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Investigators based at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee say that would-be mothers who smoke during their pregnancy put their infants at higher risk of developing high-functioning autism spectrum disorders (ASD) after birth.
One of the most common conditions that result from this behavior is Asperger’s ... |
30 April 2012
08:47 GMT |
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According to a new study conducted by investigators at the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), it would appear that mothers who are depressed are more likely to needlessly wake up their infants at night than women who do not suffer from this condition.
The correlation is especially true for women who suffer ... |
17 April 2012
07:56 GMT |
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Scientists at the Pennsylvania State University determined in a new study that hard-working mothers who struggle to put food on the table for their children tend to place themselves at a higher risk of developing obesity at some point in their lives.
The correlation holds especially true for women who are in a poor... |
15 March 2012
11:48 GMT |
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Investigators at the Ohio State University say that the nature of relationships between mothers and their babies are important factors in determining the weight that child will have later on in life. The way the two interact also reflects on the self-image the child will have as he or she grows into a teen.
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27 December 2011
05:18 GMT |
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Over the years, there have been many studies focused on how hormones affect the bodies of both mother and baby. Yet, very few of them were focused on investigating how the chemicals change women's brains. This is the focus of a new research, and the results are interesting, to say the least.
Whenever a child s... |
22 December 2011
16:01 GMT |
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A study conducted on 1,364 mothers reveals that women who choose to stay at home and take care of their children could avoid developing a host of mental health issues by taking a job, or simply getting out of the house more.
The study was carried out on women who had just given birth in 1991. Subsequently, investig... |
13 December 2011
09:53 GMT |
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Who would have thought that mothers can pass over their mental health status to their fetuses? In a new study, experts at the University of California in Irvine (UCI) found that depressed would-be mothers can pass information about their mental health to the fetus through chemical signals.
The placenta – th... |
12 November 2011
05:44 GMT |
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The results of a new study by investigators at the University of Minnesota reveal that children who lash out against others in kindergarten, and who are also more violent and aggressive, usually behave this way after experiencing bad relationships with their mothers from an early age.
These tumultuous connections b... |
27 October 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Women who have just given birth to their children undergo a wide variety of alterations in their brain functions, which is the main mechanism through which instinctive mothering behaviors develop. The conclusion belongs to a new study published by experts at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The changes in brain f... |
25 October 2011
09:29 GMT |
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Exposing the fetus to bisphenol A during pregnancy may be linked to a host of behavioral problems in girls, a group of investigators from the Harvard University School of Public Health and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate. The team says that the same type of connection was not discover... |
24 October 2011
09:21 GMT |
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In a new study, experts demonstrated that newborns whose mothers still suffered from postpartum depression months after giving birth were most likely to be at an increased risk of displaying symptoms associated with the condition themselves. New mothers are very likely to experience depression for a few weeks after g... |
17 June 2011
08:38 GMT |
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Quite often, new mothers become depressed after they give birth. The condition, called postpartum depression, has a huge influence on the development and behavior of the baby. Now, scientists show that treating the disorder improves infants' behavior as much as a year after the treatment concludes.But this corre... |
12 May 2011
04:22 GMT |
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Healthcare experts determined in previous studies that infants born with reduced weight tended to become obese later in life, a lot more so than their peers with a normal birth weight. A new research sheds light on the mechanisms underlying this correlation. Scientists discovered that the primary reason for which thi... |
10 March 2011
09:02 GMT |
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A new study carried out by the Emory University School of Medicine concluded that epilepsy drugs may not affect the IQ of babies being breastfed.This is quite reassuring for nursing mothers, who believed that breastfeeding while taking seizure medication could affect the child's IQ later in life.The research inc... |
25 November 2010
05:11 GMT |
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Statistics in the United States show a worrying trend among pregnant women. As much as 33 percent of all pregnancies end with the women delivering their infants via cesarean section (C-section), rather than the old-fashioned way. The trend is not a positive one, experts say. In the decade between 1996 and 2007, it is... |
22 November 2010
02:35 GMT |
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Women with the baby blues process negative emotions differently than new mothers without the condition, says a team of scientists led by Mary Phillips at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Postpartum depression is a very serious health problem, that occurs to 15% of new mothers and can have significant conseq... |
20 September 2010
06:45 GMT |
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Entire generations of fathers may have been mislead in assuming that treating their children harshly would ensure they grow into tough men in return. This was common practice in the past, especially in the case of male children, who were thought from an early age to make do on their own, without asking for too much a... |
27 July 2010
10:05 GMT |
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Scientists announce in a new study that they've uncovered additional evidence for the fact that a good, close relationship between mothers and their children make the latter more likely to have better-quality romantic connections later in life. The role of mothers in their kids' relationships is known to be... |
31 May 2010
02:45 GMT |
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New data recently made public appear to suggest that allowing a few extra moments between the moment of birth and the time when the umbilical cord is severed could bring additional health benefits to the newborn. At this time, it is standard practice for doctors to clamp the cord connecting the mother and her child i... |
25 May 2010
06:48 GMT |
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According to a new scientific investigation, it would appear that the love mothers show their children may actually be making the young ones more prepared in facing life. The work shows that kids who had warm, loving relationships with their mums were a lot less likely to exhibit large concentrations of inflammation ... |
19 May 2010
02:20 GMT |
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One of the few things you can absolutely be certain about in this world is a sane mother's affection towards her child. There are little things mothers wouldn't do to protect their small ones, and keep them out of harm's way. The famous Greek philosopher Aristotle at one point argued that women tend to... |
8 May 2010
05:14 GMT |
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As all mothers, or would-be mothers, must know, morning sicknesses are one of the major drawbacks of being pregnant. For a wide array of reasons, the female body is going through modifications as a child develops inside, and this leads to side-effects that are visible externally. But morning sickness is actually a go... |
3 May 2010
10:50 GMT |
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In a recent study, experts discovered that unborn children's cognition stands to gain considerably if their mothers talk to them constantly. Spoken words apparently have a very strong effect on their minds, even if they themselves are unable to speak until much later on. The investigators say that the sound of a... |
25 March 2010
05:58 GMT |
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Researchers have recently made a very interesting discovery in three children that had been born to mothers with metal-on-metal hip implants. These children exhibited relatively high concentrations of metal ions in their umbilical cord blood, especially of the metals chromium and cobalt. The researchers who made the ... |
10 March 2010
05:57 GMT |
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The average weight that babies have at birth is one of the clearest indicators of their health, common knowledge has it. The heavier the child, the larger the chances that it will turn out fine. Conversely, children that are underweight require special treatment in the first few weeks of life, which may leave them ex... |
22 January 2010
07:05 GMT |
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Scientists have recently revealed that being a mother, or exhibiting motherly behavior, boosts the number of neurons in the rat brain. The finding could also be applicable to humans, seeing how rats are considered to be a very close model to our own brains for this type of research. The investigators learned that eve... |
18 December 2009
02:38 GMT |
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Speaking to unborn children may be more important than once thought, scientists have recently revealed. They say that children appear to be learning how language works even when inside the womb. Naturally, they cannot talk immediately after they are born, as the vocal chords and the speech center of the brain need to... |
6 November 2009
03:45 GMT |
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A new scientific study is the first to demonstrate that mothers and daughters look just like each other, expression- and appearance-wise, when they pass a certain age. The investigation reveals that, at least around the eyes, the patterns in which the skin gets saggy, wrinkled, thin, and less elastic are exactly the ... |
28 October 2009
10:06 GMT |
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When couples with children divorce, the situation can sometimes become dramatic for the young ones. They are constantly away from one of their parents, which they only get to see at intervals established by court or the parents themselves. A new study comes to show that, in the case of children living with their moth... |
4 August 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Children whose mothers talk to them about other people's feelings and desires from an early age are more likely to develop excellent inter-personal relationships and social skills than their peers, whose mothers do not include “mental state talk” in their education. Social understanding is essential ... |
13 May 2009
09:20 GMT |
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According to a new joint study by Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) scientists, working together with experts from the University of Oslo, mothers who have a lot of negative feelings and emotions are far more likely to give unhealthy food to their children than other moms, not necessarily on purpose, but si... |
6 April 2009
04:07 GMT |
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