Diabetes in Pregnancy Is on the Rise
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Having poorly controlled diabetes while pregnant can cause all sorts of harm, from stillbirths and miscarriages to birth defects. So experts are concerned that the number of women who already have diabetes by the time they conceive is rising rapidly: Between 1999 and 2005, the group doubled in size, growing significantly across all age, racial, and ethnic groups examined by Kaiser Permanent Southern California researchers, who report their findings in May’s Diabetes Care. Different from gestational diabetes, a temporary type that some women develop well into pregnancy, prepregnancy diabetes can pose more of a threat to a developing fetus. Continue reading »
Filed under Health & Wellness | Comment (0)Quarter of kids don’t meet vaccine schedule
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More than a quarter of American children are not meeting the U.S. government’s recommendations for childhood vaccinations, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers said on Tuesday. Continue reading »
Filed under Health & Wellness | Comment (0)Playgroups ‘help cut childhood leukaemia’
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LONDON (AFP) - Children who attend day care or playgroups have a 30 percent lower risk of developing leukaemia, US researchers said Tuesday ahead of a presentation of their findings to experts in London.
The conclusion was based on a review of 14 studies involving 6,108 children with leukaemia — cancer of the blood — and 13,704 without the condition led by Dr Patricia Buffler, from the University of California, Berkeley.
“Overall, we are seeing a 30 percent reduction in leukaemia risk for the children who have been in playgroups, (and) have had the opportunity of the social experience of being around other children early in life compared to children who don’t have those experiences,” she told BBC television. Continue reading »
Filed under Health & Wellness | Comment (0)Study finds high levels of chemicals in infants using baby cosmetics
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Infants and toddlers exposed to baby lotions, shampoos and powders carry high concentrations of hormone-altering chemicals in their bodies that might have reproductive effects, according to a new scientific study of babies born in Los Angeles and two other U.S. cities. Continue reading »
Filed under Health & Wellness | Comment (0)Men keen on fatherhood should stop smoking
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Hamburg - Not only women, but also men who hope to have children should quit smoking prior to conception. Otherwise they risk possible damage to the unborn child through a mutation of their sperm, Germany’s pneumology and respiratory society said.
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FDA weighs safety of cold drugs for kids
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Cold and cough medicines recently pulled from sale for infants and toddlers shouldn’t be given to children as old as 5, either, pediatricians told government health advisers Thursday.
The expert advisers to the Food and Drug Administration began a two-day meeting to consider a petition from the pediatricians that seeks in part a government statement saying the over-the-counter medicines shouldn’t be used in children under 6 because they don’t help them and aren’t safe. Continue reading »
Filed under Health & Wellness | Comment (0)Parents use religion to avoid vaccines
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Sabrina Rahim doesn’t practice any particular faith, but she had no problem signing a letter declaring that because of her deeply held religious beliefs, her 4-year-old son should be exempt from the vaccinations required to enter preschool.
She is among a small but growing number of parents around the country who are claiming religious exemptions to avoid vaccinating their children when the real reason may be skepticism of the shots or concern they can cause other illnesses. Some of these parents say they are being forced to lie because of the way the vaccination laws are written in their states. Continue reading »
Filed under Parenting, Health & Wellness | Comment (0)Dr. Know - An interview with green pediatrician Alan Greene
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If you were to give a check-up to Alan Greene, eco-pediatrician extraordinaire, you just might diagnose him with ASHD — Attention Surplus Hyperproductivity Disorder. It isn’t a real disorder, of course. But whatever Greene’s got — whatever blend of vim and vision allows him to stay at the cutting edge of environmentalism and e-medicine while also writing books, doctoring, and being a 100-percent-organic-food-eating father of four — well, it’s something that’s helped the world get better.
Filed under Parenting, Health & Wellness | Comment (0)Unleaded: i play.(R) has Pioneered the Way for PVC-free Baby Products - Before It Was in Vogue!
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ASHEVILLE, N.C., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ — i play.(R), a leading manufacturer for 25 years of innovative, high quality, and safe baby products has provided PVC-free (Poly Vinyl Chloride) products for five years. i play.(R) focuses on style, quality, and safety for its customers. Continue reading »
Filed under Parenting, Health & Wellness | Comment (0)New pregnancy research could cause another bump for food industry
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By Karen WIllmer
16/08/2007 - The snacks industry has taken another hit this week after researchers suggest eating junk food during pregnancy and breastfeeding may lead to obese offspring.
The study, published in the British Journal of Nutrition, found that rats fed doughnuts, muffins, biscuits, crisps and sweets during pregnancy and lactation gave birth to offspring that preferred these types of foods.
This new research comes as the food industry is under pressure from the governmental campaigns to avoid the rising obesity crisis. Continue reading »
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