Pre-pregnancy douching may curb early birth risk
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Preliminary results from a  study hint that vaginal douching 6 months before pregnancy, but  not during pregnancy, may protect African American women from  delivering preterm (before 40 weeks).
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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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Parents' living arrangements at the time of conception may help determine a baby's sex, research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Women who take multivitamins before and during pregnancy apparently reduce the chances that their offspring will develop certain types of childhood tumors, researchers report.
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Pregnant women who use a lot of household chemical products are more likely to have babies with persistent wheezing, new research reports.
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Researchers say mothers who smoke during or after pregnancy increase their babiesâ risk of developing colic. The new studies show nicotine may increase blood levels of a protein that affects digestion -- resulting
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Women who take multivitamins before becoming pregnant are less likely to give birth to premature babies, new study findings suggest.
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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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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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Premature newborns have a heightened risk of sleep apnea -- brief periods when they stop breathing -- but pumping a pleasant odor into their incubators seems to reduce the frequency of such spells, a study from France suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Women who are particularly anxious about their pregnancy may be at increased risk of premature delivery, a new study suggests.
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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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High-risk pregnancies are on the rise in the United States and may be more common now than at any other time since modern obstetric care became available.
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High cholesterol and  inflammation during pregnancy may increase a woman's odds of  premature delivery, a study suggests.
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Baby shampoos, lotions and powders may expose infants to chemicals that have been linked with possible reproductive problems, a small study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Women who drink during   pregnancy may be setting up their offspring for later problems,   it seems. Young adults who were exposed to alcohol before they   were born are at increased risk for developing an alcohol   disorder, according to a report in the Archives of General   Psychiatry.
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NEW YORK  - Results of a new study show that pregnant African-American women deliver their babies before term not only more often than white women, but also earlier in their pregnancies and in multiple pregnancies.