Prenatal Development
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Babies May Catch Yawns Even Before Birth, Study Suggests
A camera recorded the mother's face, while a 2D ultrasound machine monitored the fetus's nose and lips in real time.
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Eating Vegetables During Pregnancy Could Influence Your Child's Food Choices: Study
Eating a variety of foods may also help expose babies to a wider range of flavours naturally. The new study suggests that vegetable exposure during pregnancy may influence how children respond to certain foods years later.
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Supplements Beyond Iron That Women Need During Pregnancy
Iron is a common supplement prescribed to pregnant women. However, iron is just one of several important nutrients that pregnant women may need in supplemental form.
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Certain Prenatal Medications Can Increase The Risk Of Autism, Finds New Study
The researchers focused on a class of medications called sterol biosynthesis-inhibiting medications, or SBIMs, which are often used to treat conditions like high cholesterol, certain infections, and some respiratory problems.
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Why The First 5 Years Matter Most For Children With Down Syndrome
It is important to understand that early intervention, ideally within the first five years, is vital during rapid neural growth. Using therapies like physiotherapy, speech, and occupational therapy can help address delays.
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Prenatal Infections Silently Harm Babies: How Early Screening During Pregnancy Can Save Lives
Experts say early screening and vaccination can prevent miscarriage, birth defects and lifelong disability. Here's why testing during pregnancy is crucial.
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Down Syndrome: Symptoms And Causes
Understanding symptoms and causes of Down syndrome can help in early diagnosis and better management.
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Hunger May Halt Brain Development And Boost Growth When Nutrients Reach The Cells; Finds A Study
The team was able to find how brain cells respond to good nutrition or the lack of it, which aimed at improving prenatal care in humans and may also help in current research in the lab on the role of neural stem cells in recovery from brain injury.
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Can Plastic Chemical Affect Ovarian Function?
According to the researchers, ovarian development and function represents a complex coordination of processes, starting early during prenatal development. Early aberrations have the potential to carry through the female reproductive lifespan.
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Chemicals In Cosmetics Can Lead To Early Puberty In Girls
Early puberty in girls have been linked with increased risk of mental illness, breast and ovarian cancer; and testicular cancer in boys.
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Minister Maneka Gandhi Joins Pregnant Women For Yoga Session
Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi today performed prenatal yoga asanas along with pregnant women and asked them to practice the ancient Indian fitness regime under trained professionals.
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Here's How Mother's Stress During Pregnancy Affects The Baby's Brain
A mother's stress during pregnancy changes neural connectivity in the brain of her unborn child.
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17 Dos And Don'ts Of Getting A Prenatal Massage
You can get a massage while you are pregnant. However, you must keep the following in mind to avoid complications
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Fever During Pregnancy Linked to Autism Risk in Kids
A new study, appearing in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, shows that babies who are exposed to maternal fever during the second trimester are likely to have a 40 per higher risk of developing autism spectrum disorder.
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Prenatal Exposure to Plastic Chemicals May Develop Depression in Boys
Baby boys exposed to a common chemical used in plastics before delivery are more likely to develop symptoms of anxiety and depression at the age of 10-12, a new study has revealed.
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Babies May Catch Yawns Even Before Birth, Study Suggests
A camera recorded the mother's face, while a 2D ultrasound machine monitored the fetus's nose and lips in real time.
-
Eating Vegetables During Pregnancy Could Influence Your Child's Food Choices: Study
Eating a variety of foods may also help expose babies to a wider range of flavours naturally. The new study suggests that vegetable exposure during pregnancy may influence how children respond to certain foods years later.
-
Supplements Beyond Iron That Women Need During Pregnancy
Iron is a common supplement prescribed to pregnant women. However, iron is just one of several important nutrients that pregnant women may need in supplemental form.
-
Certain Prenatal Medications Can Increase The Risk Of Autism, Finds New Study
The researchers focused on a class of medications called sterol biosynthesis-inhibiting medications, or SBIMs, which are often used to treat conditions like high cholesterol, certain infections, and some respiratory problems.
-
Why The First 5 Years Matter Most For Children With Down Syndrome
It is important to understand that early intervention, ideally within the first five years, is vital during rapid neural growth. Using therapies like physiotherapy, speech, and occupational therapy can help address delays.
-
Prenatal Infections Silently Harm Babies: How Early Screening During Pregnancy Can Save Lives
Experts say early screening and vaccination can prevent miscarriage, birth defects and lifelong disability. Here's why testing during pregnancy is crucial.
-
Down Syndrome: Symptoms And Causes
Understanding symptoms and causes of Down syndrome can help in early diagnosis and better management.
-
Hunger May Halt Brain Development And Boost Growth When Nutrients Reach The Cells; Finds A Study
The team was able to find how brain cells respond to good nutrition or the lack of it, which aimed at improving prenatal care in humans and may also help in current research in the lab on the role of neural stem cells in recovery from brain injury.
-
Can Plastic Chemical Affect Ovarian Function?
According to the researchers, ovarian development and function represents a complex coordination of processes, starting early during prenatal development. Early aberrations have the potential to carry through the female reproductive lifespan.
-
Chemicals In Cosmetics Can Lead To Early Puberty In Girls
Early puberty in girls have been linked with increased risk of mental illness, breast and ovarian cancer; and testicular cancer in boys.
-
Minister Maneka Gandhi Joins Pregnant Women For Yoga Session
Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi today performed prenatal yoga asanas along with pregnant women and asked them to practice the ancient Indian fitness regime under trained professionals.
-
Here's How Mother's Stress During Pregnancy Affects The Baby's Brain
A mother's stress during pregnancy changes neural connectivity in the brain of her unborn child.
-
17 Dos And Don'ts Of Getting A Prenatal Massage
You can get a massage while you are pregnant. However, you must keep the following in mind to avoid complications
-
Fever During Pregnancy Linked to Autism Risk in Kids
A new study, appearing in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, shows that babies who are exposed to maternal fever during the second trimester are likely to have a 40 per higher risk of developing autism spectrum disorder.
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Prenatal Exposure to Plastic Chemicals May Develop Depression in Boys
Baby boys exposed to a common chemical used in plastics before delivery are more likely to develop symptoms of anxiety and depression at the age of 10-12, a new study has revealed.
