Exercise in pregnancy improves health of obese mothers by restoring their tissues, mouse study finds
Exercise immediately prior to and during pregnancy restores key tissues in the body, making them better able to manage blood
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Prenatal parental stress linked to behaviour problems in toddlers
Expectant parents’ emotional struggles predict emotional and behavioural problems in 2-year-olds, new research shows. The same study reveals, for the
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Worrisome increase in some medical scans during pregnancy: First large study of advanced imaging covering two decades finds rise in CT scans, which involve radiation
Use of medical imaging during pregnancy increased significantly in the United States, a new study has found, with nearly a
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Preeclampsia risk may be reduced by a healthy high-fiber diet: Pregnancy outcomes and infant immunity linked to gut bacteria
A healthy diet rich in fibre is generally recommended, but new research shows it could be even more important during
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Women caught in a pickle by their own immune systems: ASU scientists develop new hypothesis explaining sex differences in human diseases
Women get autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis eight times more than men do. On the
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Gestational diabetes in India and Sweden
Indian women are younger and leaner than Swedish women when they develop gestational diabetes, a new study from Lund University
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Short period of parental sexual contact prior to pregnancy increases offspring risk of schizophrenia: Study may help explain some of the excess risks for inflammatory diseases in first born children
Children may be at a slightly increased risk of schizophrenia when their parents were in sexual contact for less than
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New mothers reduce their alcohol intake, but this change is short-lived: Research tracked the drinking habits of more than 4,000 people in their teens, twenties and thirties
Most women dramatically reduce their alcohol intake on learning they are pregnant, but by the time their child is five
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Sperm count 50 percent lower in sons of fathers who smoke
Studies have repeatedly linked maternal smoking during pregnancy with reduced sperm counts in male offspring. Now a research team at
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Calm the immune system, halt premature birth: Potential treatment could stop many cases of premature labor and birth
Premature birth is the leading cause of infant death and disability in the U.S., and costs billions in dollars and
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