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FRIDAY, Nov. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new study finds that a quarter of (no doubt exhausted) breastfeeding moms admit to falling asleep while their baby was feeding, a moment that can raise risks for infant suffocation. That’s because whenever a baby falls asleep in an area that’s gotContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Babies born preterm face a life of lowered prospects, a new study warns. Adults who were preemies are less likely to achieve higher education or snag a high-paying job, researchers reported Nov. 6 in the journal PLOS One. What’s more, the earlier pretermContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Abortion pills are safe and effective even very early in a pregnancy, a new study finds. Clinics and hospitals tend to defer medication abortions until a woman’s pregnancy is confirmed using ultrasound, researchers said. But abortion pills can be safely taken prior toContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov.7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women who take vitamin D supplements during a pregnancy may be giving their kids the legacy of stronger bones, new British research suggests. Children whose moms took vitamin D supplements when pregnant had stronger, denser bones at the age of 7 compared to theContinue Reading
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women who are pregnant but who also have the ovarian cyst disorder polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are at higher odds of giving birth to an underweight baby, new Norwegian research shows. The risk rises even higher if the woman with PCOS is alsoContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Although numerous studies have shown that marijuana use during pregnancy may harm both the fetus and a mom-to-be, almost 6% of women responding to a recent survey said they used weed while pregnant. That’s more than one in every 20 pregnancies, noted aContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Text messages and other online feedback can help prevent obesity in very young children, a new study demonstrates. Kids had a healthier weight-for-height growth curve during their first two years if parents were offered electronic feedback on feeding habits, playtime and exercise, researchersContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women who’ve had concussions are more likely to suffer severe mental health problems following childbirth, a new study shows. A history of concussion increased a new mother’s risk of severe mental illness by 25%, after adjusting for other factors, Canadian researchers reported. “WeContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The health problems of preemie babies cause untold heartache for new parents. But these families also face a strained financial future, a new study finds. About 30% of parents with a very low birth weight baby, under 3.3 pounds, have had to makeContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Smoking marijuana during pregnancy may quell your morning sickness, but it could also harm your child’s development, a new study warns. Cannabis exposure in the womb is associated in early childhood with poorer thinking skills, researchers reported Oct. 28 in the journal JAMAContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Anxiety is driving more children with potentially dangerous food allergies to seek out psychological care, a new study finds. Focusing on one Ohio hospital, the researchers found a more than 50% jump in psychology referrals for kids with food allergies between 2018 andContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — New research offers some comfort to pregnant women who become ill with COVID: Brain development doesn’t appear to be impaired in children exposed to the virus while in the womb. There’s no significant difference in development at one year, a year and aContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Experiments in sheep are hinting that doses of caffeine given to women in pregnancy, as well as their newborns after birth, could prevent cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is a disabling condition often caused by asphyxia — reductions in oxygen supply — around theContinue Reading
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MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The United States experienced a small but significant rise in infant deaths in the months following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturned Roe v. Wade, a new study shows. The Dobbs ruling, handed down in July of 2022, led to outright bans onContinue Reading