FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Need help figuring out breastfeeding? There’s an app for that, researchers say. “Telelactation” support is effective in promoting breastfeeding among new mothers, according to a new report published Feb. 27 in JAMA Network Open. Moms who received virtual support through a free appContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A parent’s mental health appears to influence their kids’ chances of developing anxiety, ADHD and other behavioral disorders, a new study says. Children were more than four times as likely to develop severe ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) if their caregiver had poor or fairContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Women who develop a complication like diabetes or high blood pressure during pregnancy are at higher risk of stroke or heart disease in the years after delivery. Unfortunately, their doctors aren’t taking this health risk seriously enough, a new study suggests. Fewer thanContinue Reading
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TUESDAY, Feb. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Newborns are more likely to be born sickly if their moms are exposed to air pollution during pregnancy, a new study says. A woman’s exposure to air pollution during the last month of pregnancy can increase their newborn’s risk of landing in aContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — In the first 18 months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, most states with abortion bans saw a rise in infant deaths, new research reveals. Two studies, published Feb. 13 in JAMA, show that states that enforced complete or near-totalContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Children who develop multiple sclerosis appear to fare better if they were exposed to safe amounts of summer sunshine as infants, new research shows. If their moms got some summer sun while pregnant, that seemed to help, too, according to a study publishedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Even if a teen is at a healthy weight, just thinking they are overweight can greatly raise their odds for self-harm, a new study finds. “What we found was that the perception of being overweight has a much stronger effect of suicidal ideationContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — While maternal deaths in the U.S. declined in 2023, Black women still died at more than three times the rate of white women during pregnancy or childbirth, highlighting widening racial disparities in maternal health. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s just-releasedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Trauma experienced by the oldest child in a family does not bode well for their younger siblings, new British data suggest. A child’s odds for developing mental health issues rose significantly if their oldest sibling experienced maltreatment, homelessness, injury or other forms ofContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — New moms who’ve just had twins run a high risk of heart disease in the coming weeks and months, a new study suggests. Women have a doubled risk of hospitalization for heart problems within a year of delivering twins, researchers reported Feb. 3Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A mom’s health during pregnancy is not likely to influence her child’s risk of autism, a new study argues. Many previous studies have reported such a link, but researchers say nearly all these associations can be explained by other autism risk factors —Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Is fresh better than frozen? Yes, when it comes to in vitro fertilization (IVF), a new clinical trial says. Fresh embryo transfer appears to be a better option than using frozen embryos for women struggling to conceive via IVF, researchers reported Jan. 29Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 31, 2025 — Artificial intelligence (AI) can help doctors detect fetal heart defects, improving newborns’ chances of survival, a new study says. AI-aided analysis of prenatal ultrasounds detected heart defects more quickly and accurately than doctors evaluating the tests on their own, according to findings reported Thursday atContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Food stamps and food banks can be key to healthy pregnancies. Food assistance programs are effective in helping hungry women avoid pregnancy complications, researchers say in a new study published Jan. 23 in JAMA Network Open. Food insecurity in pregnancy is associated withContinue Reading