Topic: Pregnancy and Childbirth
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women with high blood pressure and blood over-rich in red blood cells are more likely to give birth to babies who are too small or born too early, researchers in the Netherlands reported on Tuesday. Mothers who smoked or who did not take supplements correctly also were more likely to have babies who were underweight or born too ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a large study conducted in Washington, D.C., a short intervention reduced repeat episodes of domestic violence among a group of pregnant African-American women. The intervention also made it less likely for the pregnancy to end in very premature births. The intervention involved counseling sessions during prenatal care visits. Trained psychologists or social workers advised ...
Back in the good old days, familys waited until the actual birth to know the gender of their newest addition to the family. Anticipating the gender was commonly a part of the excitement of the babies arrival. Now due to progress in medicine discovering the gender of your baby early in your pregnancy is a relatively simple matter. Then the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have linked mothers' infection during pregnancy to asthma, the most common chronic disease among American children, in their offspring. A 16-year study following nearly 400,000 births in California found that when mothers had an inflammation known as chorioamnionitis and if a baby was born pre-term, that child was more likely to develop asthma by ...
