Low Birthweight

For years following the events of September 11, 2001 in lower Manhattan, the disaster and its aftermath may have affected women and their babies who were not even conceived yet, according to a new study.

Among the low birth weight infants including those born prematurely, females apparently are better able to "catch up" in size with their normal birthweight peers by age 20 according to researchers. A similar burst of growth in young adolescents does not seem to occur as often among boys born prematurely.

Complications of pregnancy that are linked with low birthweight are associated with increased risk of heart disease in the mother. The circumstances that surround a child's birth have an effect on the later health of both the mother and the child. A study was carried out at the Department of Medical Epidemiology, Stockholm, Sweden. It investigated...

For years following the events of September 11, 2001 in lower Manhattan, the disaster and its aftermath may have affected women and their babies who were not even conceived yet, according to a new study.

Among the low birth weight infants including those born prematurely, females apparently are better able to "catch up" in size with their normal birthweight peers by age 20 according to researchers. A similar burst of growth in young adolescents does not seem to occur as often among boys born prematurely.

Complications of pregnancy that are linked with low birthweight are associated with increased risk of heart disease in the mother. The circumstances that surround a child's birth have an effect on the later health of both the mother and the child. A study was carried out at the Department of Medical Epidemiology, Stockholm, Sweden. It investigated...