... question," said March of Dimes epidemiologist Christopher Howson, who headed the project being debated this week at a child health meeting in India. ...
8/7/09 Low birth weight can mean higher risk for kidney disease NephrOnline People who were very small at birth should avoid obesity that could lead to diabetes, maintain regular physical activity, avoid medications that could be ...
7/8/09 Low birth weight 'ups long-term respiratory problems risk' Smash Hits Those who had a history of very low birth weight had twice the risk of being hospitalized for asthma or respiratory infection and 2.6 times the risk of ...
For example, after a normal ultrasound evaluation, obese women without diabetes may still have up to 1% risk of a major anomaly─including some anomalies ...
“Our study provides another reason for workplace policies to encourage women to breastfeed their infants,” Schwarz wrote in the journal Obstetrics and ...
A study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism of The Endocrine Society says that low birth weight could be associated with a higher ...
They then compared the birth weight of their children with 6100 women who had not used birth-control pills for at least a year before they gave birth. ...
Tobacco use is a known contributor to low birth weight and infant death. · Fewer than 10 percent of women smoking during pregnancy were prescribed an ...
2/9/09 Obese face risky first pregnancies The Press Association The large proportion of small babies was particularly unexpected as obesity is more often associated with the birth of overweight babies."
High BPA levels found in hospitalized, premature infants. Environmental Health News, VA Low birth weight babies also have increased risks of developing heart disease and diabetes as adults. This study's findings show that premature babies ...
1/6/09 Home Visits Reduce Risk of Low Birth Weight Babies Newswise (press release) Newswise — Socially disadvantaged mothers who receive home visits from trained community visitors are less likely to deliver low birth weight babies than ...
11/28/08 Women Smokers Lose 14.5 Years Off Life Span Washington Post, United States Reproductive-age
women who smoke may have trouble conceiving, and pregnant women who
smoke are at high risk of delivering preterm or low birth weight ...
11/25/08 Low birth weight ups risk of infant skin tumors Reuters By
Karla Gale NEW YORK - The incidence of reddish skin
tumors called infantile hemangiomas has grown in recent years, and low birth weight...
11/4/08 Should Women Say NO to Caffeine During Pregnancy? HealthNews, CA The likelihood of having a baby with a low birth weight rose to 50 percent for women that consumed between 200 milligrams and 299 milligrams daily, ...
Scientific American There is some evidence that the meds increase the risk of low birth weight; a 1999 review found no higher risk of birth defects or behavioral problems in ...
