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Fetal Exposure To Organophosphate Pesticides Linked To Lower IQ Later On - Babies in the womb who are exposed to OP (organophosphate) pesticides have a higher risk of poorer intellectual development by the time they are 7 years old, US researchers revealed in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. Organophosphates are any of many organic compounds which contain phosphorous and are used as pesiticides and fertilizers...

Link Between Repeated Stress In Pregnancy And Children's Behavior - Research from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has found a link between the number of stressful events experienced during pregnancy and increased risk of behavioural problems in children. The study has just been published online in the latest edition of the top international journal Development and Psychopathology...

Prenatal Exposure To Common Insecticide Linked To Decreases In Cognitive Functioning At Age 7 - Researchers from the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health report evidence of a link between prenatal exposure to the insecticide chlorpyrifos and deficits in IQ and working memory at age seven. This is the first study to evaluate the neurotoxicity of prenatal chlorpyrifos exposure on cognitive development at the time of school entry...

Chances Of Developing Premenopausal Breast Cancer Affected By Air Pollution Exposure At Certain Life Stages - Exposure to air pollution early in life and when a woman gives birth to her first child may alter her DNA and may be associated with premenopausal breast cancer later in life, researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown...

Heart Drugs Could Cut Blood Pressure Risks In Pregnancy - Pregnant women could benefit from a pioneering trial that will test whether heart disease drugs can be used to treat pre-eclampsia. Researchers are investigating if a class of drugs - known as statins - can prevent the potentially fatal condition, which affects up to eight per cent of pregnant women in the UK...

The First Evidence That Breakdown Products Of Thalidomide Produce The Specific, Toxic Effects Of Thalidomide In Embryos - Thalidomide may have been withdrawn in the early 1960s for use by pregnant women, but its dramatic effects remain memorable half a century later. Now, researchers have taken a major step toward understanding exactly how thalidomide causes the birth defects...

Preterm Birth Linked To Higher ADHD Risk - There appears to be a clear correlation between how early babies are born and their risk of being prescribed ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) medications later in life, researchers from the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, revealed in the journal Pediatrics. The authors even found an elevated risk of developing ADHD among babies born at 36 weeks, just three weeks early...

ESHRE Sets Standards For Cross Border Reproductive Care - The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) is setting the first ever standards in Cross Border Reproductive Care (CBRC). The safety of patients, gamete donors, surrogates and future children take centre stage in ESHRE's Good Practice Guide for Cross Border Reproductive Care, published ...

Pregnant Woman's Diet Affects Child's Obesity Risk - What a woman eats when she is pregnant can affect her child's risk of obesity, regardless of how fat or thin she is, and what her baby weighs at birth, according to a new study published in the journal Diabetes recently. The British Heart Foundation said the study provides strong evidence of the need to help women of child-bearing age follow a healthy lifestyle and diet...

Smoking Second Biggest Cause Of Stillbirth, UK - Smoking was responsible for about six per cent, or 3,000 stillbirths, each year in high-income countries, according to studies on stillbirth published in the Lancet medical journal recently with evidence mounting that passive smoking is also a risk factor for mothers...

Rare Placental Lesion Connected To Adverse Perinatal Outcomes - Examination of the placenta can offer answers to the questions that arise following an adverse perinatal outcome, such as stillbirth or intrauterine growth restriction. A placental lesion known as fetal thrombotic vasculopathy (FTV) has been associated with a number of adverse outcomes...

Study Finds Thirdhand Smoke Poses Danger To Unborn Babies' Lungs - Stepping outside to smoke a cigarette may not be enough to protect the lungs and life of a pregnant woman's unborn child, according to a new study in the American Journal of Physiology...

Genes Involved In Embryonic-Heart Development Identified: Findings Important To Understanding Congenital Heart Defects - Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have identified networks of genes that play an important role in embryonic-heart development, advancing knowledge of how healthy hearts develop - and offering clues about how to combat a common birth defect known as congenital heart disease...

Important Genetic Tools For Diagnosing Lethal Disease And For Counseling Mutation Carriers In Affected Families - Researchers have identified a genetic mutation found in the Ohio Amish population as the cause of a fatal developmental disease in fetuses and infants, according to research published in the April 8, 2011, issue of Science...

Blood Test To Predict Premature Birth - Though more than one in 10 American babies are born prematurely, there have been few clues to predict whether a particular baby is going to arrive too early - until now. A new study suggests that more than 80 percent of pre-term births can be spotted in advance with a blood test taken during the second trimester of a pregnancy...

International Study Finds New Link Between Mother's Pregnancy Diet And Offspring's Chances Of Obesity - Scientists have discovered that a mother's nutrition during pregnancy can strongly influence her child's risk of obesity many years later. An international study, led by University of Southampton researchers and including teams from New Zealand and Singapore, has shown for the first time that during pregnancy, a mother's diet can alter the function of her child's DNA...

First Womb Cancer Genome Scan Reveals Prostate Cancer Link - Scientists have carried out the first ever genome scan for womb cancer and discovered a genetic region that reduces risk of the disease, according to a study published in Nature Genetics. In men a gene within the same region - called HNF1B - has previously been linked to lower prostate cancer risk, but higher risk of type-2 diabetes...

Severe Nausea And Vomiting Of Pregnancy Should Be Treated With Appropriate Medication - Severe nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) affects approximately 30% of pregnant women and can be treated with appropriate medication says a new review published today in The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (TOG). NVP can have a profound impact on a woman's quality of life and can cause feelings of depression, difficulties between partners and concern for the health of the unborn child...

WSU Researchers Confirm Key Feature Of Age-Related Miscarriages And Birth Defects - Washington State University researchers have confirmed a critical step in cell division that results in age-related miscarriages and birth defects, including Down syndrome...

Domestic Violence And Pregnancy - Does experience of violence affect a woman's labour during delivery? And how do midwives in maternity care deal with the issue of violence against pregnant women? These are questions that Hafrún Finnbogadóttir, a researcher at Malmö University in Sweden, has studied. She is now presenting her findings in a licentiate thesis...

Evolution Points To Genes Involved In Birth Timing - Research using a new method of identifying genes most altered in humans has pinpointed genes involved in birth timing, potentially also implicated in preterm birth...

No Link Found Between Overall Wellbeing Of Newborns And More Interventions At Delivery - In low-risk pregnant women, high induction and first-cesarean delivery rates do not lead to improved outcomes for newborns, according to new research published in the April issue of The Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine...

2.6 Million Babies Stillborn In 2009 - Some 2.6 million stillbirths occurred worldwide in 2009, according to the first comprehensive set of estimates published today in a special series of The Lancet medical journal. Every day more than 7200 babies are stillborn - a death just when parents expect to welcome a new life - and 98% of them occur in low- and middle-income countries...

BJOG Release: Link Found Between Mental Health Problems And A Fear Of Childbirth - Women with a fear of childbirth have an increased risk of mental health problems than non-fearful women of child-bearing age, finds new research published today in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. It is estimated that 6-10% of all pregnant women suffer from a severe fear of childbirth...

Queen's Researchers Pioneer Needle-Free Test For Premature Babies - Scientists at Queen's University Belfast have pioneered a new needle-free test to take the sting out of medicine testing in premature babies. The research will not only lead to greater accuracy in prescribing, but will also significantly reduce the trauma of such tests for newborn infants and their families...