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Pregnancy, obesity and child asthma: an uncomfortable connec...

Being obese during pregnancy dramatically increases the risk of the child developing asthma by their tenth birthday, according a study published online in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Researchers from Melbourne and [...]

Posted On : Oct, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Eating Better During Pregnancy Reduces Birth Defects

Pregnant women who eat a healthier diet are more likely to have babies without birth defects, according to a study from the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Although it is imperative to take folic acid supplements during [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Are calcium supplements important during pregnancy?

In an investigation, researchers find no benefit for pregnant moms or their babies from taking calcium supplements. Until now, the role of supplementing with calcium during pregnancy has been unclear. In a study review, researchers fou [...]

Posted On : Oct, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Pert Doctor Passes Critical Comments upon Late Pregnancy

A Perth doctors has caused stir among people by alleging women of being selfish for delaying pregnancy. According to Dr. Barry Walters, who works as physician at Perth's King Edward Memorial Hospital, women conceiving in the age group [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Late-age pregnancy 'selfish'

WOMEN who delay getting pregnant until after their late 30s are unfairly burdening their offspring with geriatric parents, a leading obstetric physician has said. Barry Walters, of King Edward Memorial Hospital in Perth, said women who pl [...]

Posted On : Oct, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Eating sweets early in pregnancy can mean obese baby

Here's some new advice for moms-to-be: Watch your intake of sweets, including cakes, cookies and soda, early in your pregnancy to lower your risk of having a baby who is too heavy. Expectant mothers who consumed more sweets and sugar- [...]

Posted On : Oct, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Chemo during pregnancy doesn't affect baby

A new research has found that children born after their mothers were treated with chemotherapy during pregnancy appear to be unaffected by the experience in terms of the development of their mental processes and the normal functioning of [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Chemotherapy appears safe in pregnancy: study

Scientists who studied the health and mental development of children born to mothers treated for cancer in pregnancy found they were not affected by chemotherapy, but were harmed if they were born prematurely, either naturally or by induc [...]

Posted On : Sep, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy rates climb for Montgomery's Hispanic teens

Teen pregnancy among Hispanics is rising in Montgomery County, bucking a countywide trend of falling birth rates. The birth rate for Hispanic 15- to 17-year-olds was 39.7 births per 1,000 females in the period from 2007 to 2009 -- the mos [...]

Posted On : Sep, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Vitamin may be key to pregnancy for older women

Canadian scientists are working on a way to make older human eggs young again — and maybe even slow menopause — experiments that could make it easier for women in their 40s and perhaps beyond to have babies. The answer ma [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

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

Pregnancy counselling data revealed

More than 5,500 women with a crisis pregnancy had 8,000 hours of counselling last year, new figures show. The Crisis Pregnancy Programme said women attended 15 services it funds around the country, while thousands more received advice ove [...]

Posted On : Sep, 20 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

Large Number of Canadian Mothers Have Late Pregnancy

A study has revealed that a large number of Canadian mothers are having babies later in life. The study by the Canadian Institute of Health Information notifies that one out of five babies born in Canada are of mothers who have given birt [...]