Increased risk of prematurity and low birth weight in babies born after three or...
One of the largest studies to look at the effect of induced abortions on a subsequent first birth has found that women who have had three or more abortions have a higher risk of...
Working mums spend less time daily on kids’ diet, exercise and fathers not picking...
When it comes to cooking, grocery shopping and playing with children, American moms with full-time jobs spend roughly three-and-half fewer hours per day on these and other chores related to their children's diet and...
Working mums spend less time daily on kids' diet, exercise and fathers not picking...
When it comes to cooking, grocery shopping and playing with children, American moms with full-time jobs spend roughly three-and-half fewer hours per day on these and other chores related to their children's diet and...
Alcohol related birth defects
A collaborative research effort by scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Duke University, and University College of London in the UK, sheds new light on alcohol-related birth defects.
The project, led...
Burn off alert for asthmatics
With spring approaching, weather conditions set fair and record vegetation growth across the state, the Rural Fire Service is embarking on a major hazard reduction program and Asthma Foundation NSW is issuing a wood...
Children’s body fatness linked to decisions made in the womb
New born human infants have the largest brains among primates, but also the highest proportion of body fat. Before birth, if the supply of nutrients from the mother through the placenta is limited or...
Overweight and obese women more likely to have large babies
Women who are overweight or obese are more likely to deliver infants who are large for their gestational age at delivery, regardless of whether they develop gestational diabetes during their pregnancy, according to a...
Natural birth, but not C-section, triggers brain boosting proteins
Vaginal birth triggers the expression of a protein in the brains of newborns that improves brain development and function in adulthood, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers, who also...
High potency and synthetic marijuana pose real dangers in first weeks of pregnancy
Marijuana is up to 20 times more potent than it was 40 years ago and most pregnant women who use the drug are totally unaware that it could harm their unborn child before they...
Environment during pregnancy affects babies’ immune development
New research from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has shown that children born in modern industrialised environments have more responsive immune systems at birth than children from traditional environments.
The findings have been...
