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Vitamin D helps child language development

The finding will need to be confirmed by other studies, since it was based on a statistical analysis of pregnant women. Further studies may also unearth the underlying mechanism responsible for the difference in language development. L [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Overweight Pregnancy Can Have Long-term Health Consequences ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Too much weight before and during pregnancy can have serious health consequences not only for the mother, but for her child's health for many years, new research shows. "While [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Could taking anti-depressants during pregnancy make your chi...

Women who take a certain type of anti-depressant during pregnancy could be contributing to a dramatic rise in the number of children with autism, say scientists. They found in a study of rats, that newborns given a drug known as an SSRI, [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

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

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

Influence Your Child's Palate Before Birth

Want to instill in your child a love of vegetables? Start early. Very early. New research by the Monell Chemical Senses Center finds mothers can influence a baby's palate and food memories before it is born. The study finds that what [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy Symptom - Specify Child birth In the past Pregnanc...

These symptoms will become arriving within a week while you conceive. Your first pregnancy symptom could very well be anything. It's rather a missed period or just a a feeling of nausea, cramping or possibly bloating. Those who are un [...]

Posted On : Jul, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Smoking in pregnancy cuts child's good cholesterol

In a study in the European Heart Journal, Australian researchers found that by the age of eight, children born to mothers who smoked in pregnancy had lower levels of HDL cholesterol, at around 1.3 millimoles per liter (mmol/L), than those [...]

Posted On : Jun, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Increased Stress in Pregnancy Leads to Children's Behavioral...

A link between the number of stressful events experienced during pregnancy and increased risk of behavioural problems in children has been found by research from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research. The study has jus [...]

Posted On : Apr, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Link between pregnancy diet, fat children

New Zealand scientists have helped find a link between a woman's diet during pregnancy and her child's chances of becoming fat. Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, who led the New Zealand and Singapore arms of the study, said the study [...]

Posted On : Apr, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Mobiles warning for mums-to-be: Using phone while pregnant '...

Pregnant women who regularly use mobile phones could increase the risk of their children behaving badly, claims a startling survey. If their offspring then start using the devices at an early age, the chance of problems climbs to 50 per [...]

Posted On : Dec, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Mother’s diet in pregnancy determines a child’s food prefere...

Here is a valid reason for moms-to-be to make conscious, intentional choices about what they put in their mouth during pregnancy. A new study delving into the link between mother-child nutritional connections found that a pregnant woman& [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Immune response in pregnancy 'can lead to brain dysfunction ...

A pregnant woman's immune response to viral infections may induce subtle neurological changes in the unborn child that can lead to an increased risk for neurodevelopmental disorders including schizophrenia and autism.Research provide [...]