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Study Shows Link Between Prepregnancy Obesity and Lower Child Test Scores

By Guest PostMay 17, 2012Healthbmi, body mass index, cell growth, child test, childhood cognition, cognitive function, cognitive skill, cycle, dataset, fetal brain, link, muriel fang, obese, ohio state university, pamela salsberry, patricia reagan, post birth conditions, pregnancy, prepregnancy obesity, rika tanda, risk factor, ruth l kirschstein, sex, socioeconomic data, synapses, two point reduction

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Women who are obese before they become pregnant are at higher risk of having children with lower cognitive function – as measured by math and reading tests taken between ages 5 to 7 years – than are mothers with a healthy prepregnancy weight, new research suggests.

In this large observational study, prepregnancy obesity was associated, on average, with a three-point drop in reading scores and a two-point reduction in math scores on a commonly used test of children’s cognitive function. (more…)

Cell Phone Use in Pregnancy May Cause Behavioral Disorders in Offspring

By Guest PostMarch 19, 2012Healthadhd, adiofrequency, brain development, cell phone, cellular telephone, electrical activity, exposure, geliang gan, hugh s taylor, hyperactivity, hyperactivity disorder, mice, neurons, offspring, prefrontal cortex region, pregnancy, radiation, scientific reports, tamir aldad, xiao bing gao

Exposure to radiation from cell phones during pregnancy affects the brain development of offspring, potentially leading to hyperactivity, Yale School of Medicine researchers have determined.

The results, based on studies in mice, are published in the March 15 issue of Scientific Reports, a Nature publication. (more…)

Study Shows Extreme Form of Pregnancy-Related Morning Sickness Could be Genetic

By Guest PostNovember 8, 2010Health, Sciencegenetic component, grandmothers, gynecology, hg, hyperemesis gravidarum, marlena fejzo, morning sickness, mothers, nausea, pregnancy, pregnant women, sisters, vomiting

*Pregnant women whose sisters had condition are 17 times more likely to have it*

Approximately 60,000 pregnant women are hospitalized each year due to hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), an extreme form of nausea and vomiting that endangers their lives and often forces them to reluctantly terminate their pregnancies.

And for women with sisters, mothers and grandmothers on either side of the family who have experienced extreme morning sickness during pregnancy, the risk of HG may be heightened, according to a new study led by researchers from UCLA and the University of Southern California. (more…)

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Study Shows Link Between Prepregnancy Obesity and Lower Child Test Scores

Cell Phone Use in Pregnancy May Cause Behavioral Disorders in Offspring

Study Shows Extreme Form of Pregnancy-Related Morning Sickness Could be Genetic