WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — One way to help protect newborns from COVID-19 is for women to get their COVID vaccine while pregnant. A new study found that mothers-to-be who had either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine passed high levels of antibodies to their infants. Researchers from theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Seeing a parent abuse a sibling can be as traumatizing as watching a parent hurt another parent, a new study finds. And it can lead to depression, anxiety and anger, researchers say. “When we hear about exposure to family violence, we usually thinkContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Having a child in the hospital is distressing for families, and not knowing what that stay might cost can add to that stress, researchers say. A new study has found that three-quarters of U.S. families want to have conversations about the costs ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Infants may show early signs of autism, but a diagnosis usually isn’t made until age 3. Now, a new study suggests that jumpstarting therapy might stave off that diagnosis altogether. Researchers say their preemptive, parent-led intervention could have a significant impact on children’sContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Over the past year and a half, the coronavirus pandemic has remade so much of everyday life, including the foods families eat. In many families, that’s been a good thing, with half cooking at home more often and two-thirds making healthier food choices,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Pregnant women infected with certain strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) may have a heightened risk of preterm birth, a new study suggests. HPV is a sexually transmitted disease that can cause genital warts. Most of the time, the immune system clears the infection.Continue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Physically removing a blood clot in the brain is a safe and effective treatment for pregnant women having a stroke, a new study suggests. Stroke during pregnancy remains rare, but the risk increases during pregnancy and for up to 12 weeksContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Birth rates tend to fall during pandemics, and history is repeating itself with the COVID-19 scourge, researchers say. Fewer babies have been born in much of Europe and the United States. Earlier in the pandemic, U.S. births declined 7%, a new study finds.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Shedding excess weight does much more for the long-term heart health of young people than building muscle, new research suggests. It’s not that gaining muscle while young proved to be a cardiovascular problem. It’s just that losing fat offered bigger heart benefits. “WeContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The number of U.S. infants born with syphilis is climbing at an alarming pace, reaching a high not seen since the 1990s, according to new government figures. Newborn syphilis, a potentially fatal condition, was at one time nearly eliminated in the United States.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The COVID-19 pandemic has many women thinking twice about having more kids. In a survey of close to 1,200 New York City women with young children, one-third of respondents who had been thinking about having another baby before the pandemic but hadn’t startedContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 is surging in U.S. states with low vaccination rates, and these places may also be seeing a higher-than-usual number of stillbirths linked to the virus. While the number of stillbirths is still very low nationally, doctors in the Deep South have noticedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Parents of a child with autism might wonder if a pet cat would be a good fit for the family. Now, research suggests both children with autism and cats benefit when a feline joins the household. Gretchen Carlisle, a research scientist at theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Leaky heart valves can put pregnant women at serious risk, according to a large study that runs counter to established practice. The condition used to be considered relatively harmless during pregnancy. But this analysis by Johns Hopkins University researchers of more than 20,000Continue Reading