Drinking While Pregnant Boosts Preemie Birth Risk
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THURSDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) -- Drinking alcohol during pregnancy increases the risk of having an extremely premature baby (less than 32 weeks of gestation), especially among women aged 30 and older, U.S. researchers warn.
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NEW YORK  - More than three-quarters of  children who were born before the 26th week of pregnancy are  affected by cognitive and neurologic impairments by the time  they reach school age, British researchers report.
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What a woman eats during  pregnancy may influence the odds that her child will develop  allergies, a new study hints.
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MONDAY, Jan. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Caffeine consumption by pregnant women can increase the risk of miscarriage, a new study reports.
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THURSDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Three or more drinks a day boosts a woman&#39;s risk for breast cancer by 30 percent. And it doesn&#39;t seem to matter which form of alcohol -- wine, beer, or spirits -- is consumed, researchers report.
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Eating fish during pregnancy has long-lasting benefits for the child, a UK study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - A large study that followed women through their first and second consecutive pregnancy provides additional evidence of a direct link between smoking and increased risk of stillbirth.
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Young women have been urged for years to increase their intake of folic acid to prevent birth defects. But a new study suggests there could be another benefit: a reduced risk of high blood pressure.
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NEW YORK  - The results of a Swedish study  confirm that fetal outcome may be compromised in women with a  past or active eating disorder. "These women should therefore  be recognized as high-risk patients during pregnancy," Dr.  Angelica Linden Hirschberg from Karolinska University Hospital  in Stockholm told Reuters Health.
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NEW YORK  - New research suggests that  drinking alcohol does not increase the risk of bladder. In  fact, the investigators found that beer may actually reduce the  risk, according to their report in the September 15th issue of  the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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NEW YORK  - Pregnant women with periodontal (gum) disease are at increased risk for delivering their infants prematurely, according to a pooled analysis of 17 studies involving 7,151 women, 1,056 of whom delivered their infants preterm or at a low birth weight.
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NEW YORK  - Confirming previous research,  the results of a population-based Danish study show that a high  birth weight is associated with an increased risk of breast  cancer later in life.
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All types of alcohol &#151; wine, beer or liquor &#151; add equally to the risk of developing breast cancer in women, American researchers said Thursday.
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Folic acid, a B vitamin widely taken by pregnant women to protect against birth defects, has been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer, in a new health study.
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Lay off the coffee, pregnant women advised Pregnant women have been warned to lay off the coffee after US researchers found that those who "drink two or more cups of coffee a day have twice the risk of having a miscarriage as those who avoid caffeine".â¦
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MONDAY, Aug. 16 (HealthDayNews) -- Women who binge drink, get depressed or smoke during their pregnancy boost their risk for depression and alcohol use after they give birth as well, a new study shows.
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There is new evidence that alcohol consumed in moderation may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes (the form of the disease which emerges in middle age). Although this has been suspected previously, it now seems ...