Search Results for 'Mother'

Pregnant mother with 'timebomb' tumour endured three week wa...

Susannah McKenzie's condition, called a myxoma, is thought to be the first of its kind to be treated in the UK, and only the fifth in the world. Susannah, 32, was pregnant with her second child - who was due on Christmas Day - when sh [...]

Posted On : Dec, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Mother's weight throughout pregnancy affects baby

A mother's weight before and after pregnancy has been highlighted as a predictor of the baby's weight. Researchers at the Department of Pediatrics at Soerlandet Hospital and the University of Oslo, Norway, found that the birth wei [...]

Posted On : Dec, 16 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

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 [...]

Posted On : Sep, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Bleeding during pregnancy – Cause death of mother or baby

Early signs of pregnancy are a must to be known by every women or parents. It is the happiest moment for a woman in her life when she comes to know that she is pregnant. It is very necessary for the couple to take proper decision to becom [...]

Posted On : Jul, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Maternal care: Diabetic mothers can have safe pregnancies

Controlling blood glucose levels, a daily intake of folic acid, a balanced diet, no smoking and regular exercise can enable the mothers to have healthy pregnancies, according to an article published in the Diabetes Digest. Women who want [...]

Posted On : Jul, 04 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

Obese mothers-to-be get a pill to prevent fat babies in NHS ...

Hundreds of mothers-to-be are being given drugs to stop them from having obese babies as part of a controversial NHS trial. The overweight women will take the diabetes pill, metformin, up to three times a day during their pregnancy. [...]

Posted On : May, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

The art of pregnancy: The weird and wonderful ways modern mo...

Remember those long-ago days when a happy snap taken of your newborn baby was enough to celebrate a pregnancy? Now, it seems, any self-respecting modern mum-to-be must document every part of the process, from her growing bump to the labo [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Expecting Mothers Should Have Healthy Diet

A new survey has found that the baby’s health is poor at the time of birth if the mother consumes poor diet during the months of pregnancy. This report has been quoted in the media on Friday. According to a study done on rats [...]

Posted On : Mar, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Do IVF Pregnancies Raise Death Risk for Mothers?

Maternal deaths resulting from in vitro fertilization (IVF) are relatively rare, but they do occur, British doctors warn in an editorial in the journal BMJ. In the U.S. there were more than 140,000 IVF cycles in 2008, according to the So [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Mother's smoking in pregnancy linked to girls' puberty

Women who smoke heavily during pregnancy tend to have daughters who start menstruating months earlier than the daughters of women who did not smoke during their pregnancy. Previous studies have found evidence that women who start me [...]

Posted On : Dec, 18 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

Babies of Mothers who Smoke During Pregnancy Possess Greater...

As per a new research published in the journal Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonology, mother who smoke during pregnancy pose their babies a greater risk of getting affected with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and this is due [...]