Cocaine in pregnancy has lasting effect on kids
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Children who were exposed to  cocaine in the womb show poorer-than-average language skills  during their early years and do not catch up, new research  suggests.
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NEW YORK  - A mother's drug use may have far-reaching consequences, eventually affecting the self-esteem of her grandchildren, new research suggests.
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Babies whose mothers use a type of anti-depressant during pregnancy may be born with withdrawal symptoms, research 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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The use of antidepressant drugs  during pregnancy does not appear to have a significant effect  on the behavior of the child, Canadian and Korean researchers  report in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
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A new study suggests that a mother's acute emotional stress during early pregnancy may increase her unborn baby's risk of developing schizophrenia later in life
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Babies whose moms smoked during pregnancy have twice the risk of developing colic than babies with non-smoking moms, studies suggest.
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An experimental vaccine may help cocaine addicts break the cycle of dependency. Other addiction vaccines could follow
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Repeated ultrasound exposures during pregnancy may not cause long-term harm to infants, according to a new study.
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Smoking causes long-lasting changes in the brain similar to changes seen in animals when they are given cocaine, heroin and other addictive drugs, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - Babies with at least one parent who smokes have five times as much cotinine, a nicotine byproduct, in their urine than infants whose parents are non-smokers, UK researchers report.
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A DRUG commonly given to epileptic women during pregnancy may affect their child&#39;s IQ, according to a study published on Thursday.
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They found that frequent use of these products during pregnancy and early childhood was associated with increased incidence of earaches and diarrhea in infants and depression and headaches in mothers, BBC News Online reported.
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NEW YORK  - Young people who abuse methamphetamines may put themselves at risk of parkinson-like movement disorders later in life, a new animal study suggests.
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Parents of hyperactive children say drugs often fail to damp down symptoms at crucial times of day.
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NEW YORK  - Preterm birth confers a considerable risk for long-term impairment, according to study published in the journal Pediatrics this month.
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(HealthDayNews) -- Methamphetamine abuse is a dangerous, yet growing practice. So it's important for parents to discuss the problem with their children, the National Institute on Drug Abuse says.