TUESDAY, May 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — While some states have moved to severely curb women’s access to abortion, including abortion pills, over 8,000 women living in those states are getting the pills by mail each month from states without such restrictions. That’s according to new data from a #WeCountContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Babies born by C-section are unlikely to receive protection from a single dose of measles vaccine, a new study finds. A single measles jab is up to 2.6 times more likely to be completely ineffective in C-section babies, compared to those born vaginally.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, May 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women who smoke during pregnancy run a higher risk of their kids becoming overweight or obese, and researchers now think they know one reason why. Children born of moms who smoked while expecting tend to have gut bacteria that is significantly different fromContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Smoking cigarettes while pregnant has long been known to harm the fetus, but new research shows things get even worse when marijuana is in the mix. The study by a team at Oregon Health & Science University (OSHU) in Portland involved more thanContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — New mothers who like to smoke marijuana might wind up exposing their babies to THC through their own breast milk, a new study says. THC, the intoxicating compound in cannabis, dissolves in the fats contained in human milk, researchers found. Mother’s milk producedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More than 320,000 U.S. children lost a parent to drug overdose during the past decade, according to a new study reported May 8 in JAMA Psychiatry. What’s more, the death rate accelerated during the period, more than doubling between 2011 and 2021, researchersContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Parents striving to be “perfect” will never attain that goal, and the aim isn’t even healthy for their families, a new study says. The risks of striving for perfection are such that researchers have now created a scale to help parents track theirContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Children and young adults who are couch potatoes could wind up with enlarged hearts, increasing their risk of heart attack, stroke and early death. Sedentary behavior contributed as much as 40% to the total increase in heart size between the ages of 17Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Kids are very likely to make the acquaintance of a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at some point, whether they know it or not. An estimated 95% of children with disabilities enroll in regular schools, experts say. “Given the rates of autism diagnosisContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Parents can be very effective buzzkills for their teens, just by letting kids know they’re being closely watched, a new study reports. Teenagers are less likely to drink, smoke or use drugs when parents keep tabs on their activities, according to findings publishedContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Nearly 100,000 U.S. children lost a parent in 2020 to gun violence or drug overdose, a three-fold rise since 1999, according to a new study. Overall, these two causes made up nearly a quarter (23%) of parental losses in 2020, almost double theContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Parents of newborns diagnosed with cystic fibrosis often are confused about both the disease and their next steps, a new national survey has found. In fact, about half of new parents don’t even know that newborns are routinely screened for the genetic disorder,Continue Reading
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A potentially dangerous spike in blood pressure known as preeclampsia can occur in 1 in every 25 pregnancies, but an accurate test to spot those women at highest risk has remained elusive. Now, Canadian researchers at Université Laval in Québec City say they’veContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Everyone knows that specific type of sports parent – the over-the-top dad or mom who curses, shouts and even becomes physically aggressive during their kid’s match. While they might think they’re cheering their kid to victory, such poor sports behavior actually can turnContinue Reading