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Pregnant Women Smoke, Drink despite Knowing Its Side-Effects...

A recent study has exclaimed that even after knowing all risks associated with smoking, while pregnancy, one in five white women smoke cigarettes when they are pregnant. The study commissioned by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Servi [...]

Posted On : May, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Drinking tea ups chances of getting pregnant

Drinking two cups of tea daily may help increase a woman's chances of becoming pregnant, a new study has revealed. It found women were 27 per cent more likely to become pregnant if they regularly drank tea compared with those who did [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

Drink risk to baby highest in early pregnancy

DRINKING alcohol during the first three months of pregnancy does more harm to unborn children than in the final stages, a study has revealed. Researchers said drinking alcohol, especially binge drinking, during the first seven to 12 [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Women drinking, smoking in pregnancy

Australian women continue to smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol during pregnancy, a new study reveals. Research by the Australian Institute of Family Studies has found 18 per cent of women smoked and 38 per cent of women drank alcohol whi [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Heavy drinking in pregnancy can alter unborn babies' brains,...

Heavy drinking during pregnancy could alter the genetic makeup of unborn babies' brains, causing mental and behavioural problems. People born to alcoholic mothers are at risk of problems ranging from poor brain development and faulty [...]

Posted On : Nov, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Drinking while pregnant a tragedy

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day is Sept. 9. Throughout the week of Sept. 5-9, diverse groups of Kentuckians will gather for the premier of a film created by the Kentucky Prevention Enhancement Site (PES) for Fetal [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Drinks giant sponsors training of 10,000 midwives to advise ...

Pregnant women will be lectured on the dangers of drinking alcohol – in a programme bankrolled by the world’s biggest spirits company. Diageo – which is behind drinks including Guinness, Baileys and Smirnoff Ice &n [...]

Posted On : Jun, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Stop drinking during pregnancy!

Previous studies have linked alcohol consumption during pregnancy to an increased risk of miscarriage, premature birth, and low birth weight. But how much alcohol can a woman safely consume during pregnancy was never investigated t [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Mums who drink in pregnancy have unruly kids

Teenagers whose mothers drank early in pregnancy are more likely to become unruly, aggressive and badly behaved, researchers claim. According to their study, the risk of anti-social behaviour rose threefold among 16-year-olds whose mothe [...]

Posted On : Mar, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Study on Pregnancy Drinking

A novel study conducted this month found that one's born to women who drank one to two glasses a week during her pregnancy scored the same on developmental and cognitive tests compared with one's given birth by women who abstaine [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

Does Stress, Light Drinking During Pregnancy Really Matter?

How much do those nine months of pregnancy really matter in determining how a child will turn out? Will that glass of wine, a stressful period at work or those extra pounds of weight-gain make much of a difference in the long-term? [...]

Posted On : Oct, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

How Dangerous Is Drinking While Pregnant?

Is having an occasional drink during pregnancy tantamount to playing Russian Roulette with your baby’s health? Or just a harmless relaxation? Science really doesn’t know the answer to this one. A few recent studies have [...]

Posted On : Oct, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

Midwives and Mothers Don’t Support ‘Drinking Alcohol During ...

There is no harm to child's intellectual development, if pregnant women take low doses of alcohol, as revealed by the British researchers. The study was led by Yvonne Kelly, a scientist of the epidemiology and public health departmen [...]

Posted On : Oct, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Light drinking no risk to baby, say researchers

Drinking one or two units of alcohol a week during pregnancy does not raise the risk of developmental problems in the child, a study has suggested. Official advice remains that women abstain completely during pregnancy. A study of m [...]