THURSDAY, Jan. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Abortion bans are intended to preserve the lives of children, proponents say, but a new study has found infants are more likely to die in the states with the most restrictive laws. States with the tightest abortion laws had a 16% increased infantContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Fetal exposure to opioids may change a baby’s immune system, triggering a rise in risks for eczema and asthma through early childhood, new research shows. Children born to women who used opioids during pregnancy had much higher rates of eczema, as well asContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — College freshmen who are more outgoing and agreeable — and less moody — are more likely to feel a sense of belonging at their new school, new research has found. Those personality traits could result in better academic performance and better mental healthContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A crowded house may not be the best for the mental health of a family’s kids, a new study has found. Teens from larger families tend to have poorer mental health than those with fewer siblings, according to a large-scale analysis of childrenContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Hot or humid days during pregnancy could influence the future heart health of your unborn child, a new study finds. The children of expecting moms exposed to high humidity tended to have a steeper increase in blood pressure through ages 3 to 10,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women are far more likely to suffer an early death if they develop depression during or after pregnancy, a new Swedish study has found. Women who developed what’s known as “perinatal” depression were generally twice as likely to die as women who didn’tContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Could the immune system play a role in why some women become depressed during and after a pregnancy? Swedish researchers have uncovered a “bidirectional relationship” between pregnancy-linked depression and autoimmune diseases such as psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, ulcerative colitis and celiac disease. InContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Depression that emerges around the time of pregnancy raises a woman’s risk for suicide sharply and for many years, new Swedish research shows. The study found that a new mom’s odds for suicide soars seven-fold in the year after a diagnosis of perinatalContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Exposing babies and toddlers to TV and other digital media could be linked to a heightened risk for dysfunction in what’s known as “sensory processing,” a new study warns. Kids with “atypical sensory processing” are often hypersensitive to the touch, sound, taste orContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most people have heard of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), where babies die during sleep for reasons that aren’t always clear. But every year, about 400 cases of similar “sudden unexplained deaths in children” (SUDC) occur in the United States among a slightlyContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Acetaminophen, best known as Tylenol in the United States, is a go-to pain med for millions. However, a new study is raising doubts about its safe use by women who are pregnant. The researchers found kids born to women who used acetaminophen whileContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A U.S. online provider of the mifepristone/misoprostol abortion pill combo saw a ten-fold jump in orders when the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade was first leaked in 2022, a new study finds. Such orders declined a bit in the months after theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests the effects of high blood pressure during pregnancy may be long-lasting. Researchers found that women who developed high blood pressure during pregnancy had tell-tale signs of abnormal heart structure and function up to a decade later. “This study helps toContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A class of sedatives called benzodiazepines, which include meds like Ativan, Valium and Xanax, could be linked to higher odds for miscarriage if taken during pregnancy, new research finds. The findings held even after accounting for possible confounding factors such as anxiety andContinue Reading