy-related diabetes more than doubles. The study, done by Kaiser Permanente in Oakl [...]

Posted On : May, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Fever during pregnancy, diabetes and obesity may raise autis...

Having the flu during pregnancy isn't associated with a heightened risk of autism or developmental delay in children, although having a fever during pregnancy might be. And giving birth by Cesarean section isn't associated with au [...]

Posted On : May, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Diabetes during pregnancy raises risk of diabetes later in l...

Gestational diabetes, or when a woman develops temporary diabetes when she’s pregnant, is on the upswing, and the worst thing about that, doctors say, is it means more Type 2 diabetes later in life. Women who get gestational diab [...]

Posted On : May, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

FDA flags risks on popular drug used during pregnancy

Women should not be given injections of the drug terbutaline for more than three days "because of the potential for serious maternal heart problems and death," the FDA said Thursday. It is now requiring a boxed warning — [...]