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Air pollution during pregnancy linked to low birth weight, study finds
Medical Xpress· 42 minutes agoThe study is published in the journal Science of The Total Environment. The study, led by Dr. Wiessam Abu-Ahmad and Professor Hagai Levine, in collaboration with Prof. Ronit Nierl, analyzed ...
NC physicians and community health workers worry about the health implications of proposed...
WUNC Chapel Hill· 5 hours agoGriselda Alonso remembers the home visit well. It was around 2008, a few years after she had started as a community health worker in Wake County. On typical visits, she focused on children’s ...
A New Way To Help Protect Pregnant Women and Children From Lead Poisoning
Columbia University News· 15 hours agoAlexander van Geen, a Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory research professor who studies environmental...
Scientist debunks "life-threatening" morning sickness myths
Newsweek· 6 days agoSevere sickness during pregnancy can be life-threatening for both mother and child, but women are...
Flicker electroretinogram in preterm infants - Eye
Nature· 6 days agoAmplitudes were significantly greater in Group B at the strongest stimulus level (Mann-Whitney-U-Test=198.00, Z = 4.097, p = <0.001). Feasibility of collecting flicker ERG data in most preterm ...
Global Child Deaths Hit Historic Lows, But More Leadership Needed
Forbes· 7 days agoFrom war and conflict in Ukraine, Gaza, and Sudan to humanitarian crises in Syria and Myanmar to...
To Your Good Health: Patient concerned that statins increase the risk of dementia
The Mining Journal· 6 days agoAt age 59, during a regular doctor appointment, I was told that I had unknowingly had a heart...
Novel drug for male contraception shows early signs of efficacy in Promega-sponsored study in mice
FierceBiotech· 4 days agoSynthetic derivatives of testosterone called dimethandrolone undecanoate (DMAU) and 11b-MNTDC are being tested as reversible male contraceptives in clinical trials but there are concerns about ...
Is Colostrum the New Collagen?
Marie Claire· 6 days agoNext, a TikToker popped up on my "For You" page claiming that colostrum aided her gut and immune health. A week later, one of my favorite podcasts ran an...
Mom, 32, had a life-threatening pregnancy complication. Doctors dismissed the signs for weeks
Today· 5 days agoWhen Lindsay Orr, then 32, was 30 weeks and 5 days pregnant, she started seeing stars in her vision....